A spiritual Ishmaelite

Author: ishmaelabraham

  • Dialogue with a probably Irish conservative Catholic

    Shalom. God bless the knights of Christ and Mary peace be upon both, deus vult in spiritual sense.
    David Serraino-Meide accepted your request.
    Inashallah we will both survive the evils of this Zionist world. You are truly a great example of a tolerant and loving Muslim, my brother.
    Pope is too politically correct. I heard about porn reaching even Vatican. If we failed to resist sexual revolution and atheism, we will lose divine assistance through the armies of angels. Protestants fail to love Mary peace be upon her, as she deserves, but I think disciples did not believe in theotokos. I am not recommending Sola Scriptura but Prima Scriptura along with intelligent and selective traditionalism.
    You have a blessed name. David peace be upon him was a king and still he fasted on alternate days.
    Why aren’t you an imam?? You should be!!! You could be a messenger for Allah!
    I am a messenger of Messenger of Allah 🙂 I share a joke. Once on youtube someone compared an explosion on the sun to ejaculation which I criticized so they thought I was a Catholic. It reminded me of the power of Catholicism. 🙂
    The thing is that both Catholics and Muslims can indeed love one another and live together in harmony, but the Zionists and Jesuits don’t want it.
    Aren’t Jesuits Political Catholics?
    *Political Pawns and Zionists in disguise is what Jesuits are. They’ve destroyed the Holy Church by ridding all the true Christianity of it. Much like how hate Imams give Islam a bad rapport.
    Do you think that God-fearing Jesuits exist? Or are you completely apolitical?
    Some probably exist but most are in it for the politics
    The same is true for Islamists. There are many Isamists who are executed by secularists for speaking against Zionism and sexual revolution, but in their ranks are people who do not fear God and end up serving Zionists. Can you tell me about a good Jesuit? If you are apolitical, do you believe in becoming a monk?
    A good Jesuit will love all and rule the catholic hierarchy with a conservative and iron fist. I believe in becoming a monk, yes. But there needs to be a more strict screening to keep the mentally ill out
    Can you name a good Jesuit however imperfect. I think introverts/schizoids make great monks.
    Not off the top of my head I cannot. Most of my priests are Irish-born and just diocesan priests.
    Was IRA right? Were they Jesuits?
    Some but not all. IRA cost many people their lives and it was a shame. Ireland is so secular nowadays it’s insane. I want old-school Anglicanism to come back.
    Has Ireland embraced gay rights? We are responsible for secularism due to our divisive egos.
    Much of Ireland has, yes. It’s very sad. What are Islams views on abortion?
    Due to health issues, abortion may be kosher but most abortions are due to sin.
    I work with a Pakistani Muslim woman and she’s so tolerant toward my religion. Gives me hope in this world.
    But most Muslim emigrants to West are liberal, I think respectful theological debate is better than secular tolerance or indifference.

  • Farhud and waiting for Messiah without supporting Goliath

    Ishmael Abraham Quran mentions synagogues with respect. So, if men of synagogues support Torah, Muslims should support them, but if they support Goliath, then they should re-read Torah.
    Alperovich Anatoly That one obviously support torah, not Goliath. Besides . Nice to have someone to share allegorical metaphors .
    Alperovich Anatoly Today is bikurim , the farhud day

    Ishmael Abraham Incidents like that make me think that orthodox people should avoid politics until Messiah comes.

    Alperovich Anatoly The problem, who rules us then?
    Ishmael Abraham Our Prophet(p) taught that when both sides of war are unholy, one should break his sword and go to wilderness and eat the roots of trees. Early Jewish sects went to caves to save themselves from Hellenistic paganism.

    Ishmael Abraham One can become a monk even within technology by focusing people towards God during daily conversations while visiting synagogue/mosque on daily basis.

  • Progress through disobedience and anarchism

    Ishmael Abraham What if there is actually a just leader?
    Nick Elam Then I support them

    Ishmael Abraham In our history, there was a just leader the Caliph Uthman but people thought he had some flaws like being lenient to his family members so they executed him, but he refused either to resign or kill the protestors. In the same way there was a tamarod movement in Egypt to remove democratically elected Morsi which led to Rabaa massacre finally. So, a weak leader is still better than anarchism. But secularists in Middle East are anarchists.

  • Message to a moderate Pakistani modernist

    Peace.  I loved your tolerant discussion at Citizens for Secular Democracy. I tried to engage with them intelligently but they expelled me from their group and I joined the group with a new ID to listen to their grievances. You pretended to be pro-gay, but I am firm about that. I like existential psychology because Kierkegaard loved Abraham peace be upon him. Sufis say: I think and experience, therefore I am not 🙂  　 God bless people like you for a peaceful future in Pakistan.

  • A prayer for miracles and patience during suffering

    Allahumma’jurna fi musibatina wakhluf lana khairan minha.

    O God, make our suffering a source of divine reward and give us something better than our present state.

  • How sins lead to tough life and weakened worship?

    Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, said: The result of disobedience is weakness in worship, tough life and reduction in pleasure of lawful activities.

    عن على بن أبى طالب رضى الله عنه قال: جزاء المعصية الوهن فى العبادة والضيق فى المعيشة والنقص فى اللذة. قيل وما النقص فى اللذة؟ قال: لا ينال شهوة حلالاً إلا جاءه ما ينقصه إياها. تاريخ الخلفاء

  • Stephanie Tessier, her mother and salvation

    Stephanie believed like many Muslims that all those who die without Islam lose salvation which is not true according to nuanced scholars of Islam.

    For losing salvation, it is necessary that you recognize the truth fully and still reject it due to pride. But most good people never have a chance to meet an intelligent and nuanced Scriptural scholar in their lives.

    Most of the scholarly works which deal with philosophical doubts are in Arabic and untranslated.

    The historical wars were meant to ensure freedom of religion because Byzantines and Catholics did not allow that like to Moriscos.
    Khadijah a businesswoman took take of herself.
    Quran 24:33 talks about the consent of female servants.
    I am an orthodox Muslim and I agree with her that both extremes of sexual revolution and anti-sexual negativity are not the solution.
    She had a failed marriage so she is naturally biased against Islam so not a dispassionate de-conversion.

     

  • Conversation with westernized Eastern critics of Islam

    You talked about female Prophets. Quran mentions the faithful female queen of Sheba in Yemen. However, I do not think modern woman can or want to live like hypothetical female Prophets. The highest state of female saints is Fatimah peace be upon her, and she is called Batul because she disconnected from outside world to remember God, an ideal virtually impossible for many modern women. So, demanding something that is either not feasible or only an expression of ego is not fair.
    Recently, I learnt that Islamic scholars like Al-Ashari, Al-Qurtubi and Ibn Hazm believed in female Prophets, based on verses like Quran 3:42 where angels speak to Mary peace be upon her. But she was also focused on worship and disconnecting from outside world.
    If you were worried about those characters, it was based on a popular misunderstanding of Scripture. What have the Muslim community done to reach out to humanity to say that the argument is conclusive for them. There are more translations of Bible than Quran in the world.
    To ask a Muslim layman is eternal suffering just would not be ethical because they do not know about the Scriptural nuance that those who were raised in an atmosphere of spiritual confusion are unable to find truth in it full intellectual and spiritual essence. Sacred texts teach that it is up to God to make truth known to people. The deserved suffering is after a person understands the truth but still is reluctant due to social pressure and ego.
    Isn’t cultural insularity of traditional Muslims not better than becoming the victim of cultural imperialism.
    Bernie endorses Linda because she condones gay rights.
    Ex Muslim movement is all about the communication gap created by secularization. If these people as children engaged as intimately with intelligent orthodox Muslims as much as the ubiquitous western culture, there would be lesser apostasies.
    Anti-traditionalist cultural xenophobia may be is a better term than Islamophobia.
    Anti-Muslim bigotry is as ineffective in stopping violence in Middle East as Ex Muslim indifference to orthodox voices.
    I like the term jihadist although having a malicious intent for foreign audience will end up overcoming the stigma about jihad. God says in Quran that the plans of deniers will backfire in the end.
    If you are sex-positive, there is nothing shameful about sexuality especially within marriage.
    The laughter accompanying the mention of sexuality of the Prophet(p) shows that your conclusions are not dispassionate.
    How can Quran resonate if you are raised with sexual revolution everywhere around you. Caliph Uthman may God be pleased with him said: If hearts were completely pure, they would never grow tired of reciting Quran. He was executed by rebels while reciting Quran, but he refused to defend himself to avoid bloodshed to faithful even if they are rebellious.
    Western culture makes you feel tired for having to defend faith at every step which leads to apostasy.
    I see modernist women half-naked even in winter.
    Is your shame about your faithful past due to popular stigmatization of religion in West.
    Why did you self-censor about sexism?
    Quran talks about a righteous Jewish minority but Muslim laymen and secularists do not know about that nuance especially after creation of Israel.
    Is early marriage which accords with biological nature more absurd than pre-teen lesbians and teen pregnancies.
    I have noticed that critics of religion from intellectually mature backgrounds like Pakistan and Egypt tend to be more nuanced and less bigoted than critics of religion from sectarian backgrounds like Saudi Arabia and Iran.
    Did you change your mind or heart about hijab. Was it a new cognition or new sentience? While living in US these new cognitions and new sentiences are more likely to be secular because of geographical happenstance. Eastern apostates evade geographical happenstance but they do not happen to be very intelligent either about faith or reason.
    I admire ex Muslims who say they are open-minded to converting back to Islam.
    Does secularism mean Rabaa massacre and dictatorial Ataturk.
    She is less bigoted and more inclusive than the title secular jihadism.

  • How secularism marginalizes and radicalizes the faithful

    Ishmael Abraham

    About a Christian extremist: If secularism did not marginalize people like him and educated about faith intelligently and respectfully we would not have marginalized extremists like him.

    Nick Elam How does secularism marginalize people?
    Ishmael Abraham By denying discussion and expression of religion in schools, politics and public sphere.

    Nick Elam Most secularists I know actually advocate for the teaching of religions, our problem is with forcing children to believe something before they’re old enough to make that decision themselves. As far as politics goes, you can express yourself all you want. We only have a problem if someone tries to use their religion to take away the rights of others.
    Ishmael Abraham Most famous atheists stigmatize religion so that people feel ashamed, terrified and diffident of identifying with religion. It is a form of IQ shaming. People do not choose to be intelligent, and even people with average IQ have a right to a spiritual identity without intellectual shaming. I think children in West did not choose to be born in an atmosphere of sexual revolution. There is no way to save children under 18 who are brainwashed by porn. They cannot choose to have a traditional sexuality. Even if I were raised in US I would not be able to avoid pre-marital sex, but thanks God my father returned from US.

  • To an Egyptian secularist who admires Martin Luther King Jr

    Comments on video:
    I am happy that you mentioned both liberal phariseeism and pseudo-religious phariseeism. I say pseudo-religious because Quran says la tazakku anfusakum ‘Do not call yourself pure because He knows best who really fears and respects Him’.
    Some say Egyptian secularism is due to egoistic DNA of Pharaohs. Do you descend from Pharaohs or Ishmaelites?
    Would secularists normalize fundamentalist dissent of modern culture?
    Imam Ali peace be upon him taught before Martin Luther King that ‘Men are enemies of what they are ignorant about’.
    Inbox Message:
    Peace on truth seekers. I am engaging in dialogue with atheists in general including ex Muslims. I find your approach more inclusive than popular militant atheism and even other ex Muslim groups. I also admire your view that truth is more important than spotlight which can be seen in other militant and exclusivist ex Muslims. You have expressed inclusivism of secular Muslims in your speech but I hope if you also embrace polite and law-abiding orthodox traditionalist Muslims in your discourse it would help to overcome the cultural xenophobia we face even in our own cultures on daily basis simply for not having a modernist attire or lifestyle. May God give everyone the passion, courage and energy to seek truth before dying.
    I admire ex Muslims who say they are open-minded to converting back to Islam.
    Did you change your mind or heart about hijab. Was it a new cognition or new sentience? While living in US these new cognitions and new sentiences are more likely to be secular because of geographical happenstance. Eastern apostates evade geographical happenstance but they do not happen to be very intelligent either about faith or reason.
    I have noticed that critics of religion from intellectually mature backgrounds like Pakistan and Egypt tend to be more nuanced and less bigoted than critics of religion from sectarian backgrounds like Saudi Arabia and Iran.