Scandalous New Indian Film "Aisha" Aimed at Dividing Muslims

Muslims from all schools of thought are strongly condemning an upcoming film called "Aisha" falsely based on the life of one of the Mothers of the Believers or wives of Prophet Muhammd (S).

A 17-second trailer for the film was released this summer and indicates the production will be even more blasphemous than British writer Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses." Controversial personality and UP Shia Waqf Chairman Waseem Rizvi of Lucknow, India, produced the film starring actress Sonam Tripathi and set to be streamed in 2020.

Waseem Rizvi

After public outrage from Sunnis and Shias alike, the Delhi Minorities Commission issued a notice calling for a hold on the film even though Rizvi claims the film's trailer's been doctored.

“…This is a gross insult and sacrilege of highest order which will inflame millions of Muslims not only in India but also in many countries across the world," said commission chairman Zafarul-Islam Khan.

The enemies of Islam and Muslims have lately gone into overdrive to create divisions between Shias and Sunnis, aiming to disrupt the growing harmony and unity--especially political unity--among the different Muslim schools of thought. British secret service M16 has been leading this cause, funding "scholars" and leaders in the Shia community worldwide to make disparaging statements against the Companions and wives of Prophet Muhammad (S) during their sermons, speeches, and educational programs. The Shirazi family of "scholars" from Iran and "Imam" Tawhidi in Australia are stars of this despicable and unIslamic movement.

Muslims should take this opportunity to unite against this movie as well as any other forum (including mimbars!) where the Companions and wives of Prophet Muhammad (S) are disrespected.

"Shias should be foremost in standing up against this [fitna] so it doesn't become a sectarian issue," Ustadh Syed Jawad Naqvi, chancellor of Jamia Urwa-tul-Wusqa in Lahore, said in his October 4 khutbah [sermon]. "Shia scholars especially should not be silent. If they don't teach Waseem Rizvi a lesson, there will be other Waseem Rizvis and the fitna will spread."

Ustadh Syed Jawad Naqvi

Such disrespect has been one of the biggest barriers between Shia-Sunni unity and has been prohibited by Supreme Leader Imam Khamanei. Both Shias and Sunnis should know this.

“Insulting figures and symbols celebrated by Sunni brethren, including the wife of the Prophet (S) of Islam [Aisha] is prohibited," Imam Khamenei pronounced in a 2010 fatwa.  “Disrespecting the pure wives of the Prophet (S) should be avoided. The Prophet’s (S) wives are all respectable; anyone who insults any of them has insulted the Prophet. I resolutely declare this offensive. The commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (A) treated her eminence Aisha in such a respectful manner."

Once a speaker who had been invited to a large Muharram gathering in my friend's backyard started insulting the first three khalifas. The women listening from the second floor of the house started throwing down notes ordering the organizers to halt the speech and kick the speaker out. Thanks to these wise and active women, he was never seen in that town again.

FATF's Ruling Pakistan, PM Imran Khan's Only the "Stooge" He Promised Never To Be

As the Pakistani government goes into overdrive unveiling one major policy change after another to avoid getting blacklisted later this month by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), it becomes clear that Machiavellian international alphabet organizations are really running this country.

From education reforms (government-control of Islamic madrasas) to foreign policies (banning Pakistanis from crossing border to help Kashmiris), major government decisions are being made by the Pakistani government to comply with FATF's long list of "bold steps" Pakistan must take to avoid being considered a haven for terror funding and money laundering. FATF put Pakistan on its greylist last year and gave it 15 months to comply with a 27-point action plan or risk losing aide from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

"The FATF can anytime blacklist Pakistan for terror funding," India's defense minister Rajnath Singh said earlier this week. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused India of "trying to push us on the FATF blacklist to economically isolate us."

Pakistan should never have agreed to submit to FATF orders in the first place. That way the Pakistani government would be freer to make policies and programs befitting its people without any pressures to oblige to an intergovernmental group created by a few powerful countries. It also wouldn't have to beg countries with voting rights in FATF, like America and Saudi Arabia, for help.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Imam Syed Ali Khamenei saw FATF as a trap and advised the Iranian government last year to refuse to submit to its rules and regulations.

"A number of domineering powers gather somewhere in their so-called think tanks and plan something based on their own interests and benefits," Imam Khamenei said. "We don't have to accept these things when we don't know their eventual consequences while we know their potential problems."

Imam Khamenei also said Iran's "Islamic Consulting Assembly is a sensible, prudent, and discerning assembly with a great work force" that could adopt its own policies to combat problems like money laundering.

The Pakistani government could have done the same by following the advice of Imam Khamanei. And it still can if it tells FATF to bug off and starts making decisions befitting Pakistan and not other countries.

Khan should remember what he said in 2014: "We are not slaves of [foreign powers]. We do not polish their shoes. A prime minister like Imran Khan can never be a stooge!"

Sadly, Yasir Qadhi Distorts "Non-Sunni" Understanding of Imam Mahdi During Sept 18 Lecture

Muslim scholars should be confident enough in their own beliefs that they don't have to make up lies or talk in a derogatory way about the teachings of other schools of thought.

In a lecture given on September 18, 2019, called "The Mahdi: Explained," Shaykh Yasir Qadhi, a popular speaker and an academic who holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University, said the following:

"Within non-Sunni Islam. the concept of Mahdi really went far left. Within non-Sunni Islam, this concept became something totally different from within Sunni Islam, and, of course, the most obvious group is that of the Twelver group of non-Sunni Islam, the Imamia. And if you know their history, when the eleventh Imam died young without having been married so there is no progeny, there is no heir to the eleventh Imam [Hasan al-Askari (A)], they invented a mysterious nonexistent twelfth Imam and they said this twelfth Imam is the Imam al-Ghayb, the Hidden Imam and he is the Mahdi.  And they took the concept from Sunnism and they tacked it on to their unknown nonexistent twelfth Imam and they said he is the Mahdi and they then made an entire cult and entire supernatural mystery around the Mahdi and they said he controls the ilm al ghayb [knowledge of the unseen], controls the future, knows this and that and gave him all these types of characteristics that we know not to be correct." (minutes 1:00 53--1:02 04)

A quick Google search tells us more accurate information about the "Non-Sunni" concept of Imam Mahdi than Qadhi did!

As Qadhi said in his lecture, all Muslims agree that Imam Mahdi will come to unify Muslims under his leadership and bring justice on earth, and "there's a lot of work that we need to do" as we wait for him to come.

This effort towards unity starts with scholars correctly educating themselves (here's a start) and then others on the the beliefs of different schools of thought so we can overcome negative stereotypes and misunderstandings and work together in achieving common goals. Influential scholars like Qadhi should definitely not be adding to the lies, confusion, and division!

On that note, there are at least thirty traditional Sunni scholars who hold the same beliefs as "Non-Sunnis" regarding Imam Mahdi. You won't hear that from Qadhi but you can find details here.

Imran Khan Projected as "Supreme Leader" To Counter Iran's Imam Khamanei

Pakistani journalist Mubasher Lucman made the following statement today in a segment on his YouTube channel:

"After Imran Khan's trip to the UN and his speech given there...it's clear that Imran Khan has surfaced as the Supreme Leader of the Muslim ummah. People used to say it is Mahathir (Prime Minister of Malaysia), Edrogan (President of Turkey), or Muhammad bin Salman (Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia).. but now there's an undisputed opinion that if there is a legitimate and genuine leader of the Muslim ummah, it is Imran Khan."

The euphoria with which Pakistanis and the Pakistani diaspora reacted to Khan's 50-minute speech makes me think Lucman's opinion is a popular one.

How low are Muslims' expectations that someone can become the leader of 1.3 billion Muslims only after giving a speech?

Imran Khan may not realize it but the enemies of Islam are using him to divert Muslims from their true leader Imam Syed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. With Muslims from Yemen to Palestine to Kashmir awakening and gaining strength, direction, and victories through Imam Khamanei's guidance, the enemies of Islam are using an old trick to try to stop Muslim unity and progress.

This is easy to do when a people like us have been severely repressed and lived under oppressive or Pharonic systems for hundreds of years. In the Quran, during the absence of Prophet Moses (Musa A), his brother Aaron (Haroon A) was the appointed leader of the Jews until the return of Moses A. However,  the people turned away from Aaron A and started following a populist man named Samari, who rose to power by mixing some religious elements of the teachings of Moses A with the wishes of the people. Women inclined towards religion, in particular, wholeheartedly supported and promoted Samari.

The ummah is in a similar situation to the people of Moses. We are also waiting for the coming of our Moses, which is Imam Mahdi.

Can we recognize the Haroon of our times, the person who is most knowledgeable, practices his knowledge, and has correct political insight to be Guardian (Vali Faqih) of the ummah until Imam Mahdi comes?

Imam Khamenei has been that person for the past 30 years. While Imran Khan was playing cricket, Imam Khamenei was getting multiple PhDs in Islam, overturning a 2,000-year monarchy and replacing it with an Islamic system, fighting in an 8-year war to protect the revolution (and has a handicapped hand to prove it) and leading his nation as well as his neighbors to freedom, dignity, and progress under the guidance of the Quran and sunnah of Prophet Muhammad S.

Or will we run after Samari? Khan may be an honest, hardworking, and sincere person but he is being badly used by the Pharoahs of today, including President Trump and Crown Prince Salman, to turn the ummah away from the path of vilayat.  Trump even pointed to Khan once and said: "I trust this gentleman right here. I trust him. He's a great leader, and he's a brave leader."