M Aamer Sarfraz

I have exhibited with two examples how early Muslim history, that has reached us via Ahadith and Imam al-Tibri, is chiefly responsible for breaking the spirit of Islam and causing schisms among Muslims. I am not the first person to highlight the aetiology of this Phantom Islam we suffer from; even the non-Muslims like the […]

I have demonstrated how Ahadith have contributed to serious discords and brought Muslims in direct conflict with the Quran. The contribution of early Muslim history in this regard needs further examination. While there is external and internal evidence that every word of the Quran was safely transmitted, and is preserved, early Muslim history, based on […]

“Making of Humanity” by Robert Briffault (1876-1948) is described as a part of the knowledge-base of human civilization. Briffault writes, “The ideas that inspired the French Revolution and the Declaration of Rights that guided the Framing of the American Constitution and inflamed the struggle for independence in the Latin American countries [and elsewhere] were not […]

Muslims have embraced religious dogma instituted by some Imams and broadly determined by the early Muslim history for centuries. Leading names like al-Ghazali, Ibne Tamiah, and even Maududiand Khomeini tried unsuccessfully to tweak this religious outlook, from within the system, by capturing whatever space for manoeuvring was available. They were applauded for it during their […]

Allama Iqbal’s thesis was that the existence of clergy is an antithesis to Islam. Therefore, Abu A’la Maududi (current form=Sirajul Haq), Hussain Ahmed Madani (current form=Moulana Fazlur Rahman) and Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (Current form=Taqi Usmanior Khadim Hussain Rizvi) etc. are different faces of the same malevolence. Only two forms of Islam are acceptable to them: […]

Allama Iqbal had lost faith in the Ahmadia Jamaat a decade earlier due to its divisive nature and Imperialist designs, and Aligarh boys seemed too ‘worldly’ to undertake the tedious task of propagating the Quranic model of Islam. He lamented about his own lack of resources and the absence of generosity among affluent Muslims for […]

The Quran often uses key words (eg Salaat, Zakat, Mlaika, Jannah, Deen) in its verses to define and communicate a pertinent message. If authentic meanings of these words could be independently determined, we do not need to rely on Ahadith or Shan-e-Nazool to understand the actual meanings of the Quranic verses. But if these words […]

Christianity as practiced today is not what Jesus of Nazareth had laid down his life for. It was an uprising against the status-co when it started. The poor peasants had stood up against the crooked clergy who were using religion (Judaism), with support from the Roman governor, to subjugate them. Jesus was crucified as a […]

Current version of Islam, based on early Muslim history, is termed ‘Ajami (alien) Islam’ by Allama Iqbal, ‘Invented Islam’ by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Jamaluddin Afghani labelled it as ‘Fatalistic Islam’. Before we move to solutions, let us revisit what we have got ourselves into. All celebrated Sunni (six) and Shia (four) collectors of […]

Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz had appointed Hur bin Abdur Rahman as Governor of Spain. It was under his governance that the Muslim armies crossed into Southern France. He used to write a journal of important events in Arabic. Around 920 CE, a Spanish officer, Simone Ashbillia, found his diary in an unkempt state and […]