Scientology Freedom Medal Winner Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad continues to promote the anti-Semitic book, "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews."
Tony Muhammad
I generally try to provide analysis and observations concerning only the subject of Scientology. Nonetheless, I feel compelled to make the following quick observation regarding Minister Tony Muhammad's fundamental misunderstanding of Islam.
Minister Tony Muhammad apparently believes that Jewish people today are morally responsible for what the Lehman brothers allegedly did almost 150 years ago. This, however, is contrary to the express, clear and repeated teachings of the Quran.
The Quran (Muhammad Asad translation entitled, "The Holy Quran") states:
6:164 - "And whatever [wrong] any human being commits rests upon himself alone; and no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden."
17:15 - "Whoever chooses to follow the right path, follows it but for his own good; and whoever goes astray, goes but astray to his own hurt; and no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden."
35:18 - "AND NO BEARER of burdens shall be made to hear another’s burden; and if one weighed down by his load calls upon [another] to help him carry it, nothing thereof may be carried [by that other], even if it be one’s near of kin."
39:7 - "If you are ingrate – behold, God has no need of you; none the less, He does not approve of ingratitude in His servants: whereas, if you show gratitude, He approves it in you. And no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden."
53:36-38 - "(36) Or has he never yet been told of what was [said] in the revelations of Moses, (37) and of Abraham, who to his trust was true:4489 (38) that no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden;"
Given these passages of the Quran, Jewish people today are not morally responsible for what the Lehman brothers allegedly did over 100 years ago. In Islam, children are not responsible for the sins of their parents.
(NOTE: In lectures, Minister Tony Muhammad has quoted, or at least paraphrased, contrary passages in the Christian Bible. See, e.g.., Numbers 14:18 - "The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation."; Deuteronomy 5:9 - "You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me." Relying on the Bible in contradiction to express, clear and repeated verses of the Quran seems like an odd thing for a Muslim minister to do.)
My purpose here is hopefully not to open this thread up to a general discussion of Islam or the Quran -- there is already a thread devoted to Islam - but to simply show that Minister Tony Muhammad's argument (even assuming his facts are correct) is contrary to the clear teachings of the Quran, and is quite frankly un-Islamic.