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Dividing Line After Thoughts

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I’ve been asked by several persons who listened to the webcast of Dividing Line to give a few comments on my thoughts of the events which occurred during the show. Personally, I don’t have much to say about the discussion, but I’m willing to give a little background and explain a few details.

Sheikh Awal is currently in Trinidad and Tobago, my home country. He’s here to give a few workshops and lectures. I met him on Wednesday night, which was unplanned to be honest until a chance call earlier in the day. In the end, I got a chance interview with him. It’s about 7 minutes long and we didn’t have time to discuss much, so he summarized for the public consumption, the events which led up to the cancellation of his debate with James White.

I posted the interview and sometime Thursday evening, I got an email from James indicating he’d be playing the interview on his show and declaring debate challenges to the both of us. It was at that time I decided to call in. James has a very unfortunate habit of discussing persons without them being present. Case in point, he argues against Shaykh Deedat quite often. That’s an easy argument, the Shaykh is dead, he can no longer respond thus James can argue what he wants, how he wants – he won’t be getting a response from Shaykh Deedat. That’s obviously something I find quite distasteful, quite incredulous. In calling in, I decided I would speak my mind as clearly as I could on this aspect of James’ ministerial methodology.

I called the Dividing Line twice, the first time it was to indicate to Richard (of AO Min) that I would be calling in after the interview had aired to discuss with James his disagreements. I called again when I realised James was taking a bit too long to get to the crux of the interview, and waited about 7 minutes until my credit on my phone was depleted. Richard called me back and said they’d put me live when James was ready to have me on. Doubts occurred as the hour mark drew close, for if his show runs for one hour, how could they have me on it after their airing time was complete? Fortunately they called me on the hour’s mark and that’s when our chat began.

James’ speaking methodology is different to mines. I’m often laid back and non-confrontational, but James is the opposite. He’s a dominating speaker, a confident speaker. In order to match his tone, his approach and his accusations, I also had to attempt to dominate the conversation and steer it in a mutually beneficial direction, as opposed to James speaking over me. That worked brilliantly, as in the end, I got my say in and even got him to bring Shamoun on the air for a solid few minutes of heated one on one discussion and debate. What really pleased me though was their inability to get me to discredit any of my comrades, namely Br. Snow and Br. Awal. Conversely, James ensured that he distanced himself from the antics of Wood and Shamoun, even criticising them on air – hopefully Br. Snow will produce clips of this for his YouTube channel to aid in our back and forths with Shamoun and company.

What I was most content with, was being able to get Sheikh Awal’s debate published within one day of the interview. This was the goal and praise be to God, it was achieved in a timely manner, without much difficulty. In the end though, I possibly also got a free book out of it, as James agreed to send me a copy of his book, “The Forgotten Trinity”. However, he has failed to reply to my email in my request for an update in receiving this book. I’ll consider it for now that he is busy and as such, he’ll eventually reply to it and send me the book which I’ve been unable to access otherwise as I’d honestly like to read it.

I’d like to thank James for setting everything up and I look forward to our debate in London. Thanks for watching/ listening to the discussion, I hope that good comes from these inter-faith dialogues. Here’s the link to the show, I call in about the hour mark.

and God knows best.

Sam Shamoun Admits to Cross Dressing Lie About Muhammad (peace be upon him)

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Sam Shamoun has posted on Br. Yahya Snow’s website, that the claim that Muhammad (salallaahu alayhi wa salam) cross dressed, which he uses himself, is indeed a lie:

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I certainly do believe that he will now deny this admission and attempt to remove his comment. It’s simply amazing that he now chooses to publicly acknowledge that he is dishonest!

and God knows best.

James White Issues Debate Challenge to Ijaz Ahmad

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In an email received a few minutes ago, James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries has indicated his intention to issue a debate challenge (one to Sheikh Awal and another to myself) in today’s edition of his religious talk commentary radio show, the Dividing Line. He’s also posted a pre-show statement on his website:

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The crux of the matter is quite clear. Regardless of what last minute cover up and face saving James has to do later today, the fact remains that the original and unedited debate has not been provided to Sheikh Awal. If it has taken this long for the debate to be provided to Sheikh Awal, then any response by James should be taken with a grain of salt. It seems that he’s only willing to defend his actions and to discuss the contentious issues surrounding the event when his integrity is called into question. Whereas when he demeaned the character of the erudite da’ee, Sheikh Awal, he, did not respond in a like manner – Alhamdulillah (praise be to God).

It is with great interest that I will listen to this evening’s program and should the debate challenge be issued by James, I will give an appropriate response in a timely manner.

I do hope that James does have a better excuse than “Sheikh Awal is lying about me”, this evening, because as it stands, he has not yet provided the raw audio-video of the debate to Sheikh Awal, despite his numerous requests.

and Allaah knows best.

Exclusive Interview: Shaykh Mohammed Awal on James White and Da’wah Advice

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Yesterday I sat down with the erudite scholar, Shaykh Mohammed Awal and we had a quick interview. Most importantly, he speaks on the controversial issue surrounding the cancellation of his debate with James White, the fascist and petulant behaviour of the cross dresser David Wood and anti-immigrant migrant, Sam Shamoun.

Please share this interview inshaAllaah (God Willing).

and Allaah knows best.

Meet Up with Sheikh Mohammed Awal (Student of Shaykh Deedat)

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Last evening I had the pleasure of meeting Sheikh Mohammed Awal, a prominent Islamic speaker and debater, and most importantly – a student of the late da’ee, Shaykh Ahmad Deedat (‘alayhi rahma).

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Sheikh Mohammed Awal and Br. Ijaz Ahmad, 18.03.14

Sheikh Awal is on his second official trip to the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Last night he had a dialogue with members of a Baptist Church in Carapo, Trinidad. Attendance was moderate and the members of the Pastor’s congregation spent a significant amount of time, roughly three hours inquiring about the Muslim faith. The Pastor’s son has already accepted Islam and the Pastor’s wife has expressed her intentions to do so as well. In seeing this, the Pastor along with some Muslim brothers, organized a dialogue between Sheikh Mohammed Awal and the congregation. In the days to follow, I’ll post a few photos and videos of the night’s event.

By the will of God, after the successful dialogue I was able to sit with Sheikh Mohammed Awal and record an interview. Details surrounding his debate with Mr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries were discussed along with his thoughts on the local Trinbagonian Muslim community as well as da’wah advice for young du’aat. The interview will be posted later today and it is with great enthusiasm that I can announce that the brother completely shatters the rumour, initiated by arrogant and rabid polemical missionaries that he fled from a second debate with James White. I do encourage Muslims to share the interview when it is posted so that the missoniaries lies against our brother in Islam can be silenced, once and for all.

wa Allaahu ‘Alam.

Samuel Green Admits to Polytheism, Believes in 2 YHWHs

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In orthodox Trinitarian belief, Christians state that there is one God but three Persons. One Elohiym but three Persons. One YHWH but three Persons.However, Pastor Samuel Green agreed with and promoted a post by a fellow Christian polemic which clearly stated that Jesus the Christ was a second YaHWeH.

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I honestly ask, do Christians believe in more than one YHWH? Or isn’t the orthodox belief, that YHWH is one but many persons?

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As you can see from the above photo. Pastor Green has since seen my message to him, inquiring about his change of doctrine and has decided not to respond. This clearly indicates he either screwed up badly or did not realise what he was supporting. I pray that he responds on the matter in a timely fashion.

and God knows best.

Are the Jewish Reactions to Christ’s Teaching Indicative of his Divinity?

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Question:

Christians claim that the charges of blasphemy by the Pharisees are indicative of Christ’s claims to divinity. One example of this is Matthew 26:62-68. How do I respond to this?

Answer:

The claims of the Jews about Christ cannot be taken seriously as Christ discredits their accusations quite clearly in Matthew 23:37:

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

The Jews were fishing for excuses to kill Christ. Their charges against him were trumped up by their goal of wanting to kill him. The goal of the Pharisees was to kill the Prophets of God, the easiest way to achieve this goal is to claim blasphemy of the one sent by God.

So if the Christian is using the reaction of the Jews to Christ’s words, then it means to say that they have not read the Gospels properly as Matthew 23 clearly indicates, without any issue, that the Jews would look for any means to kill persons sent by God to them. From this, it would then mean the Christian chooses to believe the interpretations and views of the Jews, over Christ’s own testimony.

and Allaah knows best.

UK Must Monitor and Charge IDF Britons after Ukranian Crisis

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The UK Government has publicly expressed its fears about British Muslims engaging in the Syrian civil war. Concerns have been raised that these same British Muslims who have now gained battle training and experience on the field can perhaps return to the UK and partake in attacks against the Government and the civilian populace.

Telegraph (16th Feb, 2014):

James Brokenshire, a Home Office minister, said the security services were facing a “big problem” for the “foreseeable future” from “jihad tourists”. His comments came amid claims that security services are now monitoring 250 individuals, more than five times the number previously reported.

He said: “We remain vigilant to the risk that individuals may travel back. I think we will have an enduring position where the focus around the potential threat arising from Syria will remain with us for many, many years to come.” A significant proportion and a growing proportion of the security service’s work is linked to Syria in some way. This is a big problem that the security service and the police are actively focused on

Telegraph (17th Feb, 2014):

The unidentified man said being a Muslim warrior was more than just putting on a “tactical vest and grab a Kalashnikov and get a big beard”. He also attacked the image that Syria was a “five star jihad” following reports by other fanatics that boasted of staying in villas and mansions. The warning raises the prospect that hundreds of Britons who are believed to have returned to the UK may have found it too hard in Syria and now plan to carry out attacks here instead.

Daily Mail (16th Feb, 2014):

Ministers were spurred into action by the growing threat from jihadists in Syria. Around 2,000 Europeans are thought to be fighting in Syria, including at least 200 known to the British security services. It is feared that fighters returning to the UK will seek to radicalise young men in particular to launch terror attacks at home and abroad.

If the UK Government is honestly concerned about the threat of foreign combatants and their ability to use their weapons and military training to destabilize, attack or  revolt against the authorities and the civilian populace – then focus must also be upon British Israelis who have been trained by the IDF. Recent events in the Ukraine have demonstrated that Israeli trained civilians do pose a significant threat to an established Government. The Israeli Haaretz newspaper reports (28th Feb, 2014):

He calls his troops “the Blue Helmets of Maidan,” but brown is the color of the headgear worn by Delta — the nom de guerre of the commander of a Jewish-led militia force that participated in the Ukrainian revolution. Under his helmet, he also wears a kippah.

Delta, a Ukraine-born former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, spoke to JTA Thursday on condition of anonymity. He explained how he came to use combat skills he acquired in the Shu’alei Shimshon reconnaissance battalion of the Givati infantry brigade to rise through the ranks of Kiev’s street fighters. He has headed a force of 40 men and women — including several fellow IDF veterans — in violent clashes with government forces.

Several Ukrainian Jews, including Rabbi Moshe Azman, one of the country’s claimants to the title of chief rabbi, confirmed Delta’s identity and role in the still-unfinished revolution.

If the possibility of Syria’s returning civilian fighters can raise such alarm and concern by the UK Government, then the threat of IDF trained Britons who have recently toppled a European country’s democratically elected Government by using their training in violent clashes against Government forces – there is a very urgent need for IDF trained Britons to be monitored and charged for terrorism related offences. If Britons returning from Syria can be monitored and possibly charged (25th Jan, 2014 – BBC) , then the IDF trained Britons pose an even greater and much more significant threat as the ongoing situation in Ukraine has demonstrated. Delta, the nom de guerre of the Jewish commander of a Ukrainian street-fighting unit.

As of 2014, no British Muslims returning from Syria have attacked the UK Government or instigated violent clashes with UK security forces. Contrary to these facts, IDF trained European civilians have attacked a democratically elected Government and used their military training in a coup resulting in Ukraine’s capital being reduced to a virtual warzone over a period of a month of protests.

If there is a lesson to be learned from the Ukranian situation, then it is that there exists an ever present and constant threat to the stability and functioning of civil society by IDF trained militants returning to Europe.

The UK Government must act as quickly as it can to prevent the threat of these IDF trained Britons who can possibly repeat the events of the Ukraine crisis here in Britain.

Is the Old Testament from Satan?

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We read from the New Testament in Matthew 5:33-37 the following:

33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’ 34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

As a Muslim, I believe that the authentic Torah was inspired by God, however, Christianity teaches that the Old Testament is actually from Satan. In the above quote, swearing by anything, even God is considered to be a teaching from the evil one, i.e. Satan (John Gills’ Exposition refers to the evil one as the devil). This is interesting, if we go to the Psalms of David, 63:11 we read:

But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

Here we see that the Psalm says swearing by God, invokes the glory of God, the opposite of what Christ allegedly claims in the Gospel according to the anonymous author of Matthew. Furthermore, we read from Deuteronomy 6:13 the following:

13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

Let’s put this into perspective:

  • Swearing/ Oath taking is from Satan (Matthew 5:37).
  • YHWH says that swearing/ oath taking should be done in His name (Deuteronomy 6:13).
  • The Psalms of David says that swearing/ oath taking is virtuous (Psalm 63:11).
  • Therefore both Deuteronomy and the Psalms of David are from Satan.

Conclusion

We already have demonstrated that Paul claims to have been possessed by a demon in 2 Corinthians 12, which leaves 13 of the Pauline Epistles of the 27 books of the New Testament to have been authored by a man possessed by a Satanic demon. Now we are reading that Deuteronomy and the Psalms of David, according to Christ in the Gospel of Matthew contains teachings inspired from Satan. It can also be said that if the teaching of oath taking in God’s name is a Satanic teaching and in Deuteronomy 6:13, YHWH commands this, then Christ is referring to YHWH as Satan!

If both the Old and New Testaments are inspired by Satan, why do you still believe in them as scripture?

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