786
March 9, 1999
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)
1050 – 17TH Street, N.W.
Suite 490
Washington, D.C. 20036
To whom it may concern
Assalamoualaykoum
This letter is in reference to what is happening in our community. A
community divided by the power of Shaitan. He had whispered wrong
thoughts into your minds and you have fallen just right into it. Did
he not said, after he disobeyed God, that he will go before us, behind
us, on the right side and on our left side to put us one against the
other? He must be having a good laugh: oh, those human beings, they
are such a fool! He loves to whisper in people minds to tell them to
fight against true servants of Allah. Guess what? I have good news
for you: Allah’s light and the truth will always shine and those among
you that have brought darkness by not talking to Shaykh Hisham directly,
by twisting what he said will have to come to face Allah one day.
Remember, there are 72 groups among us and only one will go to
heaven. Only Allah knows who is that group, only Allah is the
judge. He never asked us to take his function but Shaytan does want us
to criticize, lie, and judge.
I am just wondering what is the state of your mind? Are you in peace
with yourself? Can you look at yourself in the mirror? Is there a
beast eating you inside? Did that beast make you do something that you
should not have done?
Love and respect each and every human being in the Universe will bring
peace. Do you know about true love? If you don’t maybe you should
consider becoming Shaykh Hisham’s student because he will teach you
about it. Love is about telling the truth and it is his duty to reveal
what can hurt us on a long run. He has put himself on the line against
very judgmental people like you, AMC, ICNA, ISNA, MSA, American Muslim
Alliance, & Muslim Public Affairs Council. I hope that soon or one day
the veil of darkness will be lifted from your eyes and you’ll understand
what he has done for all of us.
I finally found a wonderful teacher who teaches me that Islam is
beautiful and you dare lacking him the respect that he deserves? He is
helping us, through his teachings and behavior, to change from our
animalistic behavior to Inchalla, a more humane one. He is doing his
best to copy the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W behavior and follow the Coran
and Shariah.
Your behavior shows that you are very far away to reach his level and
you, indeed, have a lot to learn. As long there is life there is hope,
hope that Allah changes your heart, hope that the light of Allah will
illuminate your heart, your mind to protect you against the tricks of
Shaytan. Please don’t be a fool! Listen to your thoughts and any
thoughts/actions that does not bring peace, please reject it in the Name
of Allah before it’s too late.
You owe Shaykh Hisham a public apology. I hope your ego won’t get in
the way. Just like you had the guts to misquote what he said, have the
guts to stand up and be a true servant of Islam, undo the great harm
that Shaytan lead you into. There is no peace, only violence, in what
you’ve done, therefore I will conclude that this is not an Islamic
behavior.
I bet that someone among you is afraid. Someone’s interest is at
stake. Someone among you has done the same thing that Shaytan did in
heaven (trying to convince the angels to disobey God when Allah created
our father Adam). Someone convinced all of you to ally against Shaykh
Hisham. Someone among you is afraid of the truth or all of you are
afraid of the truth. Someone is afraid to get caught! Lies and fear
are feelings that are instilled within us from Shaytan. Allah ho
Aleem.
We should help one another no matter our differences. This is not a
reason to hate, to turn against what we don’t like. This is just too
easy. It’s more difficult to go beyond our prejudices, it’s more
difficult to accept others in their differences. It’s more difficult
because it requires Jihad toward oneself. It’s too easy to believe it’s
the others who are the enemies. We are each our own enemy because
everything we do always come back to us and either create peace, harmony
within us, and in the Universe or create anger, hatred, disharmony
within us and around us. Let’s not be surprise when Allah sends his
curse on us because we did not make the effort, because we were not
responsible toward ourselves and toward our elders, brothers and
sisters.
May Allah help all of us, guide us and protect us against our true
enemy, Shaytan.
Sincerely,
S. Ismael
Va
cc:
American Muslim Alliance
3550 Mowry Avenue, Suite 302
Fremont, CA 94538
American Muslim Council
1212 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)
166-26, 89th Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
6555 South 750 East, P.O. Box 38
Plainffield, IN 46168
Muslim Students Association of USA & Canada (MSA)
Muslim Public Affairs Council
923 National Press Building
529 – 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20045
