Author: ishmaelabraham

Nick Elam Traditional refutations had been polemical because our Prophet (s) is Moses and Jesus in one. Jesus couldn’t unintentionally marry and couldn’t become a king, which will realize in second advent, so Christians treated Islam as worldly like Judaism. Modern refutations are based on the premise than Islam teaches pluralism and everyone can go to heaven without any concern for truthful accuracy. If Christians studied their own origins of Hebrew culture, Islam would not seem foreign to them. And, Muslim philosophers have tried to make Islam close to Greco-Roman Europe, like Paul did in case of Christianity.

أخذت حلم العلماء من شیخی الجشتی الحسيني و أخذت حلم الصوفية من شیخی الجشتی الکاندھلوی

The kalam of Nadwa is close to greek philosophical like Ghazzali and Aquinas, while kalam of Salafis is closer to Protestants like Ibn Taymiya and Martin Luther. But Nadwis are more like reformed Protestants than reformed Catholics.

محکوم کو پِیروں کی کرامات کا سودا
ہے بندۂ آزاد خود اک زندہ کرامات

Tariq Jamil is a paradox in Punjabi history who dares to forget his ethnic antinomianism and embrace semitic commandments.

Jews have commandments without Christ. Christians have Christ without commandments. But both of them are too narcissistic to accept both Christ and commandments like Muslims. You may not like to live under self unaware Muslims but Islam can make you seek a united Jerusalem and heaven on earth.

Hassan may have not looked inwardly with microscopic scrutiny. The story of Imam Hassan and Imam Hussain can be reconciled with modern politics. Imam Hassan represents a negation of anarchist tendency common to traditional Shia and modern far left. Imam Hussain represents a negation of passive suffering and status quo common to traditional Sunnis and modern far right.

Our pious modernist movements are very much influenced by implicit rationalism of Salafi sola scriptura. This tragic example shows we need to get closer to Masjid and traditional pronomian Sufis to avoid bibliophilic pride and bibliophilic hedonism inherent in modern world.

A westerner is curious about visiting Pakistan My response: Ideally Pakistan was meant for making humanity experience peace of Islam in modern world. A woman from New York Margaret Marcus and a male from Austria Leopold Weiss who were both intelligent faithful immigrated to Pakistan. But I won’t recommend that until we reach a spiritual human rights utopia here. I would recommend that you stay connected to western converts like Hamza Yusuf and Hamza Tzortzis to grow spiritually and intellectually in faith and commandments. However, I am willing to invite you at my home when you happen to make a world tour. God bless all seekers of truth and haq.