The Forces of Evil

I am writing about George Bush again ! I cannot help it for now he has become an interesting subject for religious study. You see, he speaks about evil as in "The Axis of Evil". By this he acknowledges the existance of the Force of Evil in God's universe. Incidentally Islam believes the same.

The only way to ward off evil is by having faith in God and complies with all His rules. I don't think that George follows all God's rules. There are not no so many God's rules in the Bible any way when compared to the Koran. The Koran talks about the waywardness of the Children of Israel and the Bible too talks about their rebellious nature. Now the Koran says any community that turns away from God, is denied the luxury of Divine guidance and succumbs to evil.

The Koran has a word for Evil Force and the word is "al-taghut". I would like to quote Muhammad Asad, translator of the Koran who says "al-taghut" apparently circumscribes the seductive force of certain evil ambitions or desires - like striving after power for its own sake, aquisition of wealth by exploiting one's fellow beings, social advancement by all manner of immmoral means, and so forth - any of which may cause man to lose all spiritual orientation, and the enslavement of his passion".

The description fits George Bush like a well tailored suit !

Excitement Wears Off

I was excited when Obama won the Nov.4th election. So were most people in the Muslim World. We thought Obama would undo all that George Bush did in the Middle East. Today, however I am less excited especially after I went over Obama's speeches. He talks about sending more troops to Afghanistan. His statements on Iran are fimiliar - they all sound like George Bush.

I became more disheartened when I learned that Obama surrounded himself with Jewish advisers. He picked on Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff. Emanuel was an Israeli citizen and a member of the Likud Party. His job is to oversee the White House staff and to draw up the presidents program - who he should see and what he should do.. And for adviser for the Middle East Affairs, Obama picked another Jew by the name of Dennis Ross. He would advise Obama, the way Tel Aviv wants it. Obama's strategist, David Axecelrod is also a Jew. Its no wonder then American policies in the Middle East are so one sided. Are we going to see the same thing again for the next four years?

One point of consolation though - Obama is an intelligent person, unlike George Bush who allows himself to be led by the nose like an Asian water buffalo.

Pillaging USA

When George Bush and Dick Cheney finish their terms in January next year, each of them will cart home billions ill gotten dollars .. It is hard to imagine how big this amount is. Well, this mighty sum of money exceeds Malaysia's national budget for a year. What do these former president and VC need all the money for? We cannot figure it out.

This is how George, Dick and their other cohorts get the money. Some of the corporation that benefit from the recent 700 billion dollar bails -out were politically connected to George. In other words these corporations were his cronies. Imagine, tax payers' money being used to prop up these ailing corporations!

As for Dick, he is the boss of the contractor giant, Halliburton that supplies all the needs of the 140,000 troops in Iraq. These needs run all the way up from toilet paper to petrol for the war machines.

Then there are the weapon industries in America and Israel that benefit from opening new war fronts. War is good business in America. - and in Israel too. They think it is alright to subjugate the mass so that the elite rich could piss out in golden toilet bowls

Where is Obama going to get the money to start his development programs?

Dear George

You will exit the White House soon. There are folks out there in Iraq, those you call terrorists , whose families got wiped out in the invasion and they want to settle old scores with you. So when you go back to Texas, make sure you have enough secret service guys with you to keep the assasin away. I heard that if they can't get you when you are alive, they will blow up your tombstone instead. You know how they feel. Saddam once tried to kill your dad.

Now that your second term has come to a close, its time to ask youself what has been your contribution to your fellow Americans as well as to your fellow inhabitants of planet earth? Nothing that I can think of. My feeling about the whole thing can best be described by an e-mail I sent to Rev.Mark Roberts a few years ago. It goes " America is a Christian country and its president ,a born-again Christian who reads the Bible every day (So he told us) but why does he display such unChristian behavior like going on rampage killing people and plundering their oil wells as if possessed by demon". The reverend did not make a reply.

There are enough evidence to charge you for crime against humanity. A group of lawyers in America in fact is trying to charge you for murder.

If Obama Wins

If Obama wins, which is likely, I look forward to seeing the Rule of Law revived by the new adminstration as opposed to lawlessness of the previous regime in its foreign policy dealings. America's dealing with the rest of the world - political, economic or military - should conform to internationally accepted norms - no invasion of sovereign countries with no good reason, no incurssion into foreign nations for whatever guise or pretext.

If America wants to be a world leader respected by all, it should lead by example such as taking issues, economic or political to the world forum at the United Nations and not by arm twisting or military treats. To be fair to everybody, America should use its veto power with restrain especially when it comes to United Nation Resolutions on Israel.

We would like America to be one of us and not one of them.

Muslim Labels

I read in the paper recently about a bishop in England who proposed Muslim Marriage Laws in the country. I do not know what has happened to this proposal. Nothing has been heard since then. I have a feeling the bishop hesitates in pushing the proposal futher for fear of reprisal from the public. You see Islam is a dirty word to some people in the West.

Muslim Marriage Laws are dealt in length in both the Koran and the Tradition of Prophet Muhammad. In the Koran the laws cover a wide range of topics such as rights and responsibilities of husband and wife, divorce, reconciliation, alimony and how to split properties in the event of separation or death of spouse. The Tradition of the prophet go into yet further details even the most intimate ones, like fore play before love making as well as the prohibition against anal intercourse in heterosexual relationship.

Though a Muslim I accept parts of the Bible that are not in conflict with the Koran and I think the Christians too should reciprocate by accepting Muslim Marriage Laws that are not in conflict with the Bible. We should not be too brand conscious. Some Christians think Islam is an inferior brand of religion compared to Christianity, an established brand.

I think a Hindu marriage custom would be more palatable to the West because it does not have the word Islam in it. On a similar note if Obama were to have name like Barrak Fujimori Obama instead of Barrack Husein Obama, then he would not have problem with some American voters. You see American can accept a Japanese American for president but never a black Muslim American!

Wall Street and Usury

Al-Imran (130)" O YOU, who have attained to faith! Do not gorge yourself on usury, doubling and redoubling it..."Usury has been with us for a long time. It was already there when prophets walked the earth. It was probably invented by the Jews who today have such a knack for financial wizardry. God, however , condemned usury in both the Bible and the Quraan. When God says NO you don't argue with Him. Your God-given intelligence is limited and you are no match for a debate with Him.

Wall Street thrives on usury or interest taking. Their CEOs worship the god profit. That's the only thing they care. They have no social responsibility as spelled out by the Holy Books.

Malaysia has taken steps to make financial institutions operate as close as possible to Islamic teaching. It works this way. Ali buys oranges that Abu grows. Ali then sells the oranges to Ahmad at a profit. That's permissible. At a different level, Ali wants to buy a house that costs $100,000.00 and he doesn't have this kind of money so he asks a bank to buy this house for him. Then he buys from the bank at a slighly higher price. No interest is involved.

Recently leaders from Europe and United States were saying that they would look into the Islamic Banking System to see whether there was anything they could adept.