Sharia Talk in Dallas

Both are on the board of World Muslim Congress, a think tank to bring out the Islam as it was meant to be – a system to bring about harmony and social co

The discussion involved, and for the sake of record, we have taped 8 videos on each topic.

1.  Mohamed Morsi and Sharia Law
2.  Radicalism free Villages – 20 Villages with sign boards welcoming visitors
3.  Maududi’s Sharia
4.  Slavery in Islam
5. Apostasy
6. Summary
7. Hope for future and human rights
8. Reform trend.

Mike Ghouse on the other hand had walked away from Islam for nearly 30 years of his life for precisely mistranslations and mis-interpretations of Quran and the unjust Sharia laws as practiced. Then in the late nineties he studied Quran, Islam and the Prophet critically and chose to become a Muslim and has created a site on Sharia and extensive sites on Islam and other topics.

What does the process (God) that created matter and life want? I believe it wants us to maintain that balance and harmony for our continued existence, it’s our freedom and ability to tune ourselves and our environment to constantly maintain that balance that gives us life. 

What does God really want? Like a mother who wants her kids to do well; like the teacher who wants his students to score A’s, like a chef who wants all her patrons to enjoy her food, like the maker of iPhone who wants all its customers to enjoy the phone to its max benefit, God wants all his creation (life, matter and environment) to function effectively and in harmony and cohesion as he has created. That can be called God’s will and subscribing to that thought can be called submission (Quran), surrender (Bhagvad Gita) or follow (Bible) the creator.

Religion is a beautiful instrument with a purpose to maintain the social cohesiveness among the inhabitants, a majority of people get that right, a few don’t, and those who don’t,  don’t realize that they are working against the balance without being aware of it.

Justice is the one word that wraps God, balance, harmony and cohesion together and that is the foundation of all societies, without justice, things go awry and if not checked, they will degenerate from there. Krishna had mentioned whenever there is adharma (righteousness turned upside down), someone will appear from among us to fix it and Quran talks about God sending a peacemaker/prophet to every tribe to restore trust and harmony in a given society.

Each society, civil or religious has its own code of conduct that it operates on. Islam is no different. Sharia in its simplest form is a how-to-serve-justice manual based on the Qur’an and the Hadith (Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and life examples). Indeed, it is a human effort to understand the concept of justice enshrined in Qur’an for the day-to-day living. Sharia like all other human laws, including the laws of the United States has its own shortcomings when it comes to just applications of the law. However, the world has evolved* but Sharia has a few frozen lakes.

American Muslims have placed their trust in the American justice system and will continue to oppose the kind of Sharia “that is prevalent in a handful of Muslim majority nations across the globe“. The right wingers are duping Americans to believe that Muslims want that kind of Sharia law here in America, they are wrong, no Muslim organization in America has asked for it, none.  I will be one of the first ones, if not thefirst one, to stand up against Sharia for public, however, I support Sharia for personal use of people to square off their conflicts. We are Americans and the law of the land is our law. There is no substitute for it.

    Member, Advisory Board, World Muslim Congress
    Member, American Islamic Leadership Coalition (AILC)
    Canada-representative, Free Muslims Coalition
    Former president and director of Sharia Law, Muslim Canadian Congress
    Research Associate, Deen Research Institute, Holland
    2 Books, 3 Docu-Movies, numerous debates and hundreds of articles and media