For all those Muslims who innocently jump the liberal and feminist bandwagon, this is an excerpt from a report published in 2007 by RAND, an American think tank. The report is titled “Building Moderate Muslim Networks”. The full version of the report is available on RAND’s website [1].

The report was created to propose the creation of networks within Muslim community which espouse the values of the modern worldview. In their report, they recommend that the U.S. government make building these networks an explicit goal of U.S. policy.

When they use the word ‘moderate’, they basically mean a Muslim who rejects parts of the Quran and Sunnah, that the modern worldview has problems with. There’s no problem if you pray quietly in a corner, fast in Ramadan, do community iftars, or talk about the ayahs and hadith that talk about personal growth, charity or other cultural aspects of Islam. In their eyes, you’re an amazing example of a “Moderate Muslim” (or as I prefer to call them, a RAND Muslim)

However, if you talk about:

• establishing an Islamic political system;

• the ayahs and hadith that talk about being harsh to the infidels or apostates

• the ahadith about declaring believers of false prophets as apostates and non-Muslims.

• the ayahs and ahadith that establish the authority of the husband, that command the wife to obey the husband, that command her to seek his permission for going out, that command her to fulfill his sexual desire.

or in other words, if you talk about the wholistic ideology of Islam; about Islam as a system of life that it is; and not as a set of mere rituals, you are a radical and you need to be pacified, discredited and eliminated from the conversation.

Look at the exact means that they propose to create these networks.

• Liberal and secular Muslim academics: Parvez Hoodhboy, Marvi Sirmed, Jibran Nasir - yea, that’s who they are.

• Young moderate religious scholars - Javed Ahmed Ghamidi (I guess, being young wasn’t a hard criteria), Khalid Zaheer and now, a little bit of Hamza Ali Abbasi.

• Women’s groups engaged in gender equality campaigns - Aurat March, hello? That one was pretty obvious. You can probably add the Soul Sisters Pakistan facebook group to this list too.

• Moderate journalists and writers - Nadeem Farooq Paracha? Shahzeb Khanzada is also sometimes seen promoting liberal and feminist ideas.

See how they call out Gender equality separately and say that promotion of gender equality is a critical component to empower moderate Muslims. That’s how important it is for them to target our women. Reminds me of a hadith on how Dajjal will specifically target women:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Dajjal will come upon this marsh of Marriqanat (near Medina). Most of those who go out to him will be women, until a man goes back to his wife, his mother, his daughter, his sister, and his aunt to shackle them tightly, fearing they would go out to him.” [Musnad Ahmed]

So, if you think that feminism is the path that will get you your rights as a woman and liberalism (i.e. the idea of live and let live) is what ensures peace in the society, you’re being naive. You’re being played and you can’t see it.

Instead of being a Muslim as defined by RAND, let’s aim to be a Muslim as defined by the Quran and Sunnah and reject all ideas that don’t have its origin in the text and sources of Islam.

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[1] RAND Proposes Blueprint for Building Moderate Muslim Networks: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9251.html

The Full Report: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG574.html

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The handwriting of Imām al-Subkī, رحمه الله, from the introduction of his book “al-Sayf al-Maslūl”. He writes:

Praise be to Allāh, the Champion of His allies, the Avenger against his enemies, the Worshipped One in His earth and heavens, sanctified by His attributes and names, unmatched in His grandeur and majesty, the Subduer by His might and exaltation, the One and Only, with no beginning to His eternity and no end to His permanence. He is the Eternal Lord, who neither begets nor is begotten, and none shares His decree. The Living One, who has decreed that all shall perish, the All-Knowing, from whom not an atom's weight escapes in the earth or in the sky, whether in its manifest or hidden state. The All-Powerful, to whom all possibilities are submissive and obedient to His command and supplication. The All-Wise, who perfected what He created. Exalted is He, an awe-inspiring God, whose bounties leave minds in wonder.

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The handwriting of Imām Ibn ʿAsākir, رحمه الله. He writes :

"I have read from the beginning of this book, by my own reading, in front of Shaykh Imām Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿUmar bin ʿAbdullāh bin Aḥmed al-Arghiyānī, the jurist, may Allāh be pleased with him, according to his narration from its author Abu al-Ḥasan Alī bin Aḥmed al-Wāḥidī, from the original manuscript of al-Wāḥidī , in his handwriting and heard from him by dictation from his own words, from Dhu al-Qaʿdah in the year 464 AH to Dhu al-Qaʿdah in the year 465 AH. I compared it with a copy that was collated with the original during sessions in the months of Ramaḍān, Shawwāl, Dhu al-Qaʿdah, and Dhu al-Hijjah in the year 529 AH, in the house of the Shaykh in Nishapur. Written by ʿAlī bin al-Ḥasan bin HibatAllāh bin ʿAbdullah al-Shafiʿī in his handwriting, and it has been verified and authenticated. Praise be to Allāh alone, and blessings and peace be upon Muḥammad the Prophet, his family, and his companions."

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ورد عن سيدنا عمر رضي الله عنه أنه قال: "لا يحلُّ لامرئ مسلم يسمع من أخيه كلمة يظنُّ بها سوءًا، وهو يجد لها في شيء من الخير مخرجًا".

It was reported on the authority of Sayyiduna ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allāh be pleased with him, that he said: It is not permissible for a Muslim who hears something about his brother to assume something bad of him if he can find a possible good interpretation.

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