Number Two Islam
By Dr. Shabbir Ahmed

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.- Voltaire 1694-1778.

You cannot trust your judgment if your imagination is out of focus.- Mark Twain 1835-1910

The ideas that inspired the French Revolution and the Declaration of Rights that guided the framing of the American Constitution and inflamed the struggle for independence in the Latin American countries [and elsewhere] were not inventions of the West. They find their ultimate inspiration and source in the Holy Koran. - Robert Briffault

I think any distorted belief system throws our imagination out of focus. Consequently, our judgment and the resulting actions end up being wrong. Although Islam is not a religion in the conventional sense - (it’s a System of life) - like other religions, it has suffered from a terrible and tragic dichotomy at the hands of the extremist, orthodox, closed-minded and tunnel-vision priesthood. They are the ones who refuse to think and reflect, and yet claim to be the custodians of Islam to the exclusion of others. The latest example has been shown by the Taliban. Under very questionable practices similar to the “rain dance” of old Native Americans, the Taliban Mullahs had been conducting regular rain prayers to end the severe drought in Afghanistan during 1996-2000. Results remained conspicuous by their absence. Did they stop and think for a moment? Yes and no. Perhaps they thought they were not praying enough!

The True Islam was implemented in the lifetime of the exalted Prophet Muhammad and his noble companions 14 centuries ago. No seeking mind can deny the glory of humanity in that sacred era. Human dignity, women’s rights, rule of law, justice and equity, freedom of religion, speech, true democracy, sanctity of human life, honor and property have been well documented in the golden pages of history.

Never since that sacred era has the world seen Islam as a collective System of life in any nation. To mention economic prosperity, the Islamic state of Madina was the only Empire in all history where it had become impossible to find a person willing to accept charity. The would-be second Caliph of Islam, Omar, the great, was the Chief Justice of the Empire in 633-34 AD. It is mind boggling to observe that not a single case was brought to his court about theft, rape, murder, robbery, or any form of violent crime.

Non-Muslims used to embrace Islam by watching and experiencing the beauty of the true Islam.

Now, the unfortunate anti-thesis: For the first time ever in the history of mankind the NUMBER TWO ISLAM, which guarantees misery, was implemented with full force by the Taliban. They were destined to be routed and thoroughly capitulated, and they have been.

The Qur’an boldly declares, “It has been written by God that believers (in the Qur’anic Laws) will always prevail.” At another point it promises, “You will certainly be victorious if you are indeed believers (in the Divine Laws, given in the Qur’an).”

It appears that the West is, unconsciously, a greater and practical believer in the Qur’anic Laws. I think it is about time that the Muslims worldwide stop and think. Is the Qur’an wrong? No Sir/Madam, a great, great majority of Muslims in the world are not indeed believers. They think they are believers because they are being charmed into thinking as such by the Mullahs. And Mullahs do so because of ignorance and because they want to keep their strong-hold on the masses. The so-called Muslims today are slaves of false tradition.

Before I touch upon the NUMBER TWO ISLAM (N2I) further, let me present a litmus test for the representatives of the N2I.

Any person, male or female that PREACHES beard and HIJAB (veiling) belongs to the NUMBER TWO. This is because beard and veiling are not ordained in the Qur’an. They were borrowed by ancient Mullahs from old culture, to display piety and to enslave women.

The Qur’an calls itself the Liberator from all kinds of mental and physical bondage. It very strongly upholds human rights and very forcefully declares, “There is no compulsion or coercion in religion.” This rule has absolutely no exceptions.

Being a student of the Qur’an, the Bible and of history, I have reached a conclusion.

What is that conclusion? That in the third century after Prophet Muhammad, the exalted, the so-called Imams of tradition imposed a religious Martial Law on people. They tried to extinguish the Qur’anic Light and very successfully bound the Muslim masses back in the same chains which the Qur’an had smashed.

These criminals got vehement support from the rulers because the NUMBER TWO ISLAM catered to their evil and wicked desires - Desires for harems, palaces, concubines, slaves, pomp and luxury.

The Qur’an had taught that just as God is one, mankind is one. The only distinction among people could be based upon good conduct. Color, wealth, ethnic origin, sex, lineage, would not incur superiority or inferiority upon any human being.

The inventors of the N2I i.e. Mullahs and Sufis in various ways reverted the Muslims back to the era of JAHILIYAH (the Age of Ignorance). Writing books contrary to the Qur`an was only one of their methodologies.

They stand responsible for throwing the imagination of Muslims worldwide out of focus. And we have seen that when our imagination goes out of focus we cannot trust our judgment. The results have been horrendous. Muslims not only continue to live at subhuman levels, but their actions have harmed themselves and the “Family of God”.

Just as I believe that the NUMBER TWO ISLAM is a scourge of humanity, it is my conviction that the true Islam is the only hope of mankind. When I state that Islam is the only hope of mankind I am in good company with such greats as George Bernard Shaw, Johann Goethe, Thomas Carlyle, Alphonse Lamartine, Rev. Bosworth Smith and the like.

Allow me to share one of my concerns: I was naïve and probably justified twenty years ago in thinking that the PhD Mullahs and the Western Islamic scholars would belong to a different stock than an ignorant Imam in a village in India, Pakistan, Saudi-Arabia, Iran, Kuwait and Afghanistan etc. No, no, not at all! The Martial Law I referred to was so far reaching that even today it remains in full force behind the beard and the veil.

We need to reform our Islamic schools in the West. They must refrain from preaching the N2I. They will be doing a great service to America and Europe in particular and the world in general if they revert to the Holy Qur’an. Even here I have a word of caution.

Almost all of the translations of the Qur’an have been done by the proponents and followers of the man-made NUMBER TWO ISLAM with their erroneous interpretations. Let us not accept any interpretation without due reflection.

If my Muslim brothers and sisters feel offended on seeing the reality, they should feel free to call me with questions, comments, and tantrums seven days a week at 954 746 2115.

A few words about terrorism: The Qur’an declares in no uncertain terms, “Terrorism is a more severe crime than killing. “The Mighty Book also advises mankind that the best way to ensure peace and to avoid fear and grief is to do justice even with the enemy.