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Hussein Abdulwaheed Amin, Ex-Catholic, Ireland (part 4 of 4): Statement of Theological Beliefs
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Description: Hussein felt completely at peace with pure monotheistic theological beliefs exemplified by Islam.
By Hussein Abdulwaheed Amin
Published on 17 Dec 2007 - Last modified on 17 Dec 2007
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With a clear conscience and with none of the mental
torment on this issue that I had to face when I first started studying Islam, I
can now state that I believe Jesus to have been an entirely human prophet of
God, one of the greatest prophets of God and worthy of the utmost respect, but
that he was neither an incarnation of God nor the Son of God. I believe that
Jesus, a pious, monotheistic Jew, would be absolutely horrified by what
Trinitarian Christians have made him out to be. Previously I feared that I
would be betraying Jesus if I became a Muslim. Now I realised that I had been,
in effect, inadvertently blaspheming and saying what I had no right to say
about him.
I believe Mohammed to have been a later (the last)
prophet of God. And just as the true Christianity of Jesus’ genuine apostles in
Jerusalem is the successor to Judaism, so is Islam, the final revelation of
God’s word, the legitimate successor to and fulfilment of original
Jerusalem-Jewish Christianity.
I would like to make absolutely clear that I did not
convert to Islam because of a romantic relationship. The possibility of
marriage to a Muslim woman was the spur, the catalyst, which sparked my initial
investigation of Islam. For the record, the relationship in question later
broke down in 2001, but I still remain a Muslim.
My conversion to Islam, when it came, was a sincere one,
not one of convenience. It had to be sincere. I could not in good conscience
have undergone a fraudulent one. Religion, God, is too important to be trifled
with. One’s soul is at stake.
I rejected Christianity as it is known to us today
because I no longer believed in the doctrine of Trinity and the claim that
Jesus is God. I came to believe wholeheartedly in the oneness of God. And I
judge this belief to have found its best expression in the religion of Islam.
Whatever the future may hold in terms of personal relationships, I will
continue to hold these beliefs.
At times I can’t help but seriously wonder whether vast
swathes of the religious community I have joined have forgotten the theological
core of Islam and buried it with cranky behavioural regulations which they seek
to impose on others, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, although God clearly states
in the Quran that there is “no compulsion”. I admit at times to feeling rather
disillusioned at certain interpretations I have encountered among Muslims of
what constitutes legitimate Islamic practice and behaviour. I assure you that
people with a Taliban mindset are not confined to Afghanistan.
And I am sickened by the politicized hate-filled philosophy,
which passes itself off as Islam when in fact not only does it violate the
most basic Islamic rules of warfare, it is often indicative of a complete lack
of trust in God’s promise that no one will have to suffer more than they can
endure. These extremists have set the cause of the spread of Islam back
decades. At times I can’t help but echo the lament of British convert, Michael
A. Malik: “Islam is
wonderful, but I can’t stand the Muslims!”
But in spite of my frequent disillusionment with the
behaviour and attitudes of many of those who call themselves Muslim, in terms
of beliefs about the nature of God, I will remain a believer in the oneness of
God - for life.
Some time ago an American Protestant friend brought a
wonderful quotation of Martin Luther’s to my attention:
Everyone must do his own believing, as he will have
to do his own dying.
I am completely at peace with myself about my new, pure
monotheistic theological beliefs exemplified by Islam. And this is my
statement of belief:
He is God,
the only One,
Qul Huwa Allāhu ‘Aĥad
God the
Everlasting.
Allāhu Aş-Şamad
He did not
beget and is not begotten,
Lam Yalid Wa Lam Yūlad
And none
is His equal. (Quran - Surah 112)
Walam Yakun Lahu Kufūan ‘Aĥad.
I bear
witness that there is no god but the God
Ashadu an la illaha ill allah
and I bear
witness that Mohammed is a prophet of God.
Wa ashadu anna Mohammadan rasool Ullah.
Thanks to Parents
Finally, I would like to express my sincere appreciation
to my parents - devout, practicing Catholics - who, although strongly disapproving
of my conversion to Islam on theological grounds, have accepted my decision and
have continued to show me great love, understanding, sensitivity and practical
support. I have been most blessed in this regard.
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