My feedback on "Syurga-Islam"

This morning I came upon a blasphemous blog, 'Syurga Islam', which had blatantly insulted Islam. From the postings, the author stated that he/she is a free-thinker. When I tried to access the blog again just now, it had been blocked and opened to invited readers only(when I has been ready to post my feedback to the author). I am not a pious Muslim nor a religious scholar, but I feel that it is my obligation(the obligations of all Muslims) to defend our religion at the highest notch of our knowledges and capabilities.

The most inferior 'iman' is to detest whatever is munkar to our hearts..

I could not remember all the author's point in the latest entry, but I would state 4 salient points which are lingering in my mind and my opinions to such irresponsible remarks.

1. The author challenged the existence of God and questioned on Allah's the Almighty Power and if Allah does not depend from all other entities, He doesn't need any form of worshipping.

: On the existence of God, my justification is on the 'first cause' of the Universe. There must be a 'First Cause' to every creations. Can you imagine any creations without a Creator? Let say the whole universe existed by itself, how can it came into an existence of such a well-arranged order without the planets and the stars collided with each other?

There must be some 'superior power' to order their movement. Even in Physics, the 'Theory of Momentum' states that 'the total momentum' of any closed system which is not affected by external forces cannot change. There is an element of 'force'. So who 'force' this whole universe?

:Why we have to worship Allah?: The word Islam itself means 'the wilful submission to Allah'. The Muslims believed that we are all His creations. Only when you are searching the true path of Islam, you can feel your tremendous love to Allah above anything else. When you love Allah, you must always want to keep-in-touch with Allah, remembering Allah all the time. That's why the Muslims have to performs the fard salah, reciting Quran and Du'a. I give one reasoning. If you fall in love with a sapien of your opposite sex or you love your family, do you want to 'keep-in-touch' with them or stay away from them?

2. The author stated that Islam are racially-biased and enjoined his followers to commit persecution.

: Islam acknowledges the practice of 'freedom of religion'. Refer to the Holy Quran, Chapter Al-Kafirun (109:6); "Unto you your religion, unto me my religion".
Islam also enjoys their followers to mix around with other races and to live in peace. Refer to Chapter Al-Hujurat (49:13); "O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you nations and tribe so that you may come to know one another".

3. The author quoted verse number 5 from the Chapter of At-Tawbah (9:5), which he claimed to inculcate hatred among the Muslims towards other religions.

: This is not true. The author did not make a thorough research on the historical period where and why the verses had been revealed. In fact, if the author moved to verse 6 of the same Chapter, the author would have been acknowledged that Allah ordered those war combatants to grant the protections towards their war enemies if they seek protection. If they refused to accept the words of Allah, THE ENEMIES SHOULD BE ACQUITTED, NOT TO BE KILLED. Please refer the verse and its interpretation for further validation.

4. The author put forward a quotation from Albert Einstein pertaining to God and science, which justified the irrelevancy of the concept of God in life.

: Even in Science, the further discovery can annulled the previous discovery. But this 'fluctuation of human knowledge' does not occurs in any Allah's words in Al Quran. Take for example, the shape of our earth had been opened to floodgates of scientist debates. The earlier century claimed that the earth is flat, whereas the latter discovery conformed that it is spherical. Human knowledge is limited.



"..as Muslims when we've been deceived, we can't stay silent." - Tuan Guru Dato' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Kelantan Chief Minister