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juma' khutba in Baltimore
Muslim Role in
America:
Join the Power Structure
or Reach out to Oppressed
People?
Sunnah of Muhammad (pbuh) Indicates Process of
Da'wah in Idol-worshiping
society like U.S.
Can We Influence Anyone Without Voting? Here's the
Answer
[Dr. Kaukab Siddique
gave the khutba on September
5 at a mosque opened by
Nigerian Muslims near the big pro-government
mosque known as Masjid Rahma (ISB)
on the West Side of Baltimore, Maryland. Most
worshipers here are
Pakistani
and
Nigerian
immigrants]
Text for Khutba: "Allah commands Justice [‘adl],
doing good without asking
for a return [al-Ahsan], and giving to (poor)
relatives, and He forbids
indecency [alfahsha], wrongdoing [al-munkar] and
rebellion (against divine Law)
[al-Baghi]. He instructs you that ye may receive
admonition."
[The Qur'an 16:90]
MAIN POINTS of the KHUTBA:
After
9.11,
most Muslims immigrants are
assimilating fast. An "American
Islam" is emerging which is not very different
from the religion of churches
and synagogues in this country. The rich Muslims
in this country have banded
together to join the American power structure.
Owing to the assimilationist leadership, the
Muslims of America are being
led into support for the power structure. These
‘leaders' called for a BLOC
VOTE for
Bush
and we see the resultant disaster
before our eyes.
Instead of resigning and doing TAWBA, these
'leaders' are now preparing
to get Muslims to vote for a Democrat [perhaps
Lieberman?]
or they will vote
for someone of Arab descent, though looking for
Arab descent or any descent is
a form of Kufr. [Look at what Abizaid of Arab
descent is doing to Arabs in
Iraq.]
JOINING THE POWER STRUCTURE is a clear
violation of the Sunnah of the
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He did not win by voting
for Abu Jahal and Abu Lahab.
There is ABSOLUTELY no scope for such integration
into the power structure for
those who want to be Muslims.
YOU CANNOT CHANGE A CORRUPT SYSTEM by
becoming part of it. The system is
much more powerful than the Muslim community.
Whatever little Islam is left in
our new generations will be wiped out if we try
to enter the voting-getting
activities of Republicans, Democrats and others.
HOW TO INFLUENCE AMERICA without VOTING?
We Muslims have the OBLIGATION to command
all that is good and to oppose
evil (9.70). We can only be on the side of Good,
not on the side of any party.
How did the Prophet (pbuh) influence his
people without joining those in
power:
1. Person-to-person contacts.
2. The Prophet's example as a person of piety,
chastity and fear of Allah.
3. Communication through disseminating the
Qur'an.
4. Organizing those who want a new way of life.
5. Using the existing system (such as attorneys,
media,
publications).
6. Creating a new system. [New
Media,
new
communities, new economics, new
politics.]
BIGGEST BLUNDER IS TO REACH OUT TO:
1. Congresspersons
2. Senators
3. White House
4. Pentagon
5. FBI
These are the oppressors of the American
people and the exploiters of
the whole world.
Nothing is to be gained by reaching out to them.
Try it. They laugh at you
and put your petition in the trash.
ISLAM SPREAD IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF the
MARTYRDOM OF MALCOLM X.
People could see, because of him, that Islam
stands against all forms of
exploitation, oppression and aggression. Malcolm
X was never invited to the White
House.
After him we have had "flag wavers" and
"toms." Why would anyone want to
become Muslim if you are a sneaky liar enough to
say that "There is no
difference between Christianity and Islam," or,
that all those who are fighting
against occupation in
Kashmir,
Chechnia,
Afghanistan,
Iraq
and
Palestine
are
"terrorists."
By joining the power structure, we show our
children that we are
hypocrites. When we say Allahu Akbar, we actually
mean "White House Akbar." All
these self-appointed leaders are waiting for an
invitation to the White House to
kiss the feet of their master.
WHOM SHOULD WE REACH OUT TO:
1. African-Americans, our natural allies.
2. Hispanics, especially Mexicans, the new slaves
of America.
3. Germans, about 25% of the population who are
sick and tired of listening
to the
Jewish
stories about the Second World War.
4. Women, 50% of the population. America has
disgraced and humiliated women,
making them proud of their humiliation,
publishing their private parts in
multi-colored magazines and making money off
them.
LET's MAKE 16:90 the CENTER PIECE OF OUR DA'WAH:
We Stand for JUSTICE. America's prison system is
the most horrific example of
INJUSTICE and man's degradation of man the world
has ever seen. We must stand
up for Muslims and non-Muslims unjustly thrown
into prison. [STOP BUILDING
MILLION DOLLAR MOSQUES and MILLION DOLLAR PARKING
LOTS for the mosques. Your
brothers in prison don't even have money for
attorneys.]
Al-AHSAN is doing good FOR ITS OWN SAKE, not for
tax exemption or plaques or
self-praise. Do good and try not to reveal it.
KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER. Are there poor and
oppressed people in your family?
No point in helping others when you haven't
helped the weak ones in your
family. ARE YOU MOTIVATING THE CHILDREN IN THE
COMMUNITY or are you losing them to
the mainstream kufr? Do you use funds to SEND
YOUR CHILDREN TO VISIT
AFRICA
or do you give them funds to VISIT DISNEY?
INDECENCY is POURING into every home through TV.
Look at how low the main
media
have gone. They bring a 20-year old Kobe
Bryant as the butt of their jokes.
He says: No, I didn't rape that woman. I just had
adultery with her! This is
seen coast-to-coast on every TV screen. And his
wife is sitting there after he
gave her a $5 million ring. Is this different
from the Era of Jahiliyya when
the rich among the Quraish used to gather and
sing of their sexual exploits?
WRONG DOING or disobedience to God (Allah)
has become common place. Most
people in this country often do wrong without
thinking its wrong. Or they do
right only when the police is watching them. We
must organize to stop
wrong-doing. Have you ever protested against
liquor stores or bill boards showing
naked women? Do you write to the newspapers?
And FINALLY Al-BAGHI or rebellion against
God has broken out. Churches
now say that homosexuality is as normal as
"heterosexuality." A MALE BISHOP has
been sleeping with a man for 15 years and was
recently promoted. That is
Christianity today. They want a similar "Islam."
[Corrupt Muslims are being prepared to take "Gay
Rights" to Muslim countries.]
WAR is being waged in the name of peace.
Imperialism is being described as
"liberation."
O Allah forgive our sin and our
shortcomings. Give us knowledge of the
Qur'an and the
Hadith.
Make us compassionate and forgiving towards the
weak, stern and fearless
towards the rich and the powerful. Help us to
follow the example of Muhammad,
peace be on him, and of the sahaba and of those
who followed them.
Defeat and destroy the YAHOOD, O Allah, and
drive them out of
Palestine.
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