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Faith-Based Anesthesiology Practice
Declaration of Faith
O Granter of Faith
grant us firmness with the word that is firm
in the life of the world and the Hereafter
Faith is what a person believes in. Religion is a way of life based on those beliefs, reflected in thought, speech and actions. Professed beliefs cannot and must not contradict words and deeds to retain the integrity and character of a person wholesome and united. The strength and conviction of Faith is Freedom, the essence of a persons' being.
As a young Muslim with high hopes and aspirations I migrated from India to the US with my family and naturalized as a citizen embracing the ideals of equality, justice and freedom that reinforce my faith. A decade later, I felt at the top of the world as an American, exceeding my hopes and aspirations, discovering my own potential, helping the injured as a Trauma Anesthesiologist and the community as a Muslim. I am thankful to God and the people of this nation who hosted us and provided us with opportunity. I did not see a contradiction between being a Muslim and “Indian” or an “American”.
When any government becomes destructive to the security of God-Given rights, obstructs the path of God by hindering people from fulfilling their Covenant, and religious scholars and institutions become tools of tyranny; and “it becomes necessary to dissolve all political and religious bonds which connect us with other people, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which God entitles us, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that we should declare the causes which impel us to the separation.” Ironically with a long train of abuses, injuries and usurpations, the united states government has established itself as a tyrant over its own citizens. India appears to be vying to follow that example. Financial crises, economic social and political bondage and unjust wars promoting injustice and inequality are signs of people living in tyranny, not freedom:
Secular Religion: Every human being has a religion based on a way of life chosen, with or without belief in God. The proselytizers of secular religion and scholars of constitution revere its text as their Bible. They claim constitution is the Big Bang that gave birth to the modern world. 09/17/1787 is the hinge of human history defining time before constitution BC and after the document AD. 'We the people... do ordain' is performative speech, an act of ordainment by people, just like God Says 'Be and it is!' The founding fathers conceived the words after three months of deliberation behind closed doors and delivered it to the people who ratified it after 9 months of epic debate. It is crowd sourced wisdom, hard wiring Free speech and majority rule into the process of ordainment. The pro slavery aspects of the constitution is the original sin that was essential to establish democracy and national security. The problem was solved in time with time. The constitution is inherently antidemocratic to limit the powers of the government, not people, and to protect minorities, because majority does not need constitutional protection. It is a compromise between federalists and anti-federalists and its interpretation by judicial review is essential to keep the document relevant and coherent with the doctrine, like the Warren court revolution. It is a living constitution and amendments are the reverberations of the original Big Bang that must continue to decide how the people and their posterity will be governed in Toto and forever. The Shariah or canonical supreme law of the land includes not just the constitution, but also the declaration of independence, federalists papers, Gettysburg address, north-west ordinance, King's dream speech, pledge of allegiance, brown vs board of education of Topeka and the like. Together they define the essence of democracy: consent of the governed, free and fair election, one person one vote, rule of law, free speech, religious freedom and toleration, separation of power, checks and balances, unreasonable search and seizure, self incrimination, cruel and unusual punishment. Successive generations since 1787 do not need to ratify the constitution and it is intentionally made difficult to change because the founding fathers with their divine wisdom enshrined the most fundamental commitments their posterity will ever need. To make the constitution work, people's allegiance is enlisted through oath taking for office or citizenship or inaction / ignorance of those born or naturalized citizens. The flag as a symbol and bald eagle as an emblem are sacred objects of reverence and devotion, national anthem and pledge of allegiance are modes of worship to declare belief and obedience to the state.
There is no God in Gettysburg address – just God-Given Rights: 'People' claim unalienable rights endowed by The Endower but deny their duties to Him, foremost being; “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me!” To secure those rights, they created the United States government that grants rights that are not God-given and denies rights that are God-given. A government cannot be 'just' when it betrays the person and interest of people created by God to secure and protect the 'person' and 'interest' of corporations created by people. The pledge of allegiance is to the flag of the united states and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God. There is no God in a government of the people, for the people and by the people. A nation cannot claim to be under God when its government is not under God. A government that denies Revelation cannot protect the unalienable God-given rights of the people. Elected officials in a representative government have no contractual obligations to the people who elected them but are tools of corporations and special interest groups that fund their campaign.
Repressive Republic: The republic claims sovereignty resides in people and they 'ordain and establish the constitution' not for themselves but 'for the United States of America'. The people delegate powers to the government without giving up their own. God-given rights are supposedly protected under the Common Law of the Republic and government-given civil rights of citizens are supposedly protected under the Statuary Law of the Democracy. The people claim to own the government but the government, by subjecting all persons born or naturalized in the United States to its jurisdiction owns the citizens. The sovereign people of this nation who are alive today, those who were born and those who were naturalized, each one of them created a free person in their mothers' womb, never ratified the US constitution nor gave informed consent to be subjected to the jurisdiction of United States government, nor surrendered or waived their sovereignty. The founding fathers did not have the authority to surrender the sovereignty of their posterity to the government nor subject them to its jurisdiction, and the posterity cannot be judged by the beliefs and actions of their fore-fathers. When treating a patient without informed consent is assault and battery, then governing, ruling and judging a people without informed consent is tyranny and oppression. 'When it is said to them 'come to what has been Revealed by Allah and to the Messenger, they say 'sufficient for us is what we found our fore-fathers upon', even though their fore-fathers knew nothing and were not guided.' Ayat 5:104.
Sovereignty surrendered for slavery: Popular sovereignty is a tool of tyrants to claim lordship and enslave people. It is a symbol of tyranny providing sanctuary to tyrants all over the world. 'Can self-governing people coexist and prevail over government agencies that have no authority over the People?' The 'Great experiment in self government' under the illusion of freedom has created slavery upon slavery; slavery to tyrannical luciferous leviathan of state authority from surrendered God-given rights of people to acquire government-given civil rights of citizens and slavery to the material world in pursuit of happiness. Special interest groups and corporations that own the government claim favors on people they enslaved. Free people make free nations. With unquestionable authority to levy and validate public debt, the government keeps its citizens in perpetual debt that grows astronomically each year. A nation cannot be free if its people are not free and trapped in debt; economic, social and political. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be" (Jefferson). When those enslaved believe they are free, that is the worst form of slavery. People fighting unjust wars for their governments claim to be patriotic and those fighting for civil rights claim to be freedom fighters. This makes me reject the Constitution and Laws of all secular democratic republics, including India, my motherland by birth, and United States, my homeland by death of my daughter in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Humble attempts to act on my beliefs and fulfill my obligations as a Muslim “American” evoked responses from the government that enabled a deeper understanding of the system. Witnessing and experiencing tyranny and corruption, a gradual awakening of consciousness led to a grinding realization of conflicts and contradictions within my beliefs. The foundations of my belief system were shattered, bringing down everything I built on it.
then that government has defined itself as a tyrant by its actions. This Declaration of Faith proclaimed on January 18, 2011 and sent to all 3 branches of Government, is in response to the above, to migrate from a position of weakness to a position of strength, to gain peace and security with strength and conviction of faith by reexamining my belief system and ridding it of any conflicts, to build a strong and solid foundation, to live a life without fear, to fulfill my purpose in life without compromising my faith in preparation and hope to meet my Creator.
The State of Nevada and Illinois, using the resources and powers of medical board, whose members are directly appointed by the Governor, made repeated attempts to charge me with false allegations and enforce compliance on orders that constituted self-incrimination and admission of those false charges;
Conflict in Muslim mind: Can a person be a faithful believer and a loyal citizen? FCNA – Fiqh Council of North America adopted an Islamic ruling on 09/25-26/2011, to assert there is no contradiction between being faithful Muslims and loyal americans. It claims Islam and the US constitution and bill of rights are based on the same universal moral values; democracies and secular legal systems are compatible with Islamic Shura and Shari'ah; and Islamic teachings require respect of the laws of the land.
Critiques of my Declaration of Faith:
Is the State taghoot – false god? The founding fathers did not intend to make the constitution or the state a deity, or for it to acquire divine dimension or theological import. Not being Muslims did not bar them from creating a fair and just system, deriving from Islamic principles of ordering and structuring society. The constitution does not claim to have power to make permissible what God made forbidden.
Social Contract: “Constitution was written as a social contract to afford ambiance in which arbitrariness could be checked and people of different faiths and beliefs could interact reasonably with each other without fear of coercion or intimidation”. No one can claim dispensing perfect justice in this world, even Muslims in a utopic Islamic system, because justice dispensed through human agency is by definition imperfect. Muslims and non-Muslims are living as signatories to this social contract and not as I assert, accepting it as a deity.
Islam requires obedience to the Law of the Land: The Prophet considered social norms and customs and accepted the protection of disbelievers. Asbab (means) are not Arbab (deities) and God ordained the use of means. 501C3 incorporation is a means to practice your faith and not taking advantage of it is against simple logic – saving taxes that can be spent against Muslims by the government and spending it in the path of God. Constitution and laws of country, state, county and city have to be followed because you cannot imagine building without permits.
Hypocricy dismissed: Without Revelation today no one can imply Masajid are not Houses of God or compare them to Masjid darar – built by hypocrites to divide Muslims, and after Revelation the Prophet tore it down. It was pointed out that I have no right to judge and imply hypocrisy to fellow Muslims contrary to Prophets' example. By declaring my dissociation from Muslims living a life of hypocrisy between the Quran and the constitution, I alienated my own community resulting in my family being gradually ostracized.
Response to Critiques:
Faithful Believers, with loyalty to God, family and Ummah (all of creation from the time of Muhammad (pbuh) to the Day of Judgment), cannot be loyal to tyrannical systems.
'Verily, the bonds of Islam will be destroyed one by one, when there arise in Islam people (and scholars?) who do not know or recognize ignorance (Umar RA).
ISLAM IS A 'DIN' OR WAY OF LIFE and not a RELIGION as defined in legal discourse. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104746857
Di'n al Islam is 'Debt of Submission to Allah (for all the Blessings He Has bestowed on us) by disciplining the soul that falls due on the Day of Judgement. Hamza Yousuf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySbzyqQMkiE
Islam is Freedom - Submission to no one except our Creator, The Lord of Majesty and Bounty, The Eternal Owner of Sovereignty, in accordance with natural disposition, turning away from all that is false. True Religion is establishing without corruption the True Nature that The Sublime instilled into mankind. A religion that respects the freedoms of all people with no compulsion is the only way of life acceptable to The Sovereign. The self evident truth is that only The Creator Can Command the creation. Tyrants do not have authority on those who believe in The Sustainer and take Him alone as their Protector Who Guides them from darkness into light. They have authority only on those who surrender their freedom seeking its protection, thereby associating partners with The Unity, leading them from light into darkness. Good is to Glorify The Most Glorious and evil is to associate partners with The Unity.
Freedom is a Trust from God: It is the highest moral value that enables a person to choose and makes them accountable for their actions by their Creator. Those who betray their freedom betray that Trust. Strength and conviction of faith with beliefs coupled to conduct is the essence of a persons' being, integrity and character that sets him free. Once realized, freedom does not need any protection because it cannot be taken away. Freedom that requires protection of tyranny is slavery.
Consensus contradicting Revelation is corruption: After proclaiming disbelief, an Islamic ruling professing respect while practicing and preaching obedience to taghoot can only come from a convoluted coalition that is either confused or corrupt or coerced. Musa pbuh asked Pharoah 'send with me the children of Israel', he instructed his people to make places of worship in their homes, Eesa pbuh disrupted trade in the Jewish Temple and was sentenced to Crucifiction, Muhammad pbuh migrated to Madinah escaping assassination. 'Wasubaha' - my refutation of FCNA ruling that compromises faith following the example of Jews and Christians, was answered with silence. Instead of fulfilling their responsibility and resolving this conflict in the Muslim mind they disown those who question it. Instead of leading people by example with faith and courage to face tyranny, they are betraying the Muslim community. Instead of leading American society away from hell, they are misleading them and their representatives from figuring out 'what the hell is going on'. I hold the Islamic scholars responsible for misguided actions of conflicted Muslim youth susceptible to extremist ideologues on one hand and predatory government traps on the other, destroying many lives besides their own, and the faith with it.
Luciferous Leviathan: Social contract arguments typically posit that individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to render their god-given rights and submit to the authority of the ruler (or to the decision of a majority) in exchange for protection of their government given civil rights. That is the luciferous Leviathan, or the matter, form and power of a commonwealth, ecclesiastical and civil – Thomas Hobbes, 1651. Affording ambiance in which arbitrariness could be checked and people of different faiths and beliefs could interact reasonably with each other without fear of coercion or intimidation is a claim only Revelation can make because God is the Creator of all people. Revelation claims people have no faith until they accept the Messenger as an arbiter or judge in all their affairs and find no resistance in their souls against his decisions. “Believers” that claim to be signatories to the social contract in which the luciferous leviathan is the arbiter providing that ambiance, are implying Revelation is arbitrary. Justice dispensed by human agency in this world is by definition imperfect but Revelation implores us to aim and strive for it with might and main. If a system in defiance of Revelation can be just, then what is the purpose of Revelation? Who decides what is acceptable injustice in this imperfect world, the oppressor or the oppressed? When speech and actions contradict professed beliefs, that is by definition hypocrisy. By calling out the contradictions I am calling myself a hypocrite, worthless piece of hollow timber propped up. If other believers find themselves in the same predicament, and are offended by it, then they should acknowledge the problem to find a solution.
Is government god?: A believer may hide belief in God or disbelief in false god for fear of persecution. Belief commands obedience and disbelief demands disobedience, the degree of which depends on personal convictions and fear of tyrants or God. They cannot claim any association with Revelation. The Jews did not intend to make their Rabbi's as deities or Lords but the Messenger explained that Rabbi's by making permissible what God made forbidden and making forbidden what God made permissible have made themselves Lords. Governments today as such have made themselves false gods; they cannot create anything and are themselves created, have no power to avert harm or benefit themselves, and no power over death or life or resurrection.
Without Revelation there is no Rule of Law: Revelation is the Criterion to judge between right and wrong and establish justice. Any government that governs, rules and judges its people by anything other than what God Has Revealed to Moses, Jesus and Muhammad is a disbelieving, rebellious transgressor, (taghoot, false god, tyrant) Al-Quran 5: 44-50. Professing respect and obedience to the law of the land that is recognized as tyranny because God gave it authority is disrespecting The Honorer and disobedience to God. There is no obedience to anyone if it results in disobedience to The Subduer. Those who practice and promote such beliefs contrive an evil alliance with taghoot. Without rejection of false gods and tyrants, faith is a veneer for disbelief, rebellion and tyranny. The Law Giver has ordained for us of the way of life what He enjoined upon Nuh and that which He Has Revealed to Muhammad and what He enjoined upon Ibraheem and Musa and Eesa, to establish the way of life and not be divided there in... Revelation teaches:
Charitable organizations are incorporated to acquire permits and protections and seek 501C3 designation to gain subsidies through tax exemptions and deductions from government. In return they accept restrictions on private benefit / inurement, lobbying, political activity, unrelated business income, annual reporting obligations and operations outside tax exempt purpose. Pharaoh killed the sorcerers because they did not ask his permission before believing in God. Muhammad pbuh did not build one Masjid in Mecca for 13 years before migration while the Kaaba was filled with idols under Quresh. Neither the Prophet nor his companion Abu Bakr took the protection of disbelievers by believing in or turning for judgement to taghoot, while their companions were tortured and killed, nor accepted restrictions on their way of life. They are not the 'means' ordained by God – no Revelation to support it, but tools of taghoot to deceive you that you are practicing faith. A place of worship built by such organizations is a house of cards built on a heap of ash that appears to hold it together. Masjid by definition is built, visited and maintained by such as believe in God and The Last Day, establish regular prayer and practice regular charity and fear none except God.
Purpose of life: Belief coupled with conduct. God did not create man and jin except to Worship Him. Worship is to live a life to its full potential with love and devotion, submission and obedience, fear and reverence to The Creator. Without actions belief is invalid - ayats 2:82, 5:9, 7:42, 10:9, 19:96, 29:7, 42:26 and without belief actions are invalid – ayats 2:217, 3:22, 5:53, 7:147, 14:18, 18:105, 39:65. Knowledge is essential to identify one's potential and implement beliefs into actions. Knowledge as an attribute of God cannot be exhausted even if all the oceans were ink and trees were pen. In and of itself neither belief nor knowledge is a virtue and when accumulated without action, it may be a barrier to fulfill the purpose of life.
Muslim in America or India: My relationship with any constitution and government is the same as Jesus pbuh with Cesar's Roman empire or Moses pbuh with Pharoah's kingdom or Muhammad pbuh with Qureshi aristocracy. I believe God is greater than any government, His Revelation is greater than any constitution and His Creation is greater than any country. Secularism claims separation of church and state but it is the church (synagogue or mosque) that is incorporated and regulated under the complete authority of the state. “God is the Creator of all things; and He holds absolute sway over all that exists”.Ayats 13:16, 5:120. “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's” implies {[(Render unto God Caesar and his empire)]}. James Madison, the principal author of the First Amendment: “It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him. This duty is precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.” “Freedom of conscience is the basis of the Free Exercise Clause, and government may not penalize or discriminate against an individual or a group of individuals because of their religious views nor may it compel persons to affirm any particular beliefs.” Braunfeld v. Brown, 366 U.S. 599, 607 (1961).
Constitutional anamoly? Government has established religion with Secularism as a way of life. Secular institutions pursuing secular goals and interests are imposing civic obligations on all members of society regardless of their religion. By virtue of my disbelief in false gods, belief in Allah, bound with a Covenant “we hear and we obey” to religiously motivated conduct, I am not claiming religious exemptions from a secular system to become a 'law unto myself' nor I consider myself 'above the law'. I am born a free man and legally admitted as a sovereign member of the people of the United States for whom the government was created to serve and protect. I have not and will not abandon my religion nor my sovereignty as the price for an equal place in society where people are not free nor equal. Disbelieving the constitution and rejecting all its protections without intending to violate it, to seek God's Protection, I am claiming Sovereignty and Freedom as an inalienable right endowed by my Creator in my mother's womb that existed before it was recognized in the Declaration of Independence.
Seeds of destruction: By making belief-action distinction to accommodate and regulate religiously motivated conduct in the permissible zone between the establishment and free exercise clauses, in conjunction with other constitutional protections, such as freedom of speech and the press, the government is playing at the joints with 'strict scrutiny' 'rational basis' 'compelling-interest' 'substantial burden' and 'least restrictive' standards. Claiming a citizens' obligation to obey the law is not contingent on religious beliefs is absurd when it is the obligation of US government and its laws to protect the religious beliefs of free people. It is like claiming to accommodate The Big Bang, An Act of God that Created this universe, in the tiny space on paper between the establishment and free-exercise clauses on which it is written! If it appears to 'invite anarchy' and produce 'constitutional anomaly', then it is a seed of destruction embedded in the constitution as it was written.
Certainty of Death as the cornerstone of my Faith: Every living being will taste death. The body goes back to Earth and the soul departs to God. Only The Eternal brings life out of death and death out of life. When the last breath comes up to the throat, the person knows that this is the parting and no one can intervene or avert it. Engulfed by death, he is impelled to repentance that is useless. The Creator of Death decreed death shall dwell among us, it will overtake us where ever we may be, at the time and place destined. Faith is sincere and true when the certainty of death illuminates life. Life after death and the hope of meeting our Creator is The Truth, as true as we speak. Death is the barrier that defines and therefore protects life in this world and the next. Believers are inspired to overcome the fear of death, persevere with patient resolve to redeem their pledge to surrender to The Creator before death. Disbelief in God promotes hopelessness and desperation. Death is seen as the end of existence with nothing to look forward to. Life of this world is preferred over hereafter. People are burdened with servitude to the creation taking tyrants as protectors who cause obstruction in the path of God and seek crookedness in it by making themselves or others equal to God. On the Day of Account, those who are followed will clear themselves of those who followed.
Declaration of Faith: As Full disclosure and my signature document, it authenticates all legal documents, agreements and contracts so that all transacting parties will be fully aware of the consequences of their decision. It is an instrument to exercise my freedom, practice my inalienable rights and protect my faith with the intent to live my life according to Guidance from Revelation, as Commanded by God, based on my understanding, and save my family and self from Hell Fire;
I hereby declare, proclaim and solemnly affirm, without fear and intimidation, without hesitation and reservation, to recognize and establish the following truths:
I entirely renounce all my oaths, declarations, affirmations, affidavits, affiliations, associations and abjure all allegiance, fidelity, obedience that contradicts, conflicts or negates my Original Covenants.
I believe that your God and my God is The One God, in the Heavens and on Earth. I believe in His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, The Last Day and Fate measured out, good or bad. I honor the Prophet and defend the Revelation. I will not die nor live except in submission to Allah.
I declare my freedom to 'hear and obey' Revelation, act or refrain from all the things Commanded by The Wise and my inalienable rights to faithfully observe trusts and covenants, enjoin good and forbid evil, resist oppression and tyranny, help those in need and give charity, live free of debt and usury, make alliances and contracts, earn livelihood with respect, dignity and honor, travel or settle, protect faith and beliefs, life and death, chastity and honor, family and progeny, reason and wealth.
I follow the example of Ibraheem (pbuh) and turn my face to Him Who brought into being the heavens and the earth, Who Created and established me on this land, having turned away from all that is false; I am not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside The Everlasting, those who deny submission to The Abaser while living on His land and thriving on His sustenance: I dissociate myself from all people and organizations who claim to believe in God but refuse to disbelieve in tyranny; who take 'Oath' on The Revelation - to uphold the word of man (constitution) and undermine the Word of God (Revelation)!!! who seek civil rights by giving up their God-given rights, who claim to Glorify The Most Glorious, but by incorporating and benefiting from tyranny are glorifying false gods! God's Will is Done and I have no strength except from Him.
I am a Muslim worthy of trust. I accept full responsibility for all my choices, what ever the consequences and deny any responsibility for choices that are not mine, what ever the consequences. Scheme your worst against me and give me no respite. My protector is The Almighty God who will take your souls at death. I seek refuge in my Sustainer and your Sustainer from every arrogant one who disbelieves in the Day of Reckoning.
As a witness to my testimony I implore the reader to fulfill his or her responsibility based on their True Nature and point out any errors or contradictions in my faith so I may reflect and reconcile.
***Truly do I love the love of good with a view to the Glory of my Lord!***
Faith is what a person believes in. Religion is a way of life based on those beliefs, reflected in thought, speech, and actions. Professed beliefs cannot and must not contradict words and deeds to retain the integrity and character of a person wholesome and united. The strength and conviction of Faith is Freedom, the essence of a persons' being.
As a young Muslim with high hopes and aspirations, I migrated from India to the US with my family and naturalized as a citizen embracing the ideals of equality, justice and freedom that reinforce my faith. A decade later, I felt at the top of the world as an American, exceeding my hopes and aspirations, discovering my own potential, helping the injured as a Trauma Anesthesiologist and the community as a Muslim. I am thankful to God and the people of this nation who hosted us and provided us with opportunity. I did not see a contradiction between being a Muslim and “Indian” or an “American”.
When any government becomes destructive to the security of God-Given rights, obstructs the path of God by hindering people from fulfilling their Covenant, and religious scholars and institutions become tools of tyranny; and “it becomes necessary to dissolve all political and religious bonds which connect us with other people, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which God entitles us, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that we should declare the causes which impel us to the separation.” Ironically with a long train of abuses, injuries and usurpations, the united states government has established itself as a tyrant over its own citizens. India appears to be vying to follow that example. Financial crises, economic social and political bondage and unjust wars promoting injustice and inequality are signs of people living in tyranny, not freedom:
Secular Religion: Every human being has a religion based on a way of life chosen, with or without belief in God. The proselytizers of secular religion and scholars of constitution revere its text as their Bible. They claim the constitution is the Big Bang that gave birth to the modern world. 09/17/1787 is the hinge of human history defining time before constitution BC and after the document AD. 'We the people... do ordain' is performative speech, an act of ordainment by people, just like God Says 'Be and it is!' The founding fathers conceived the words after three months of deliberation behind closed doors and delivered it to the people who ratified it after 9 months of epic debate. It is crowd sourced wisdom, hard wiring Free speech and majority rule into the process of ordainment. The pro slavery aspects of the constitution is the original sin that was essential to establish democracy and national security. The problem was solved in time with time.
The constitution is inherently antidemocratic to limit the powers of the government, not people, and to protect minorities, because majority does not need constitutional protection. It is a compromise between federalists and anti-federalists and its interpretation by judicial review is essential to keep the document relevant and coherent with the doctrine, like the Warren court revolution. It is a living constitution and amendments are the reverberations of the original Big Bang that must continue to decide how the people and their posterity will be governed in Toto and forever.
The Shariah or canonical supreme law of the land includes not just the constitution, but also the declaration of independence, federalists papers, Gettysburg address, north-west ordinance, King's dream speech, pledge of allegiance, brown vs board of education of Topeka and the like. Together they define the essence of democracy: consent of the governed, free and fair election, one person one vote, rule of law, free speech, religious freedom and toleration, separation of power, checks and balances, unreasonable search and seizure, self incrimination, cruel and unusual punishment. Successive generations since 1787 do not need to ratify the constitution and it is intentionally made difficult to change because the founding fathers with their divine wisdom enshrined the most fundamental commitments their posterity will ever need. To make the constitution work, people's allegiance is enlisted through oath taking for office or citizenship or inaction / ignorance of those born or naturalized citizens. The flag as a symbol and bald eagle as an emblem are sacred objects of reverence and devotion, national anthem and pledge of allegiance are modes of worship to declare belief and obedience to the state.
There is no God in Gettysburg address – just God-Given Rights: 'People' claim unalienable rights endowed by The Endower but deny their duties to Him, foremost being; “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me!” To secure those rights, they created the United States government that grants rights that are not God-given and denies rights that are God-given. A government cannot be 'just' when it betrays the person and interest of people created by God to secure and protect the 'person' and 'interest' of corporations created by people. The pledge of allegiance is to the flag of the united states and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God. There is no God in a government of the people, for the people and by the people. A nation cannot claim to be under God when its government is not under
God. A government that denies Revelation cannot protect the unalienable God-given rights of the people. Elected officials in a representative government have no contractual obligations to the people who elected them, but are tools of corporations and special interest groups that fund their campaign.
Repressive Republic: The republic claims sovereignty resides in people and they 'ordain and establish the constitution' not for themselves but 'for the United States of America'. The people delegate powers to the government without giving up their own. God-given rights are supposedly protected under the Common Law of the Republic and government-given civil rights of citizens are supposedly protected under the Statuary Law of the Democracy. The people claim to own the government, but the government, by subjecting all persons born or naturalized in the United States to its jurisdiction, owns the citizens. The sovereign people of this nation who are alive today, those who were born, and those who were naturalized, each one of them created a free person in their mothers' womb, never ratified the US constitution nor gave informed consent to be subjected to the jurisdiction of United States government, nor surrendered or waived their sovereignty. The founding fathers did not have the authority to surrender the sovereignty of their posterity to the government nor subject them to its jurisdiction, and the posterity cannot be judged by the beliefs and actions of their fore-fathers. When treating a patient without informed consent is assault and battery, then governing, ruling and judging a people without informed consent is tyranny and oppression. 'When it is said to them 'come to what has been Revealed by Allah and to the Messenger, they say 'sufficient for us is what we found our forefathers upon', even though their fore-fathers knew nothing and were not guided. Ayat 5:104.
Sovereignty surrendered for slavery: Popular sovereignty is a tool of tyrants to claim lordship and enslave people. It is a symbol of tyranny providing sanctuary to tyrants all over the world. 'Can selfgoverning people coexist and prevail over government agencies that have no authority over the People?' The 'Great experiment in self government' under the illusion of freedom has created slavery upon slavery; slavery to tyrannical luciferous leviathan of state authority from surrendered God-given rights of people to acquire government-given civil rights of citizens and slavery to the material world in pursuit of happiness. Special interest groups and corporations that own the government claim favors on people they enslaved. Free people make free nations. With unquestionable authority to levy and validate public debt, the government keeps its citizens in perpetual debt that grows astronomically each year. A nation cannot be free if its people are not free and trapped in debt; economic, social and political. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be" (Jefferson). When those enslaved believe they are free, that is the worst form of slavery. People fighting unjust wars for their governments claim to be patriotic and those fighting for civil rights claim to be freedom fighters. This makes me reject the Constitution and Laws of all secular democratic republics, including India, my motherland by birth, and United States, my homeland by death of my daughter in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Humble attempts to act on my beliefs and fulfill my obligations as a Muslim “American” evoked responses from the government that enabled a deeper understanding of the system. Witnessing and experiencing tyranny and corruption, a gradual awakening of consciousness led to a grinding realization of conflicts and contradictions within my beliefs. The foundations of my belief system were shattered, bringing down everything I built on it.
When a government
This Declaration of Faith proclaimed on January 18, 2011 and sent to all 3 branches of Government, is in response to the above, to migrate from a position of weakness to a position of strength, to gain peace and security with strength and conviction of faith by reexamining my belief system and ridding it of any conflicts, to build a strong and solid foundation, to live a life without fear, to fulfill my purpose in life without compromising my faith in preparation and hope to meet my Creator.
Constitutional scholars claim the magnanimity of ordainment process that those who rejected the constitution exercising freedom of speech were not demonized but included in the process and some of them went on to become presidents, vice presidents and chief justices. I experienced more retaliation:
The State of Nevada and Illinois, using the resources and powers of medical board, whose members are directly appointed by the Governor, made repeated attempts to charge me with false allegations and enforce compliance on orders that constituted self-incrimination and admission of those false charges;
Conflict in Muslim mind: Can a person be a faithful believer and a loyal citizen? FCNA – Fiqh Council of North America adopted an Islamic ruling on 09/25-26/2011, to assert there is no contradiction between being faithful Muslims and loyal Americans. It claims Islam and the US constitution and bill of rights are based on the same universal moral values; democracies and secular legal systems are compatible with Islamic Shura and Shari'ah; and Islamic teachings require respect of
the laws of the land.
Critiques of my Declaration of Faith:
Is the State taghoot – false god? The founding fathers did not intend to make the constitution or the state a deity, or for it to acquire divine dimension or theological import. Not being Muslims did not bar them from creating a fair and just system, deriving from Islamic principles of ordering and structuring society. The constitution does not claim to have the power to make permissible what God made forbidden.
Social Contract: “Constitution was written as a social contract to afford ambiance in which arbitrariness could be checked and people of different faiths and beliefs could interact reasonably with each other without fear of coercion or intimidation”. No one can claim dispensing perfect justice in this world, even Muslims in a utopic Islamic system, because justice dispensed through human agency is by definition imperfect. Muslims and non-Muslims are living as signatories to this social contract and not as I assert, accepting it as a deity.
Islam requires obedience to the Law of the Land: The Prophet considered social norms and customs and accepted the protection of disbelievers. Asbab (means) are not Arbab (deities) and God ordained the use of means. 501C3 incorporation is a means to practice your faith and not taking advantage of it is against simple logic – saving taxes that can be spent against Muslims by the government and spending it in the path of God. Constitution and laws of country, state, county and city have to be followed because you cannot imagine building without permits.
Hypocricy dismissed: Without Revelation today no one can imply Masajid are not Houses of God or compare them to Masjid darar – built by hypocrites to divide Muslims, and after Revelation the Prophet tore it down. By declaring my dissociation from Muslims living a life of hypocrisy between the Quran and the constitution, I alienated my own community resulting in my family being gradually ostracized. It was pointed out that I have no right to judge and imply hypocrisy to fellow Muslims contrary to Prophets' example.
Response to Critiques:
Faithful Believers, with loyalty to God, family and Ummah, cannot be loyal to tyrannical systems. I belong to the Ummah (all of creation from the time of Muhammad (pbuh) to the Day of Judgment). 'Verily, the bonds of Islam will be destroyed one by one, when there arise in Islam people (and scholars?) who do not know or recognize ignorance (Umar RA).
ISLAM IS A 'DIN' OR WAY OF LIFE and not a RELIGION as defined in legal discourse. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104746857
Di'n al Islam is 'Debt of Submission to Allah (for all the Blessings He Has bestowed on us) by disciplining the soul that falls due on the Day of Judgement. Hamza Yousuf:
Islam is Freedom -Submission to no one except our Creator, The Lord of Majesty and Bounty, The Eternal Owner of Sovereignty, in accordance with natural disposition, turning away from all that is false. True Religion is establishing without corruption the True Nature that The Sublime instilled into mankind. A religion that respects the freedoms of all people with no compulsion is the only way of life acceptable to The Sovereign. The self evident truth is that only The Creator Can Command the creation. Tyrants do not have authority on those who believe in The Sustainer and take Him alone as their Protector Who Guides them from darkness into light. They have authority only on those who surrender their freedom seeking its protection, thereby associating partners with The Unity, leading them from light into darkness. Good is to Glorify The Most Glorious and evil is to associate partners with The Unity.
Freedom is a Trust from God: It is the highest moral value that enables a person to choose and makes them accountable for their actions by their Creator. Those who betray their freedom betray that Trust. Strength and conviction of faith with beliefs coupled to conduct is the essence of a person's being, integrity and character that sets him free. Once realized, freedom does not need any protection because it cannot be taken away. Freedom that requires protection of tyranny is slavery.
Consensus contradicting Revelation is corruption: After proclaiming disbelief, an Islamic ruling professing respect while practicing and preaching obedience to taghoot can only come from a
convoluted coalition that is either confused or corrupt or coerced. Musa pbuh asked Pharoah 'send with me the children of Israel', he instructed his people to make places of worship in their homes, Eesa pbuh disrupted trade in the Jewish Temple and was sentenced to Crucifiction, Muhammad pbuh migrated to Madinah escaping assassination. 'Wasubaha' - my refutation of FCNA ruling that compromises faith following the example of Jews and Christians, was answered with silence. Instead of fulfilling their responsibility and resolving this conflict in the Muslim mind they disown those who question it. Instead of leading people by example with faith and courage to face tyranny, they are betraying the Muslim community. Instead of leading American society away from hell, they are misleading them and their representatives from figuring out 'what the hell is going on'. I hold the Islamic scholars responsible for misguided actions of conflicted Muslim youth susceptible to extremist ideologues on one hand and predatory government traps on the other, destroying many lives besides their own, and the faith with it.
Luciferous Leviathan: Social contract arguments typically posit that individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to render their god-given rights and submit to the authority of the ruler (or to
the decision of a majority) in exchange for protection of their government given civil rights. That is the luciferous Leviathan, or the matter, form and power of a commonwealth, ecclesiastical and civil – Thomas Hobbes, 1651. Affording ambiance in which arbitrariness could be checked and people of different faiths and beliefs could interact reasonably with each other without fear of coercion or intimidation is a claim only Revelation can make because God is the Creator of all people. Revelation claims people have no faith until they accept the Messenger as an arbiter or judge in all their affairs and find no resistance in their souls against his decisions. “Believers” that claim to be signatories to the social contract in which the luciferous leviathan is the arbiter providing that ambiance, are implying Revelation is arbitrary. Justice dispensed by human agency in this world is by definition imperfect but Revelation implores us to aim and strive for it with might and main. If a system in defiance of Revelation can be just, then what is the purpose of Revelation? Who decides what is acceptable injustice in this imperfect world, the oppressor or the oppressed? When speech and actions contradict professed beliefs, that is by definition hypocrisy. By calling out the contradictions, I am calling myself a hypocrite, worthless piece of hollow timber propped up. If other believers find themselves in the same predicament, and are offended by it, then they should acknowledge the problem to find a solution.
Is government god?: A believer may hide belief in God or disbelief in false god for fear of persecution. Belief commands obedience and disbelief demands disobedience, the degree of which depends on personal convictions and fear of tyrants or God. They cannot claim any association with Revelation. The Jews did not intend to make their Rabbi's as deities or Lords but the Messenger explained that Rabbi's by making permissible what God made forbidden and making forbidden what God made permissible have made themselves Lords. Governments today as such have made themselves false gods; they cannot create anything and are themselves created, have no power to avert harm or benefit themselves, and no power over death or life or resurrection.
Without Revelation there is no Rule of Law: Revelation is the Criterion to judge between right and wrong and establish justice. Any government that governs, rules and judges its people by anything other than what God Has Revealed to Moses, Jesus and Muhammad is a disbelieving, rebellious transgressor, (taghoot, false god, tyrant) Al-Quran 5: 44-50. Professing respect and obedience to the law of the land that is recognized as tyranny because God gave it authority is disrespecting The Honorer and disobedience to God. There is no obedience to anyone if it results in disobedience to The Subduer. Those who practice and promote such beliefs contrive an evil alliance with taghoot. Without rejection of false gods and tyrants, faith is a veneer for disbelief, rebellion and tyranny. The Law Giver has ordained for us of the way of life what He enjoined upon Nuh and that which He Has Revealed to Muhammad and what He enjoined upon Ibraheem and Musa and Eesa, to establish the way of life and not be divided there in... Revelation teaches:
Charitable organizations are incorporated to acquire permits and protections and seek 501C3 designation to gain subsidies through tax exemptions and deductions from government. In return they accept restrictions on private benefit / inurement, lobbying, political activity, unrelated business income, annual reporting obligations and operations outside tax exempt purpose. Pharaoh killed the sorcerers because they did not ask his permission before believing in God. Muhammad pbuh did not build one Masjid in Mecca for 13 years before migration while the Kaaba was filled with idols under Quresh. Neither the Prophet nor his companion Abu Bakr took the protection of disbelievers by believing in or turning for judgement to taghoot, while their companions were tortured and killed, nor accepted restrictions on their way of life. They are not the 'means' ordained by God – no Revelation to support it, but tools of taghoot to deceive you that you are practicing faith. A place of worship built by
such organizations is a house of cards built on a heap of ash that appears to hold it together. Masjid by definition is built, visited and maintained by such as believe in God and The Last Day, establish regular prayer and practice regular charity and fear none except God.
Purpose of life: Belief coupled with conduct. God did not create man and jin except to Worship Him. Worship is to live a life to its full potential with love and devotion, submission and obedience, fear and reverence to The Creator. Without actions belief is invalid - ayats 2:82, 5:9, 7:42, 10:9, 19:96, 29:7, 42:26 and without belief actions are invalid – ayats 2:217, 3:22, 5:53, 7:147, 14:18, 18:105, 39:65. Knowledge is essential to identify one's potential and implement beliefs into actions. Knowledge, as an attribute of God, cannot be exhausted even if all the oceans were ink and trees were pen. In and of itself, neither belief nor knowledge is a virtue and when accumulated without action, it may be a barrier to fulfill the purpose of life.
Muslim in America or India: My relationship with any constitution and government is the same as Jesus pbuh with Cesar's Roman empire or Moses pbuh with Pharoah's kingdom or Muhammad pbuh with Qureshi aristocracy. I believe God is greater than any government, His Revelation is greater than any constitution and His Creation is greater than any country. Secularism claims separation of church and state but it is the church (synagogue or mosque) that is incorporated and regulated under the complete authority of the state. “God is the Creator of all things; and He holds absolute sway over all that exists”.Ayats 13:16, 5:120. “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's” implies {[(Render unto God Caesar and his empire)]}. James Madison, the principal author of the First Amendment: “It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him. This duty is precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.” “Freedom of conscience is the basis of the Free Exercise Clause, and government may not penalize or discriminate against an individual or a group of individuals because of their religious views nor may it compel persons to affirm any particular beliefs.” Braunfeld v. Brown, 366 U.S. 599, 607 (1961).
Constitutional anamoly? Government has established religion with Secularism as a way of life. Secular institutions pursuing secular goals and interests are imposing civic obligations on all members of society regardless of their religion. By virtue of my disbelief in false gods, belief in Allah, bound with a Covenant “we hear and we obey” to religiously motivated conduct, I am not claiming religious exemptions from a secular system to become a 'law unto myself' nor I consider myself 'above the law'. I am born a free man and legally admitted as a sovereign member of the people of the United States for whom the government was created to serve and protect. I have not and will not abandon my religion nor my sovereignty as the price for an equal place in society where people are not free nor equal.
Disbelieving the constitution and rejecting all its protections without intending to violate it, to seek God's Protection, I am claiming Sovereignty and Freedom as an inalienable right endowed by my
Creator in my mother's womb that existed before it was recognized in the Declaration of Independence.
Seeds of destruction: By making belief-action distinction to accommodate and regulate religiously motivated conduct in the permissible zone between the establishment and free exercise clauses, in conjunction with other constitutional protections, such as freedom of speech and the press, the government is playing at the joints with 'strict scrutiny' 'rational basis' 'compelling-interest' 'substantial burden' and 'least restrictive' standards. Claiming a citizens' obligation to obey the law is not contingent on religious beliefs is absurd when it is the obligation of the US government and its laws to protect the religious beliefs of free people. It is like claiming to accommodate The Big Bang, An Act of God that Created this universe, in the tiny space on paper between the establishment and free-exercise clauses on which it is written! If it appears to 'invite anarchy' and produce 'constitutional anomaly', then it is a seed of destruction embedded in the constitution as it was written.
Certainty of Death as the cornerstone of my Faith: Every living being will taste death. The body goes back to Earth and the soul departs to God. Only The Eternal brings life out of death and death out
of life. When the last breath comes up to the throat, the person knows that this is the parting and no one can intervene or avert it. Engulfed by death, he is impelled to repentance that is useless. The Creator of Death decreed death shall dwell among us, it will overtake us where ever we may be, at the time and place destined. Faith is sincere and true when the certainty of death illuminates life. Life after death and the hope of meeting our Creator is The Truth, as true as we speak. Death is the barrier that defines and therefore protects life in this world and the next. Believers are inspired to overcome the fear of death, persevere with patient resolve to redeem their pledge to surrender to The Creator before death. Disbelief in God promotes hopelessness and desperation. Death is seen as the end of existence with nothing to look forward to. Life of this world is preferred over hereafter. People are burdened with servitude to the creation taking tyrants as protectors who cause obstruction in the path of God and seek crookedness in it by making themselves or others equal to God. On the Day of Account, those who are followed will clear themselves of those who followed.
Declaration of Faith: As Full disclosure and my signature document, it authenticates all legal documents, agreements and contracts so that all transacting parties will be fully aware of the consequences of their decision. It is an instrument to exercise my freedom, practice my inalienable rights and protect my faith with the intent to live my life according to Guidance from Revelation, as Commanded by God, based on my understanding, and save my family and self from Hell Fire;
I hereby declare, proclaim and solemnly affirm, without fear and intimidation, without hesitation and reservation, to recognize and establish the following truths:
I entirely renounce all my oaths, declarations, affirmations, affidavits, affiliations, associations and abjure all allegiance, fidelity, obedience that contradicts, conflicts or negates my Original Covenants.
I believe that your God and my God is The One God, in the Heavens and on Earth. I believe in His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, The Last Day and Fate measured out, good or bad. I honor the Prophet and defend the Revelation. I will not die nor live except in submission to Allah.
I declare my freedom to 'hear and obey' Revelation, act or refrain from all the things Commanded by The Wise and my inalienable rights to faithfully observe trusts and covenants, enjoin good and forbid
evil, resist oppression and tyranny, help those in need and give charity, live free of debt and usury, make alliances and contracts, earn a livelihood with respect, dignity and honor, travel or settle, protect faith and beliefs, life and death, chastity and honor, family and progeny, reason and wealth.
I follow the example of Ibraheem (pbuh) and turn my face to Him Who brought into being the heavens and the earth, Who Created and established me on this land, having turned away from all that is false; I
am not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside The Everlasting, those who deny submission to The Abaser while living on His land and thriving on His sustenance: I dissociate myself from all people and organizations who claim to believe in God but refuse to disbelieve in tyranny; who take 'Oath' on The Revelation - to uphold the word of man (constitution) and undermine the Word of God (Revelation)!!! who seek civil rights by giving up their God-given rights, who claim to Glorify The Most Glorious, but by incorporating and benefiting from tyranny are glorifying false gods! God's Will is Done and I have no strength except from Him.
I am a Muslim worthy of trust. I accept full responsibility for all my choices, whatever the consequences and deny any responsibility for choices that are not mine, whatever the consequences. Scheme your worst against me and give me no respite. My protector is The Almighty God who will take your souls at death. I seek refuge in my Sustainer and your Sustainer from every arrogant one who disbelieves in the Day of Reckoning.
'As a witness to my testimony, I implore the reader to fulfill his or her responsibility based on their True Nature and point out any errors or contradictions in my faith so I may reflect and reconcile.
***Truly do I love the love of good with a view to the Glory of my Lord!***
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