بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ





ummah is far from perfect. If we want to see injustice, oppression, tribalism, racism, poverty, envy, violence and so much more, we will find it in the Muslims. It makes it difficult to believe that coming to Islam is the right decision. I do not think anyone should be blamed for considering giving up at times. I get a lot of messages and comments, particularly from new converts, about things in the Muslims world. Yes, there is a lot of bad news, and theis far from perfect. If we want to see injustice, oppression, tribalism, racism, poverty, envy, violence and so much more, we will find it in the Muslims. It makes it difficult to believe that coming to Islam is the right decision. I do not think anyone should be blamed for considering giving up at times.





ahadits to “prove” it. I do not tolerate any form of victimology, blame shifting and this preoccupation for finding scapegoats, whether it be Jews or the Illuminati or the Power Rangers. It is no secret that I have a healthy contempt for Muslim societies, nations, organisations and groups. I want absolutely nothing to do with most of them. I make no apologies for that, and I do not care what Muslims think. Too many of them are busy defending their conceptions of Islam instead of discovering the truth of any matter. I will never defend any form of injustice, just because Muslims do it. I do not tolerate anything that offends my values even if someone can bring forth something from the Qur’an andto “prove” it. I do not tolerate any form of victimology, blame shifting and this preoccupation for finding scapegoats, whether it be Jews or the Illuminati or the Power Rangers.





hadd; a closer and methodical study of the faith have shown that that this is not Islam. We will have a multitude of scholars and authorities claiming all sorts of things in the religion. People can trot out all sorts of verses and narrations, but if it feels wrong, it is wrong. That is why humanity is Given the ability to discern. We are not slaves to the text or to self-appointed authorities. In everything that has been brought forth as a controversy in our religion among the practices of the Muslims, from slavery, to child marriages, to the death penalty for apostasy, to wife beating, to harsh interpretations of the; a closer and methodical study of the faith have shown that that this is not Islam. We will have a multitude of scholars and authorities claiming all sorts of things in the religion. People can trot out all sorts of verses and narrations, but if it feels wrong, it is wrong. That is why humanity is Given the ability to discern. We are not slaves to the text or to self-appointed authorities.





As a Muslim, we should never allow ourselves to be in a position where we are supposed to defend this ummah under this blackmail of unity. There is no such thing as unity just because somebody said the shahadah. The Qur’an never spoke about the unity of Muslims. It was always the unity of the believers. And no person is a believer if he believes that oppression is part of the religion. If a Muslim says that women are not welcome in the mosque, then that is oppression. If a Muslim says that a non-Muslim cannot enter the mosque, then that is oppression. Who is anyone to bar someone from the House of God? The Prophet (s.a.w.) never did that. If a Muslim believes in female genital mutilation, then that is oppression. The Prophet (s.a.w.) never even circumcised his daughters. If a Muslim believes in child marriages, then that is oppression. It is an enduring fitnah in some quarters that believe ‘Aishah (r.a.) was six years old during her nikah. If a Muslim believes that hitting wives is acceptable, then that is oppression. The word “dharaba’” in the verse has a multitude of meanings. The Prophet (s.a.w.) never hit his wives. If a Muslim believes that it is acceptable to discriminate against other Muslims on the basis of madzhab, language, nationality, economic status, skin colour or whether convert or born-Muslim, then that is oppression. These people have no business talking about unity.

And we can go down a very long and painful list. These are things happening here and now. And if someone brings this to us, then the appropriate response is this: “This is not my Islam.” We did not convert to this, or we were not born to follow this. We are not obliged to defend it, or agree, or believe. That is your “Islam”, not mine. Never mine.



