President Barack Hussein Obama’s speech “Remarks On A New Beginning” (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/), delivered at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt is quite remarkable. It enables or sets the stage for healthy dialogue and debate; geopolitical and theological shifts and evolution; and a review of world history and U.S. public policy. In my view it is as important as his speech on race, and through the proper lens can even be seen as the sequel or second part to that address from 2008.
With the passing of time it is clear that President Obama is very special human being, designed for a critical time, to perform an unusual work. This speech provides more evidence of that.
Before and after the speech, several thoughts, books, scriptural verses, and personal experiences came to mind. I watched the international reaction to the speech throughout the day, and even found some stimulating perspectives available on American Cable TV [for those that don’t know, until yesterday I had not watched CNN, MSNBC or Fox for 40 days, in favor of Russia Today, France 24, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC); Nigerian Television Authority; Euronews; the Japan Broadcasting Corporation and Metro Chinese Programming].
I was also especially overjoyed to see President Obama visit the Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt (I hope he has “Nights Over Egypt” by the Jones Girls on his ipod playlist).
From the perspective of a Muslim, a political adviser, speechwriter, and economist, I found President Obama’s speech to be moving, broad, ambitious, scholarly, and ground-breaking. It was well written and of course, masterfully delivered.
However, I also saw aspects of it that could easily be challenged on factual grounds and in terms of emphasis – which many can and should do.
A quick example is that while President Obama asserts that the war in Afghanistan is legitimate he does not mention context or important details that would paint a more honest picture (without necessarily destroying his point) and which would help explain what contributes to problems in the relationship between the West and Islam.
To the point, Mr. Obama said:
“Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice; we went because of necessity. I’m aware that there’s still some who would question or even justify the events of 9/11. But let us be clear: Al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day.”
What the President fails to mention is that just five weeks before the events of September 11th the United States government was secretly negotiating with the Taliban for an oil pipeline that would connect the lucrative oilfields of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan, and bring oil through Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the Indian Ocean. According to The Forbidden Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy And The Failed Hunt For Bin Laden by Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie, at one moment during the negotiations, the US representatives told the Taliban, ‘either you accept our offer of a carpet of gold, or we bury you under a carpet of bombs.’”
If war against Afghanistan was already in the mind of some U.S. policy makers, prior to the events of 9/11, this is no insignificant detail.
The President could have firmly stated his second major point, “I’m aware that there’s still some who would question or even justify the events of 9/11,” but more honestly acknowledged that in light of the documented secret relationship the U.S. government had with the Taliban in pursuit of its oil interests, that perhaps, it is not unreasonable for many to think that the war in Afghanistan was not a “war of necessity” but actually a “war of choice,” as he accurately describes Iraq.
My primary interest in the speech is in how it simultaneously opens the door for U.S. foreign policy to change for the better while providing encouragement to the Muslim Ummah (Community) to return more fully to the higher aspects of the spiritual civilization of Islam.
Neither will happen without both sides being more honest than they have been about their own internal shortcomings.
To that end it may be helpful to engage a few aspects of President Obama’s speech, as well as a few elements in the teachings and history of Islam.
First, President Obama made an important statement when he said, “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t.”
In a certain sense the first sentence of my Beloved President’s statement is correct – in another it is not when he says, “…the region where it was first revealed.”
Islam is a revealed religion, that has been perfected, over time, the Holy Qur’an teaches.
Yet, at its essence. Islam is a natural condition and state of being.
As the Honorable Elijah Muhammad wrote in an article published November 16, 1957 in The Amsterdam News (in his regular column entitled “Islamic World”), “Islam is universally recognized as being the true religion of the Divine Supreme Being.”
Then, in this same article, after referring to Islam as a “natural religion,” the Honorable Elijah Muhammad quotes Surah 30 verse 30 of the Holy Qur’an which reads (italics mine): “Set your face upright for religion in the right state. The nature made by Allah in which He has made men: There is no altering of Allah’s creation: That is the right religion. But most people do not know.”
Most people think of Islam as having come 1,400 years ago through Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) but this is not true in a historical sense.
The Holy Qur’an clearly states in Surah 4: 163-164 where Allah is speaking to Muhammad, “Surely We have revealed to thee as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him, and We revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and We gave to David a scripture. And (We sent) messengers We have mentioned to thee before and messengers We have not mentioned to thee…”
I have not heard nor read anyone make this point any better than the Honorable Elijah Muhammad (and subsequently his National Representative, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan) when he wrote in a section of the book Message To The Blackman called ‘What Is Islam?’ the following: “A religion whose origin or roots cannot be found in the universal order of God cannot be said to be the religion of God.”
To place emphasis or make this distinction regarding what Islam is, and when and where it was first revealed is not merely a technical point. It is important and worthwhile to do so because it makes clear that Islam is not religious property but universally available to all whether they may immediately recognize Prophet Muhammad or accept the Holy Qur’an as divine scripture. Where human beings may not accept a ‘religion,’ people of all colors may more easily respect natural law and universal principles and find common ground.
President Obama gave a beautiful example of this when he said, “There’s one rule that lies at the heart of every religion — that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. (Applause.) This truth transcends nations and peoples — a belief that isn’t new; that isn’t black or white or brown; that isn’t Christian or Muslim or Jew. It’s a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the hearts of billions around the world.”
The number of teachings and societies (many of which existed prior to the birth of Muhammad of 1,400 years ago) in which the Golden Rule is upheld is staggering. Here is an example of 21 different examples: http://www.religioustolerance.org/reciproc.htm.
Part of its responsibility, that in many respects the Islamic world is not adequately fulfilling, is to represent the religion of Islam in its broadest universal existence – in nature and the universe - and not only in a revealed divine text.
The assertion made by President Obama that “America is not and never will be at war with Islam,” is challengable simply by a cursory review of how Islam has been handled in the Western Hemisphere over the last five centuries. The fact that no sitting United States President has made a major national address to the Muslim community inside of America implies something about the state of affairs between America and Islam.
That President Obama does so in Cairo, Egypt and not Detroit, Michigan, for instance, says something that can’t be dismissed.
From a historical perspective, scholarly works demonstrate the lengths and extent to which Islam was suppresed and hindered among slaves from West Africa and Islamic societies. Less known, except to Shriners (White Masons who reach the 32nd and 33rd degree), is the 64 years of hidden and history from 1555 to 1619 where slaves in the Americas were stripped of all knowledge of their Islamic religion and cultural tradition.
One book that more honestly than most portrays the relationship between Islam and ‘America’ during this time period and subsequent decades is Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved In The Americas by Sylviane A. Diouf.
While President Obama and others very appropriately mention the fact that Thomas Jefferson had a Holy Qur’an in his library, upon which the first openly Muslim Member of Congress took his oath of office – the logical question of why Mr. Jefferson had a Qur’an has never been addressed to my satisfaction.
How and why the Holy Qur’an is studied among high level Masons provides a key to this answer. That Muhammad of 1,400 years ago is listed at # 1 in The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History by Michael H. Hart provides another key.
There is something very deep about the truth and power of Islam that has been deliberately hidden from the American people for centuries.
President Obama so very powerfully exposed part of it yesterday when he said:
“As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam — at places like Al-Azhar — that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities — (applause) — it was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.”
Hopefully one of the benefits of this speech will be that schoolchildren in American schools will be taught more honestly the contribution that Africans and Muslims (sometimes both) had on bringing civilization to Europe.
Just think, if a teacher uses the word ‘savage’ in reference to history more children are probably likely to think of Africans and Native Americans rather than Europeans.
Why?
Why are the events of September 11, 2001 used as the lens by which Americans have been ‘introduced’ to Islam rather than the more honest history of how its positive influence helped to raise Europe out of the Dark Ages. How could this be if America has not been ‘at war’ with Islam?
In the book This Is The One Jabril Muhammad writes, “For instance, in what is taught in America’s educational system, the key to Europe’s Renaissance is not given. The truth of the source of the good ideas currently taught in this country’s school system is hidden. They don’t teach what they know of the basis of such subjects, as mathematics, all of the physical sciences have their origin in the Muslim world. Many true and significant concepts in what is called the social sciences have their origin in the Muslim world. The root of such fields of knowledge taught in America’s school system, which originated with Muslims, includes astronomy, history and geography.”
If America has not been at war with Islam why is not the agreement between what follows from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad in an article from the Amsterdam News and what follows from the book The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon ever taught in public schools, on cable television program, or in mainstream media?
In an April 5, 1958 article the Honorable Elijah Muhammad wrote:
“Islam is the True Religion: the Sun of Law and Truth; the help of the helpless poor. It brought the White Race up out of the dark caves of Europe. Islam turned their faces to its fixed sign in the East, and by the hand of a prophet, brought them into the ‘promised land.’
Islam built their homes carpeted their floors; alighted their homes with lamps; put clothes on their naked bodies and cooked food, and put pure drinks in their stomachs; taught them the manners of society; gave them the Scriptures of God for their guidance and taught them the true language of mathematics that they may build a kingdom of wonders and ascend above the clouds.’
From Hendrik Willem Van Loon’s book, The Story of Mankind we read:
“These earliest ancestors of ours who lived in the great European wilderness were rapidly learning many new things. It is safe to say that in due course of time they would have given up the ways of savages and who would have developed a civilization of their own. But suddenly there came an end to their isolation. They were discovered.
A traveler from an unknown southland who had dared to cross the sea and the high mountain passes had found his way to the wild people of the European continent. He came from Africa. His home was in Egypt”
Did Europeans suddenly leap into a period of Enlightenment and Science or was it fueled by knowledge and Islam introduced to them by Moses (is he the ‘traveler from an unknown southland’ mentioned by Hendrick Willem Van Loom?) and the followers of Muhammad?
That so many Europeans and Americans are unaware of this history while considering Africans and Muslims backward, savage, uncivilized or unenlightened is striking. That so many are only aware of Islam through the events of September 11, 2001 and not this history is possibly all the evidence that one needs to know that America has been at war with Islam, if only in a very guile, high level and covert manner.
But, perhaps more directly, as the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan wrote in his very powerful letter to President Bush dated December 1, 2001, “President Richard Nixon wrote that the enemy of democracy was not communism, but, fundamentalist Islam. Every President since the Nixon/Ford administration has taken some military action against a Muslim nation.”
In his speech President Obama made a very interesting statement, “For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is in fact a tumultuous history between us. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government. Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has played a role in acts of hostage-taking and violence against U.S. troops and civilians. This history is well known.”
Actually, this history - ‘In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government’ – is not ‘well known.’
At least what preceded this act of subversion is certainly not well known by Americans.
Hopefully, as a result of this speech, Americans will become better acquainted with what American foreign policy, covert operations and economic manipulation has meant for Muslim nations like Iran, Indonesia, and Libya, for instance.
In light of this history, President Obama’s reference to divisions between Shi’a and Sunni Muslims is just a bit disingenuous (“And if we are being honest, fault lines must be closed among Muslims, as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.”) True, the Shiite – Sunni fighting and disagreement results from internal Islamic disunity (essentially a disagreement over the extent of the authority and place of the Caliph Ali, and his family) but it has been willfully manipulated throughout the Muslim world by covert intelligence operations and political machinations of the U.S.
Nevertheless, his words of encouragement to close ‘faultlines’ should be heeded.
In his sobering, yet encouraging letter to President George W. Bush (http://www.finalcall.com/columns/mlf/mlf_letter_bush02-14-2002.htm), Minister Farrakhan wrote, “I am writing this to show a consistent pattern of behavior of America’s Presidents, administrations, and the press with respect to those Muslim leaders and other leaders that America has chosen to denounce as rogues, and to use as a justification for military action to cover their real purposes.”
It is this point wherein lies the great value of yesterday’s speech and the challenge ahead for current U.S. policy.
In his speech yesterday President Obama mixed important acknowledgements of history and current facts with warnings that could serve as justifications for future military action, directly and indirectly, by the United States, against Muslim leaders - Hamas and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
On Hamas President Obama said, “Hamas does have support among some Palestinians…”
On Iran, President Obama said, “There will be many issues to discuss between our two countries, and we are willing to move forward without preconditions on the basis of mutual respect.”
So now the stage is set and the question begs to be asked?
Will President Obama be the United States President that reverses the recent history of military action toward the Muslim world – accelerated by President Nixon’s private attitude toward Islam and fully manifested by President George W. Bush’s action against two Muslim nations (one a war of ‘necessity,’ and the other a war of ‘choice,’ as President Obama described it yesterday).
Or, will he be the United States President who voluntarily decides, or who is manipulated (by very powerful interests) into a final phase of this overall war further expanding it into places like Iran, Palestine (President Obama has made it ok to say this now), Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Malaysia, and of course, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Interestingly, out of all of the wonderful attributes and principles the President lifted up, the principle of justice was missing.
Can a crisis like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict really peacefully be resolved without that principle elevated to both the Palestinians and the Israelis?
Here is where statements like “America’s strong bonds with Israel are well known. This bond is unbreakable,” raise the legitimate question in the mind of Muslims if there is anything that Israel could do against the Palestinian people that would cause the United States to alter its relationship with the Jewish state or even punish or sanction it, like it does Muslim countries.
Can truth and honesty (which President Obama elevates repeatedly in his speech) and the principle of justice, really influence what is already a pre-determined outcome such as a ‘bond that is unbreakable’?
The final element to this narrative is the Muslim world and the root of its problems – which is not American foreign policy - but its divided state of condition caused by deviation from the teachings of Islam. If there is something to the saying that ‘you are your own worst enemy,’ or ‘know one can mess up your life more than you can,’ - which we all bear witness to individually each day – then the Muslim world must look itself in the mirror and ask the question – what have we done to ourselves in violation of the principles of the Holy Qur’an, natural law, and the universal principles of righteousness that have also enabled outside forces to manipulate us, against ourselves?
Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) stated that three generations after him would not be of him. He also gave clear warnings to the Muslim world in what is said to be his ‘last sermon’ (http://www.themodernreligion.com/prophet/prophet_lastsermon.htm) which Muslims have repeatedly violated for centuries.
As a result, 1.5 billion Muslims with immense collective wisdom, wealth and man-woman power are left largely in poverty with divided schools of thought over the teachings of the Prophet and the exegesis of the Holy Qur’an; politically and economically disorganized; dissatisfied with their own governments; simultaneously fascinated and repulsed by Western culture; and with a litany of grievances against Israel, America and the West.
The state of affairs is most visible in the fact that the Muslim world 1) does not speak spiritually or strategically with one voice, as it essentially did during most of the period of the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs who followed Prophet Muhamad: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali 2) does not have a united political front to represent the Ummah and 3) has no core state or intermediary capable of representing its interests diplomatically to those it believes have done the most harm to it.
In addition, the near 7 million Muslims in America are not a political force by most accounts and have not been organized as a counter-weight to the powerful Israeli lobby.
As I have written previously, relative to the American left, Black, and Progressive community (“Obama Triangulates While His Base Murmurs”, http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/obama-triangulates-while-his-base-only-murmurs/) – no matter how sympathetic President Barack Hussein Obama may be to the Muslim world, he is not going to make any major changes in U.S. foreign policy unless he is forced to.
By making this speech President Obama is, in effect, inviting the Muslim world to force him to make the changes he implies are needed or which become justified by an honest assessment of history.
Judging by the reaction to President Barack Obama’s speech throughout the world, the attitude among many in the Muslim world is that somehow President Obama, by himself, is supposed to unwind all of the U.S. foreign policy mistakes and blunders made by his predecessors, which he institutionally cannot do without the help and pressure of an Islamic lobby.
Rather than just repeating legitimate grievances in public rallies, penning lengthy essays, making scholarly speeches, promoting intellectual discourse, and espousing fiery rhetoric – all important - the Muslim Ummah (and its critically important immigrant and Black American Muslim voting bloc) would be better served by organizing its money, media influence, bodies, and votes in more effective and targeted ways.
If it wants to know how this could be done, it really should study the Israeli lobby as much as it criticizes it. The definitive work, in my view, is The Israeli Lobby by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt.
But, again, it is the spiritual deviation away from the Holy Qur’an, Sunnah, and Hadith of the Prophet that is the primary factor responsible for the frustration and miserable condition in much of the Muslim world.
Once that is rectified the identity of a new ‘Caliphate’ capable of serving as the spiritual voice of the Muslim world will be revealed; the effectiveness of a united front and political organization such as the Organization Of Islamic Conference will dramatically increase; and the emergence of an Islamic core state that the family of nations can trust to deal with America, Israel and the West can take place (Turkey is an intriguing possibility, see my “Turkey: Buffer, Butler Or Balance?” written at BlackElectorate in December of 2002: http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=759)
Lastly, while President Obama listed 6 issues by which to frame the relationship between the United States and The Muslim Ummah it was a seventh that the Muslim world should pay attention to – economic development and entrepreneurship – if it is to change the fortunes and quality of life of our world.
There is an oasis of economic wisdom in the Holy Qur’an, Sunnah and Hadith of The Prophet that the Muslim world ignores, does not understand, or simply will not practice, which would elevate millions out of poverty and provide an alternative to a financial and economic system which is currently in crisis or decay.
There are economic principles that Muslim governments must embrace if they are to build a real world of Islam and not one that is dependent upon multilateral institution assistance (UN, IMF, World Bank), foreign aid or a single commodity (like oil).
On that message, President Obama, made a positive contribution when he said:
“I know that for many, the face of globalization is contradictory. The Internet and television can bring knowledge and information, but also offensive sexuality and mindless violence into the home. Trade can bring new wealth and opportunities, but also huge disruptions and change in communities. In all nations — including America — this change can bring fear. Fear that because of modernity we lose control over our economic choices, our politics, and most importantly our identities — those things we most cherish about our communities, our families, our traditions, and our faith.
But I also know that human progress cannot be denied. There need not be contradictions between development and tradition. Countries like Japan and South Korea grew their economies enormously while maintaining distinct cultures. The same is true for the astonishing progress within Muslim-majority countries from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai. In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.
… On economic development, we will create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries. And I will host a Summit on Entrepreneurship this year to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations and social entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.”
If President Obama includes the right motivation, successful models, experts, networks, and communities his focus on economic development and entrepreneurship for the Muslim world could do more good than many of the political-oriented initiatives that characterize the Muslim-U.S. relationship.
In sum, this speech was impressive, promising, and refreshingly honest in many respects.
It, however, nor, a single President, by themselves, is capabale of doing much more than simply changing the current atmosphere or climate.
If the Muslim Ummah – particularly the Muslim community with the best strategic location: within the United States of America - will respond not just with applause or constructive criticism, but progressive spiritual reform and real political, cultural and economic unity applied to power centers, President Obama won’t have to wonder where to go, or wish he knew how to counter competing interest groups.
The balance or mizan that is badly needed, would manifest, by and with the Help of Allah.
And with Allah, is the most appropriate place to end - if Muslims really believe in Him, they will not only make grievances, and hope a sitting President will make changes to American foreign policy that they desire. Nor will the Ummah simply work culturally, politically, or economically to intelligently influence President Obama in this direction.
No, we will also pray for one another, our leaders, and our President Barack Hussein Obama and ask for His help to produce real change.
All of us have only a limited time to work.
Allah (God) makes it that way.
As Minister Farrakhan stated in his letter to President George W. Bush:
“This indeed is a great trial for you and for America, because, when Allah (God) allows anyone of us to rule over His servants and a great part of His creation, He does so to see how we act. If we act well, He will not replace our rule; however, if we allow the power, wealth, and wisdom that we possess over Allah’s (God’s) servants and creation to blind us so that we act other than as Allah (God) would desire us to act, then, He acts through the forces of nature and through people to overturn our rule.”
Let us read, study, praise and criticize this speech but not in a way that blinds us to our own responsibility by it.
As President Obama noted yesterday, “All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time.”
Cedric Muhammad
June 5, 2009
http://cedricmuhammad.com/
Peace to all.
Many times of past I prefer not to dialog, because it itself call for patience and persistance, humility and honesty as Brother Muhammad pointed out. I have spent most of my adult life to understand the discourse that exist between individual and cultures. Listening to many people who have been helpful in enlightenment for those who desire it. It does not matter what system is use to govern a people with if those who’s hearts are corrupted are allowed to influence it. The resources of the world I believe should belong to all if we look at where the resources in the world are located and who the people located in those areas it becomes clear without why policies are implemented. If weaponry is removed from all sides then dialog would with a clear understanding of history atleast before 332 bc would be helpful for us all.
i hope with this initiative by President Obama, America will lead the world in quest for peace that remains so elusive in the horn of Africa Sudan-DAFUR massacre, Chad and Central Africa in Democratic republic of Congo.Without forgeting Somalia that the Muslim Comunity has forsaken and continues to be a regional problem in East-Africa, indeed from reliable sources it lead to the cancellation of a maiden direct US flight to Kenya via Dakar senegal from Washington which could have opened business opportunities in Kenya.
Brother Cedric – THANK YOU! Two points;
I actually read the speech first and then monitored video commentary. I place emphasis on reading of his words, for even though the video and audio clips will survive, scholars will (and are) pore over the words. And visual cues effect mental processing, a fact you may have noticed during your self-imposed moratorium against American videonews. For even in opting to see and hear the opinions through another cultural lens, unless the language is English, when hearing the native language, one is actually reading subtitles.
Secondly, Surah 55 Verse 9, immediately following the discussion of mizan as a measure, refers to balance, another meaning of the word , according to Maulana Muhammad Ali in The Religion of Islam. A balance is an instrument for weighing the scare by which deeds and principles are weighed and destinies are determined. The evocation of the image of a balance, calls into the play the role of the fulcrum or the support on which a lever rests in moving or lifting something , a counter-weight if you will.. To move the fulcrum, to the right or the left, is to effect a balance.
In order to attain closeness with Him (the One True and Living God), we must all be balanced – applying focused energy that is evenly distributed. To return to the analogies of the mizan, Believers are striving to lift the world out of its current state of mistrust, violence, greed and injustice. We are weighted down by misunderstanding and intolerance. Our success depends on a measure of movement, a re-placement of the fulcrum. For those of on the political left, we have to move a little more to the political right. And for those on the right, movement to the left is required. I believe President Obama is a sign of the movement of the fulcrum.
Assalamu Aalaikum,
Islaam is based on the Shairah not Democracy! Inciting us to use a democratic system to help us is not the answer. Turning towards the Quran and Sunnah is the only way to rectify our situation. Islaam is growing at a tremendous rate. In the future,inshaAllaah, Muslims will make up a majority in the U.S. and even in other continents, the same thing will happen, inshaAllaah. The solution is making sure the Islamic Leaders are following the Quran and Sunnah . That is the key to our success.
In the Quran it states: Surah al-Maidah Verse 3, “This day, those who disbelieved have given up all hope of your religion, so fear them not, but fear Me. This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion”.
Perfect means everything we need to be successful in this life. We need to look to the Prophet Muhammad, who was revealed the Quran, who was the Last and Final Prophet and Messenger.
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