Discrimination against Muslims in the USA.

This article aims to prove that there are high levels of prejudice and discrimination against Muslims in the United States of America.

According to Thomas Perez, the assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, since 9/11 there has been 150% jump in workplace discrimination against Muslims, often over religious dress and worship schedules, while Muslim youth can often become the victims of school yard bullying. American Muslims are often accused of not being real Americans because of their faith. American Muslims are often accused of being terrorists and of having aims to take over the United States. [1]

In the USA Muslims make up less than 2 percent of the United States population. However in 2009 they accounted for about one-quarter of  religious discrimination claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year. Incidents of religious discrimination towards Muslims include such things as having head scarfs pulled off or being barred from prayer. So while Muslims make up less than 2% of the population, they have accounted for one quarter of religious discrimination during 2009. [2]


In a survey conducted by Georgetown University and Zogby International in 2004, they found that 26% of Muslims had experienced racial or ethnic profiling, while 70% said they have not been the target of profiling. When you consider the fact that 26 out of 100 Muslims have been targets of religious profiling this is quite a high figure. Remember that profiling counts as judging someone on their religion, race, etc, and does thus this study does not include general insults and other types of religious discrimination. [3]

Also according to the Zogby survey, 40% of American Muslim respondents have personally experienced anti-Muslim discrimination since the 9-11 attacks, and 57% know friends or family who have experienced discrimination, with most of such incidents reported in a work, school, or neighborhood setting. [3]


According to a Pew Forum survey, Muslims experience the most discrimination out of any religious group. The survey found that 6 out of every 10 Americans say that Muslims experience “a lot of discrimination.”  8 years after 9/11, Muslims still struggle to break stereotypes of their religion.  In recent news, Muslim workers who want to take time during the work day to pray have been experiencing heavy discrimination.  Some have even been fired for leaving the office to pray or protest without authorization. [4]

Sources for Muslim discrimination and prejudice don't only come from Muslims. In a poll conducted by Cornell University, 22% of American respondents agreed that citizens should be profiled based on being Muslim or of Middle Eastern heritage; 27% thought that Muslims should be required to register their whereabouts to the government; 26% believed that mosques should be closely monitored by law enforcement agencies; and 29% agreed that Muslim civic and volunteer organizations should be infiltrated by law enforcement. Forty-four percent of all respondents agreed with at least one of the above proposals, while 48% agreed with none of the proposals. This is very similar to the persecution of the Jews by Nazi Germany, requiring them to wear gold stars to identify them and having them closely monitored by the secret police. [3]

To conclude there is overwhelming evidence that Muslims in the United States face mass discrimination and prejudice. Muslims are greatly over represented in religious discrimination report statistics, an extremely high proportion of Muslims have experienced religious discrimination and or religious profiling. Adding to this around half of non-Muslim Americans think Muslims should be registered and kept under surveillance, which all together conclusively proves that Muslims face high levels of discrimination in the USA.

[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/29/muslim-discrimination-cas_n_842076.html
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/business/24muslim.html?pagewanted=all
[3] http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/conferences/muslims/Heymann.pdf
[4] http://www.libel.com/discrimination

The Qur'an says to use the Qur'an Alone.

The Qur'an tells us in a specific verse to use the Qur'an alone.
The verse is as follows.

17:46 - We place shields around their minds, to prevent them from understanding it, and deafness in their ears. And when you preach your Lord, using the Qur'an alone, they run away in aversion.

How ever, this is a minority translation, the majority of translations say "your lord alone". As follows.

17:46 - And We have placed coverings on their hearts and a heaviness in their ears lest they understand it, and when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an they turn their backs in aversion.

17:46 - We have placed covers on their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. When you mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn their backs and run away. 

17:46 - And We place covers upon their heart, lest they should understand it, and deafness in their ears. And when you do mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an they turn their backs in aversion. 

So which is it? Is the Qur'an saying "Lord alone" or "Qur'an alone". 
To find out we need to look at the Arabic transliterations.

The word alone in Arabic is "wahdahu" and it occurs a total of six times in the Qur'an including the verse above.  These verses are 7:70, 17:46, 39:45, 40:12, 40:84, and 60:4.
Next i will show the 5 other verses with the world "alone" with the English and respective Arabic transliterations.

7:70 - They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!"

Qaloo aji/tana linaAAbuda Allaha wahdahu wanathara ma kana yaAAbudu abaona fa/tina bima taAAiduna in kunta mina alssadiqeena

39:45 - And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the hereafter shrink, and when those besides Him are mentioned, lo! they are joyful.

Wa-itha thukira Allahu wahdahu ishmaazzat quloobu allatheena la yu/minoona bial-akhirati wa-itha thukira allatheena min doonihi itha hum yastabshiroona

40:12 - That is because when Allah alone was called upon, you disbelieved, and when associates were given to Him, you believed; so judgment belongs to Allah, the High, the Great.

Thalikum bi-annahu itha duAAiya Allahu wahdahu kafartum wa-in yushrak bihi tu/minoo faalhukmu lillahi alAAaliyyi alkabeeri

40:84 - But when they saw Our punishment, they said: We believe in Allah alone and we deny what we used to associate with Him.

Falamma raaw ba/sana qaloo amanna biAllahi wahdahu wakafarna bima kunna bihi mushrikeena

60:4 - Indeed, there is for you a good example in Ibrahim and those with him when they said to their people: Surely we are clear of you and of what you serve besides Allah; we declare ourselves to be clear of you, and enmity and hatred have appeared between us and you forever until you believe in Allah alone-- but not in what Ibrahim said to his father: I would certainly ask forgiveness for you, and I do not control for you aught from Allah-- Our Lord! on Thee do we rely, and to Thee do we turn, and to Thee is the eventual coming: 

Qad kanat lakum oswatun hasanatun fee ibraheema waallatheena maAAahu ith qaloo liqawmihim inna buraao minkum wamimma taAAbudoona min dooni Allahi kafarna bikum wabada baynana wabaynakumu alAAadawatu waalbaghdao abadan hatta tu/minoo biAllahi wahdahu illa qawla ibraheema li-abeehi laastaghfiranna laka wama amliku laka mina Allahi min shay-in rabbana AAalayka tawakkalna wa-ilayka anabna wa-ilayka almaseeru

As you can see, all the English verses correctly say "Allah alone" as the Arabic transliterations all say "Allah wahdahu".

How ever, let us have a look at the transliteration for 17:46. Bear in mind that the Arabic word for Lord is "Rabb" and in this context "Rabbaka" considering this verse uses the title Lord and not Allah.

WajaAAalna AAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihim waqran wa-itha thakarta rabbaka fee alqur-ani wahdahu wallaw AAala adbarihim nufooran

As it is plain to see, this verse does not say "Lord Alone", it says "Qur'an Alone", or "alqur-ani wahdahu", literally, "The Qur'an alone". If it was "Lord alone" then surely, just as in all the other instances of the word "Alone", "Wahdahu" would have occured right after "Rabbaka", but it does not, it occurs after "Qur'an". So the only logical conclusion is that the correct translation is "Qur'an alone" as followed in some various but minority translations of 17:46

We place shields around their minds, to prevent them from understanding it, and deafness in their ears. And when you preach your Lord, using the Quran alone, they run away in aversion.

And We made/put on their hearts covers/protections that they understand/learn/know it, and in their ears a heavy weight, and if you mentioned/remembered your Lord in the Koran alone, they turned away on their backs/ends hastening away with aversion .

And we place shields over their hearts, that they should not understand it, and a deafness in their ears. And if you mention your Lord in the Quran alone, they run away turning their backs in aversion.

So why then do the majority of translators translate the verse as "Lord alone". It's simply, the majority of Muslims, and the majority of translators, uphold the Hadith, and the simple fact is if the Qur'an were to say "Qur'an alone" it would invalidate the Hadith, and so the majority of translators have falsely translated the verse to say "Lord alone" when it blatantly says "Qur'an alone" to fit their ideology.  In truth, the verse says "Qur'an alone" because Muslims are only supposed to follow the Qur'an and not Hadith. For more information in this please read this article.

http://muslimonlymuslim.blogspot.com/2012/02/irrefutable-proof-that-all-muslims.html

All transliterations taken from http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/

 

Does Islam contradict the scientific explainations of Creation and Evolution?

Many religions outright contradict scientific theories on the creation of the universe and the origin of life. In a sense, any religion which claims a God is even the cause of such things is problematic since the notion of God itself is generally unsupported by science and somewhat contradictory. However, with the notion of God's existence and/or God as the cause, not all religions directly contradict Science on their creation beliefs. Islam may just be one of those religions. I have gathered all verses in relation to the creation of the universe and the creation of life in the Qur'an, and you can decide for yourselves, excluding the notion of Gods existence or God as the cause and driving force, whether the Islamic concept of creation contradicts science.
*Please note, verses are in verse order and not necessarily in creation order, if you believe i have missed any verses please notify me.


[4:1] O people, observe your Lord; the One who created you from one being, and created from it its mate, then spread from the two many men and women. You shall regard God, by whom you swear, and regard the parents. God is watching over you.


[6:2] He is the One who created you from mud, then predetermined your life span, a life span that is known only to Him. Yet, you continue to doubt.


[6:133] Your Lord is the Rich One; possessor of all mercy. If He wills, He can remove you, and substitute whomever He wills in your place, just as He produced you from the progeny of other people.


[7:11] We created you, then we shaped you. We said to the angels, Prostrate yourselves before Adam, and they all prostrated themselves, except Satan. He was not among those who prostrated themselves.


[11:61] To Thamûd we sent their brother Sãleh. He said, "O my people, worship God; you have no other god beside Him. He initiated you from the earth, then settled you in it. You shall seek His forgiveness, then repent to Him. My Lord is always near, responsive."


[13:41] Do they not see how We come to the land eroding it at its extremities. Allah judges and there is no reversing His judgement. He is swift at reckoning.


[14:19] Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can do away with you and produce a new creation.


[15:26] We created the human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay.


[18:37] His friend said to him, as he debated with him, "Have you disbelieved in the One who created you from dust, then from a tiny drop, then perfected you into a man?


[21:30] Do the unbelievers not realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all living things. Would they believe?


[22:5] O people, if you have any doubt about resurrection, we created you from dust, and subsequently from a tiny drop, which turns into a hanging embryo, then it becomes a fetus that is given life or deemed lifeless. We thus clarify things for you. We settle in the wombs whatever we will for a predetermined period...


[23:12] We created the human being from a certain kind of mud.


[24:45] And God created every living creature from water. Some of them walk on their bellies, some walk on two legs, and some walk on four. God creates whatever He wills. God is Omnipotent.


[25:54] He is the One who created from water a human being, then made him reproduce through marriage and mating. Your Lord is Omnipotent.


[29:19] Have they not seen how God initiates the creation, then repeats it? This is easy for God to do.


[29:20] Say, "Roam the earth and find out the origin of life." For God will thus initiate the creation in the Hereafter. God is Omnipotent.


[30:22] And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, as well as the difference of your languages and colors. In these, there are signs for people of knowledge


[32:7] The One who perfected everything He created and He began the creation of the human from mud.


[32:8] Then He made his descendants from an extract of water base.


[32:9]     But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave you the faculties of hearing and sight and feeling, little thanks do you give.


[35:11] God created you from dust, then from a tiny drop, then He causes you to reproduce through your spouses. No female becomes pregnant, nor gives birth, without His knowledge. No one survives for a long life, and no one's life is snapped short, except in accordance with a pre-made plan. This is easy for God.


[37:11] Ask them, "Are they more difficult to create, or the other creations?" We created them from wet mud.


[39:5] He created the heavens and the earth in true proportions. He rolls the night over the day, and rolls the day over the night.* He committed the sun and the moon, each running for a finite period. Absolutely, He is the Almighty, the Forgiving.


[40:67] He is the One who created you from dust, and subsequently from a tiny drop, then from a hanging embryo, then He brings you out as a child, then He lets you reach maturity, then you become old—some of you die earlier. You attain a predetermined age, that you may understand.


[41:11] Then He turned to the heavens, when it was still gas, and said to it, and to the earth, "Come into existence, willingly or unwillingly." They said, "We come willingly."


[49:13] O people, we created you from the same male and female, and rendered you distinct peoples and tribes, that you may recognize one another. The best among you in the sight of God is the most righteous. God is Omniscient, Cognizant.


[51:47] We constructed the heavens with our hands, and we will continue to expand it.


[55:14] He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.


[71:14] He is the One who created you in stages.


[71:17] And God has produced you from the earth growing gradually.


[76:1] Is it not a fact that there was a time when the human being did not exist?


[76:28] We created them, and established them, and, whenever we will, we can substitute others in their place.


[79:30] And the Earth, after that, He made it egg-shaped.


[82:7] The One who created you, designed you, and perfected you.


[95:4] We created man in the best design.

Slanderous and Contradictory Hadith.

In the orthodox Muslim Hadiths of Sunni Islam there are many Hadith which slander and insult the Prophet Muhammad. If what these Hadith say were to be said by a Non Muslim, especially a Non Muslim in a high position, it would result in protests, violence, fire bombing, and probably some deaths, by the orthodox Muslims. How ever, when their own Hadith which they uphold so dear say it, they have no qualms.

Many if not most Hadith are also incredibly contradictory towards the Qur'an, forcing orthodox Muslims to choose between the Qur'an or the Hadith, and sadly they often choose the Hadith, holding what they believe to be Muhammad's word over God's word (Because they idolise the Prophet). Many of these contradictory Hadith are also yet again slanderous to the Prophets nature.

Slander towards Muhammad.

Muhammad is a pedophile.

Sunan Nas’ai, Book of Marriage, no.3255

A’ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married her when she was six and had intercourse with her when she was nine.

Muhammad dressed in Aisha's clothing.

Mishkat Al Masabih, Volume II

“Do not annoy me regarding ‘A’isha, for inspiration has not come to me when I was in any Woman's Garment but ‘A’isha’s.” 

Muhammad will marry Mary.

al-Siyuti (6/395)

Muhammad said, “In heaven, Mary mother of Jesus, will be one of my wives.”

Muhammad was Obese and Small.

Abu Dawud 40:4731

When Ubaydullah saw him, he said: This Muhammad of yours is a dwarf and fat. The old man (i.e. AbuBarzah) understood it. So he said: I did not think that I should remain among people who would make me feel ashamed of the company of Muhammad

Contradictory Hadith.

Sahih Al-Bukhari: 3:48:826:

The Prophet said, "Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women said, "Yes." He said, "This is because of the deficiency of a woman's mind."

Contradicts with

[3:195] Their Lord responded to them: "I never fail to reward any worker among you for any work you do, be you male or female - you are equal to one another. Thus, those who immigrate, and get evicted from their homes, and are persecuted because of Me, and fight and get killed, I will surely remit their sins and admit them into gardens with flowing streams." Such is the reward from God. God possesses the ultimate reward.

Bukhari, Jihad/146; Ebu Davud 113

-"The prophet gave permission to kill children and women in war" 

Contradicts with

[4:90] Exempted are those who join people with whom you have signed a peace treaty, and those who come to you wishing not to fight you, nor fight their relatives. Had God willed, He could have permitted them to fight against you. Therefore, if they leave you alone, refrain from fighting you, and offer you peace, then God gives you no excuse to fight them.

 

Bukhari 97/36.

"I am the most honorable messenger, on the day of the judgment only I will think of my people" 

Contradicts with

 [2:285] The messenger has believed in what was sent down to him from his Lord, and so did the believers. They believe in God, His angels, His scripture, and His messengers: "We make no distinction among any of His messengers." They say, "We hear, and we obey.* Forgive us, our Lord. To You is the ultimate destiny."

Sahih Bukhari 7:67:427

We asked you for mounts, but you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts; we think that you have forgotten your oath.' He said, 'It is Allah Who has given you mounts. By Allah, and Allah willing, if I take an oath and later find something else better than that. then I do what is better and expiate my oath.' "

Contradicts with

[16:91] You shall fulfill your covenant with God when you make such a covenant. You shall not violate the oaths after swearing to carry them out, for you have made God a guarantor for you. God knows everything you do.

This is only a small selection of Hadith which slander the Prophet and contradict the Qur'an. There are literally thousands which do so, and not only do the Hadith contradict the Qur'an but they often contradict each other. Why Orthodox Muslims follow Hadith is beyond understanding.