Yesterday I popped into hospital to have a recovering wound on my leg checked. The pedestrian entrance had been blocked off, with a temporary field hospital set up right on the road. The doctors at the entrance wanted to know whether I had any of the COVID-19 symptoms. I did not, but asked them to check anyway. I’m clear. It’s safe to continue reading.
Had I still been a Muslim, this very simple no-brainer encounter with doctors would have thrown up any number of complications:
1. I might’ve objected to being asked such a question because I’m a Muslim and Allah protects me. They should ask such questions of infidels.
2. I might’ve refused to be checked, objecting that Shari’a determines that a Muslim shall not submit to an infidel.
3. I might’ve refused to be checked on the grounds that my faith is strong. As a Muslim, dying of a virus benefits me as I become a martyr and will have a good Afterlife.
4. If they told me that I might infect others, I would say that it is my duty as a Muslim to adhere to the doctrine of al-wala’ wa’l-bara’. If it is Muslims I’m infecting, Allah will take care of them. If I’m infecting infidels, then Allah will be pleased with me.
5. Had I previously seen sheikh Saajid Lipham’s Thoughts on Coronavirus (COVID-19) video of a couple of days ago, I would have asked myself what my priorities are: this life or the next life? Who knows how I would’ve answered that question? The point is that had I still been a Muslim, the distinct possibility exists that I would’ve prioritised the “next life” of this one, and refused the test.
6. Had I previously seen sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s Advice in Light of Coronavirus (COVID-19) video of last week, I might’ve lectured the arrogant doctors that no matter what they do, if Allah decrees that we will all die of the virus, then we will all die of the virus. If Allah decrees that we will all be cured, then we will all be cured, even if we all infect one another. I might then have turned around and walked away, feeling sorry for the poor fools who do not have Islam.
7. Had I previously seen sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s Cancelling Prayers At Masjids Due To COVID-19 of two days ago, I might well have complied and done exactly as the doctors requested, because Yasir Qadhi has implored me to not do anything foolish, and to comply with authorities’ orders. But I might just as easily have just stood there dumb and frozen, having also seen Yasir Qadhi’s video of a few days before this one (see 6, above), where he quite convincingly tells me that it doesn’t matter who does what, Allah has already decreed what will happen. In the later video, he doesn’t tell me to ignore what he’d said in the earlier one. Does the second video abrogate the first one, or has Yasir Qadhi just realised his mistake, panicked, and rushed out a really hastily-made damage-limitation video? Damage he might’ve done to the health of Muslims, or damage that he might’ve done to his reputation and “standing in the community,” already shaken by other faux pas?
8. Had I previously seen Nouman Ali Khan’s Crisis Response – Khutbah video of two days ago, I would definitely have stood there dumb and frozen, because he had taken up thirty-five minutes of my life to tell me absolutely nothing at all.
9. I might’ve asked for directions to the nearest shrine.
10. Or I might just have pulled out a knife, screamed “Allahu akbar!” and stabbed the doctors. Allah would have been pleased with me.
There’s a distinct pattern to be discerned in the “scholars’” advice to Muslims on how to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. At the start of the crisis, they were all gung-ho with how special Muslims are and how they are right in there with Allah who, on the one hand, can do whatever he likes to whomever he likes, and at the same time, whether he does to Muslims is all good anyway, so whatever measures these deluded infidels are telling Muslims to take, it makes no difference anyway. The “I hear and I obey,” mindset of Muslims let to some catastrophic behaviour, such as going out and licking shrines that others have touched and kissed. It is an extreme example, but it is one done by many and admired by many more.
The way the “scholars” pitched it in the beginning was to pit the Muslim’s faith in Allah against the Muslim taking precautions against infection. “Scholars” such as Ustadh Baajour or Saajid Lipham are stupid enough to spell this out explicitly. The sneakier ones, such as Yasir Qadhi, played a double game of telling Muslims to both take precautions and to rely on Allah, but always loaded in favour of the latter. The fact that they mentioned the need for precautions left them an escape hatch through which they could deny responsibility for Muslims who come off the worst for relying solely on Allah.
Complete idiocy and the endangering of millions continues in the Dar al-Islam. But now, with lockdowns and banning of gatherings in the West and mass graves in Iran, the initial gung-ho cockiness and bluster form many prominent Western-based “scholars” are gone. This change is most dramatic in Yasir Qadhi’s rushed video of two days ago, in which he practically begged his viewers not to go to congregational prayers. If course this is a good call for which he is to be commended, but what about all the gung-ho Muslims’ unwavering belief in qadr of just a few days earlier? Sure, the “I hear and I obey” crowd will simply hear and obey, like the crowds in 1984 switch from one truth to another as if the previous never existed.
Other “scholars” not gifted with Qadhi’s intellect, but no less sneaky, have taken to giving lengthy khutbahs while saying nothing at all. Even Pakistan’s vocal Prime Minister Imran Khan seems to be bowled over by the coronavirus. In a televised interview yesterday, we saw none of the Erdogan-style rants he used to aspire to. Instead, he tried to salvage his supremacist ego by demanding jizya from the West. “We don’t have the resources to fight this.” Really? You are the best of peoples, straight from the moth of the creator of the universe himself. Yet the creator of the universe doesn’t have the backs of his best of peoples?
The “scholars” change of tune, even though they will never say it, amounts to a temporary suspension of al-wala’ wa’l-bara’, a call to Muslims to, for now, hear and obey the infidel. The implications may be lost on the average Muslim, but the doubting Muslim, the questioning Muslim, critical-thinking Muslim, the Muslim not in reverential awe of the “scholars” will sense a chink in Allah’s impenetrable armour and a whiff of Islam’s vulnerability seeping through.
Why were the “scholars” so certain three weeks ago and are they so sheepish now? Was the religious knowledge that they are “the guardians, transmitters and interpreters” of not clear three weeks ago? What did they miss? The religious knowledge does not change; it is perfect. Every Muslim knows that. So why are the “scholars” now silent on COVID-19, or saying something different? No matter what, they said, whether we take precautions or not, Allah has already decreed what will happen to us. “What will happen, will happen. The Muslim has faith in Allah’s qadr,” declared sheikh Yasir Qadhi. “Make more du’a,” they all said. Do it like you mean it. That’s what counts, they said. That’s how a Muslim should respond to the virus.
Only the kufaar, lost in darkness as they are, would wash their hands, wear masks, avoid large gatherings and observe quarantines, as if they can change what Allah has decreed. Well, excuse us for noticing, but Allah seems to have decreed that the kufaar shall overcome this virus while Muslims die like flies. Yes, the “scholars” assured us that every Muslim who dies from this virus is a martyr and shall get his reward in Heaven. But if the infidels are not dying because of some actions they are deliberately taking, and Muslims are dying while they are deliberately not taking precisely those same actions, does that not prove that Islam is a death cult, as so many have claimed in the past?
What do the “scholars” say about the outbreaks in the Dar al-Islam? The infidels — and not only “Islamophobes” — and apostates have complete control of that media space, no “scholars” to hear and obey. Sure, Turkey can still highlight and ridicule the cock-ups in Iran, but that bar is at the bottom of a mass grave. How much lower can it get? What videos will TRT put out when Turkey’s CIVOD-19 figures come through?
Imran Khan wants the West to provide more resources for his Islamic Republic’s health services, to do what with, exactly? We see that other Islamic Republic next door. It’s all bluster, lies, shrine-licking, dying lawmakers and mass graves. Our scholars are not convinced that Islam is the way to go. They’ve read more than one book.
John says
he is talking like a true murdering devil worshiping allah lover. Lucifer was his original name when the true GOD expelled him from heaven many millennia ago.
TruthHonestReality says
+1
TruthHonestReality says
I agree with your second sentence, not the first sentence. I like how he describes in easy to understand terms how the typical mu slime thinks about things. It’s terrifying that this is how mu slims view the world and it’s even more disgusting that leftists refuse to understand, believe and accept that this is how mu slimes are.
Why can’t leftists and mu slimes live in their own countries and stop coming to ours!?
SKA says
Another brilliant reflection by Anjuli Pandavar!
Carol the 1st says
Yes, these narcissistic men have perfected the art of Word Salad. Fortunately for us in the West our brains still have some tread on them because we haven’t been worn down from having been force-fed this diet from birth.
I still don’t see what’s bothering the muzzies – if we are all born muzzies then if it’s THEM that die and WE are the ones left behind then it means THEY are the ones who must have misunderstood that joker Allah’s will??
I must be paying too much attention and thus getting horribly muddled about it all.
william carr says
The most fatuous and imbecilic notions of both Islam and Christianity is that ‘god’ or ‘allah’ has a plan.
Student of islam says
Perhaps you have not been here before. This is a site that provides actual facts, not opinion — and specifics, not generalization — to prove the dangers of islamic jihad. It is not site for people to demean others’ faith or to name-call.
It’s important to stay on topic, because there is a strong need to educate people about what is going on, esp with hijra, or moslim migration to the Western world.
It would not be appropriate for commenters here to preach Christianity or Judaism, or make others uncomfortable by trying to convert them — and likewise, it is not appropriate to insult the intellect and faith of others visiting the site. (islam is different because, as we all know, it is a totalitarian political system with it’s own system of government,” supremacy and lack of equality, and specific laws and punishments– not comparable to faith in general).
It helps for us all to be united against the real problem and not split up into different factions unnecessarily taking a stand against other people or calling them intellectually inferior. Christianity Derangement Syndrome is not classy, just as Jewish Derangement, Hindu Derangement, etc. are not polite. Thanks for considering this. (R.S., hope I’m not out-of-line by suggesting this.)
Carol the 1st says
Maybe you are. As a ‘child of the universe’ I’ll point out toxic soup to my well-meaning fellows as a point of honor.
DazzleMe says
Amen, John!!
YYCAlberta says
As many have said before, Islam is a cult. Their attitude regarding COVID-19, to my mind, proves it.
william carr says
It also proves as if we did not know already, that they are catastrophically, abysmally and terminally stupid
faraway says
It’s a religion that depends on idiocy and since the brighter ones leave,average IQ is going down.
Carol the 1st says
COVID-19 may even open the eyes of Leftists (and make them ashamed to continue their farcical gyrations and lies). “Back to Basics” may be the motto of this teacher.
elee says
MB has directed Muslims to self-infect and then infect kafirs. Postings allude to viral soldiers of Allah. Taqqiya authorities unaffected by pandemic. I suggest you avoid personal contact with all Muslim acquaintances, you as an apostate are a probable target. They already tried once to weaponise bubonic plague……once that we know about that is.
Carol the 1st says
They really don’t like sharing the limelight with other plagues is what their song and dances really add up to. We can only try (based on our benevolent heritages) NOT to hope that this new god is a JEALOUS one!
Ajay says
Collect all such like minded intellectuals in one place
And then let Allah (swat) take care of them.
Allah o Akbar ?
Anjuli Pandavar says
i’ll take this as a compliment. Shuqran!
Ajay says
It was a satire maam. Huge fan of yours. Jai Sri Ram.
Anjuli Pandavar says
Sorry, Ajay. I was expecting abuse for sticking my neck out like that, and so saw abuse where there was none. Forgive me. Thanks for your support.
CogitoErgoSum says
As I see it, human beings have a dual nature. One is physical and the other is spiritual. There are physical laws and there are spiritual laws. Both sets of laws need to be followed so as to insure a healthy human being. I don’t think either set of laws exists to do intentional harm to human beings. We just need to understand each set of the laws and then determine the best way to adjust our behavior in order to insure the good health of both body and soul. Also, laws should be in harmony with each other. I’m certain that God would not put in place any physical law just so it could being harm to human beings; likewise, I am certain God would not put in place any spiritual law that would intentionally bring harm to human beings. Those who think they must violate natural law in order and obey spiritual laws (or vice versa) must surely have a very gross misunderstanding of who or what God is.
CogitoErgoSum says
That final sentence should read as follows: Those who think they must violate natural law in order to obey spiritual laws (or vice versa) must surely have a very gross misunderstanding of who or what God is.
There must be a law that I always make some sort of typing error — hopefully, one that is always harmless.
Carol the 1st says
Face it they’ve conflated the god idea with themselves. He’s their glorified, higher Narcissistic replacement self and they will inexplicably fight to the death to retain the reflection (I wonder if Glazov reached this conclusion? – I haven’t finished his book yet).
Carol the 1st says
Psychologists make almost nil inroads with this type of patient and almost always need treatment themselves once they holler “uncle!”
ELI says
“So why are the “scholars” now silent on COVID-19, or saying something different”
Because they were idiots and made a mistake and have realised their mistakes? just like the dumb priests and rabbis who made similar statements in the past three weeks but whose statements were completely ignored by jihadwatch in an effort to make Islam and Muslims seem uniquely stupid.
CogitoErgoSum says
Were those statements tied to Jihad? The Muslims in some way or another connected the coranavirus with Jihad and, well, this is Jihad Watch. If you can tell me how what those priests and rabbis said relates to Jihad, I would like to hear it.
ELI says
How would priests and rabbis related their idiotic decisions to jihad since they’re non Muslims? they related it to their own religion of course. But which scholars are relating to jihad anyways, the one discussed here Yasir Qadhi is vilified for telling Muslims “take precautions and to rely on Allah” – this is so bad? this is jihadwatch news? what is he supposed to say? “take precautions and do NOT rely on Allah cause he can’t do shit”?
CogitoErgoSum says
I’m sure there are priests and rabbis who make dumb statements every day. My comment was that if their statements were related to Jihad I would like to hear it. I don’t know how to re-phrase that so you will understand it.
Now, you ask why should non-Muslims concern themselves with Jihad and make statements touching upon it? Because Muslims force their religion on everybody. Everybody has to deal with Islam whether they like it or not. Read the Koran and in particular verse 9:29. Muslims could be free to believe whatever they want and I would not care one bit if it were not for them trying to impose their beliefs on me. I don’t want to be any way connected to their Jihad but they drag me into it by thinking they have to impose their will on people who don’t even belong to their tyrannical religion. If they don’t like people opposing them they should stop trying to force their rules on people who don’t even belong to their religion. That’s why non-Muslims need to be constantly on guard against Muslims and to be on watch for their Jihad. I see you are doing your part on the side of the Muslims.
Sam says
How about… Allah allowed Muhammad the perfect specimen for man to be a copy for men to be following after, but there is one problem, actually three problems.
1. Allah allowed a Jew woman to bring poisoned Mutton to Muhammad.
2. Allah did not warn Muhammad that he was about to be poisoned by a Jew woman.
3. Muhammad was not perfect, or he would have known that the meat tasted funny.
Now about Allah being the all know knowing and all empowering… I don’t see it. And the Quran states that the Bible is true and that it should be followed. Why then are the Muslims so hate the Bible, Jesus, and the Ten Commandments? The ten Commandments were to be followed by ALL people, but everything the Quran states is the opposite of what the Ten Commandments state. Start with the first Commandment, Thou shalt not have any other God before me. Hmmm Allah can’t be the same god as the Creator God. Father God. His son Jesus Lord of Lords and King of Kings.
Muslims should start using the curiousness bestowed on them by the Creator and find the Facts stored in the Bible that has been able to keep the same words of God for thousands of years.
faraway says
@Sam:mohammed confessed to the christian god in his last hours.Islam was supposedly revealed by allah through his ‘messenger’ but mohammed knew that most of the koran was made up by him to feed his narcissism and that he had been hawking a fake religion.What choice was left once he knew he was dying?
gravenimage says
Note that ELI has done little since he arrived here but sneer at Anti-Jihadists for daring to report on Muslim reactions to this pandemic. Does he have an actual problem with Jihad? Not so he has said, even when prompted to.
Ajay says
He will never go against the Ummah.
He really needs to understand that Salvation lies within.
gravenimage says
I don’t know that ELI is actually Muslim–more likely he just sneers at the idea of Jihad being a threat.
ELI says
Of course terrorism is the problem! hence my point that we should focus on it instead of shifting blame for the coronavirus on Muslims because it makes us feel better!
What are you people missing? President Trump and fox news also acted like idiots initially, anyone here have a problem with that? no? then who cares what some Mullah said or that 4 Muslims from Dubai didn’t want to get screened? Why is that more important?
Savvy Kafir says
ELI says: “Of course terrorism is the problem!”
But terrorism is NOT the most urgent problem we face due to Islam. It’s just the highly-visible tip of the iceberg. The real threat is the steady (and rapidly accelerating) Islamization of the West via Demographic Jihad and Stealth Jihad — aided by suicidal globalists and the PC, Islam-friendly liberals of the Regressive Left.
BTW: I really DO have a problem with the lackadaisical response of Trump and many other authorities in the U.S. (and in Europe) to the pandemic. They’ve really dropped the ball, and only time will tell what the price will be for that carelessness.
I’ll also agree that we should be focused mainly on dealing with the pandemic ourselves in our own countries — and that the idiotic response to the pandemic by superstition-addled Muslims around the world is more or less a footnote.
But, as I said elsewhere, Jihad watch is NOT a public health website. Its role is to educate the public regarding ISLAM, the problems it causes, and the threat it poses. And that’s what the articles here have been doing, in truthfully reporting on the response to the pandemic by Muslims mired in Medieval magic-thinking.
Oh well. says
Wish people would concentrate on anti-jihad, rather than putting their opinions about religion and politics into this. The TDS people have to get their Trump-bashing in. The anti-Christians have to get their militant atheism in. Because this is such a deadly serious matter, it would be much more effective to concentrate, exactly as someone else said, on jihad.
I could write pages on my dislike for the left (that I was once part of), but why drive away allies against jihad by bringing my personal politics into it?
Okay, out of here and off soapbox. But if we want everyone to feel welcome and return, we really need to knock off the “I’ll use this site for my own ends” — and instead, join RS in using the site to educate about and fight against jihad and leave our personal issues out of it. When I come here and read about PDT and Christians being idiots and imbeciles. it doesn’t feel like the Jihad-watch I’ve been coming to for years.
Carol the 1st says
It’s the mentality that’s the problem with Islam and that’s what we need to unearth. People get harmed and die every day and we’re quite entitled to look for the causes especially when doing so may correct matters. COVID-19 provides an excellent opportunity to WATCH hardline Islamics/jihadists express and reveal their sanctified gut-rot to a suffering world. This supposed exception to JW content is really what proves the rule. There are many false Pollyannas who pretend Islam is what it isn’t. The proof is in the pudding as they say and COVID-19 is helping draw back the curtain.
Ajay says
Nobody has to “make an effort”. Its so obvious.
AleX says
Instead of shrine-licking, those head-banging ar$e-lifters should focus on cross-dressing for a while (thus taking a break from the usual allahu-akhbaric protocol). It’d still be an honorable way to follow mohamet.
Musselmans worldwide refrain from tongue-sucking of little boys, or spending the night in the grave with a dead auntie. And spare the goats.
Ajay says
???
nicu says
It proves again WHO they are and their deadly cult : No brain and care for others at all : asocial !
Ajay says
Completely aSocial bunch
gravenimage says
Muslim Priorities in a Dangerous Pandemic
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Fine piece from Anjuli Pandavar.
Jacquie says
I am very glad I have been intelligent enough to never believe any human being was infallible.
Dawne Swift says
As Muslims believe that what Allah wills to happen will happen – presumably when they do get sick of CV they won’t be going to the hospitals to get treatment. After all, that would surely be infidels interfering with the will of Allah?