Islam Will Have To Get Rid Of Its Book And The Cloying Love For The Messenger To Focus Only On Allah

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 11 March 2024 Sab Terey Siwa Kafir, Aakhir Iss Ka Matlab Kya Sar Phira Dey Insaan Ka, Aisa Khabt-e-Mazhab Kya Yaas Yagana Changezi (All others are infidels if they don't follow Islam and believe in Allah / What's the use of such an insane faith that drives people crazy?) A 22-year-old student was sentenced to death in Pakistan on the charges of blasphemy over WhatsApp messages, reported BBC on Friday. This young student said something derogatory about Muhammad. It seems, the people and the judiciary of Pakistan don't have anything worthwhile to do other than checking who's exchanging 'blasphemous' contents with whom. Blasphemy law is an alibi for settling personal vendettas in Pakistan. Earlier in August last year, more than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches in Pakistan were vandalised after two Christian brothers were accused of “desecrating” the Quran. In one of Pakistan’s most high-profile cases, Christian woman Asia Bibi was at the centre of a decade-long blasphemy row, which eventually saw her death sentence overturned and ended with her fleeing the country. Here one's reminded of Changezi's Misra-e-Saani (second line): Sar Phira De Insaan Ka Aisa Khabt-E-Mazhab Kya. Despite being 1400-yr-old, Islam doesn't seem to have matured as a tolerant or civilised faith. Its obsession with Muhammad and the Quran is still insanely intense and that's the root of all problems. In fact, the so-called prophethood is the fundamental cause of this intolerance and zealotry. Pakistani ex-Muslim Anwar Shaikh wrote, "Since Prophethood seeks to elevate a Prophet at the expense of God, it has, obviously, nothing to do with God or guidance. It is just a political device of the Middle Eastern origin, which enables its operator to achieve his ambitions under the pretence of spirituality. With a view to bridling the curious human mind, the doctrine of Prophethood discourages free will, which is the fountain of free-thinking, enquiry and social progress. Instead, it imposes complete hegemony of fate on man to drive him as if he were an ass. In fact, Prophethood is the tool of Dominance-Urge, which goads a person to seek the highest possible position in a social or political hierarchy. All the conquerors, heads of states, etc., however, represent ephemeral type of Dominance-Urge because it expires with the demise of its possessor. However, its spiritual counterpart is a lasting phenomenon because a Prophet commands his followers from beyond his grave through the law that he laid down in his holy book." Though Islam calls itself a monotheistic faith, its monotheism has many layers. Pristine and the earliest Vedic monotheism believed Eko Brahma, Dvitiyo Naasti (God is unique sans an appendage). But in Islam, its Allah comes with a paraphernalia that consists of Muhammad, Quran, Hadees, lakhs of bogus and contradictory interpretations propounded by equally muddle-headed, English-knowing exegetes who're still around with their 'scientific' explanations of all 6, 234 numbered verses of the Al-Furqaan. Alas, Allah is lost in a jungle of weeds. It's like a bride coming with a dowry! When secondary things become much more important than the primary objective, i.e. Allah, intolerance and conflicts are bound to crop up. Islam will have to get rid of its Book and the cloying love for the Messenger to focus only on Allah. The instances of blasphemy will automatically come down. In short, Islam needs soul-searching and further polishing. It still has rough and corrugated edges. Intolerance is in the DNA of Islam. ----- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. URL: https://newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/quran-love-messenger-allah/d/131887 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism