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Showing posts with label Brotherhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brotherhood. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

American Muslim Agenda - What is it?

What is that Americans Muslims want? How close are they to what you want? What can they do about it? What are your issues with each other? If you are a conservative, grudgingly, you'll see the value in this book, and if you are a moderate, you'll dance and sing along with joy.

You and I have a responsibility to create a world where, you, me, and our grandchildren can live without apprehensions. No matter we go, we should feel secure about faith, race, ethnicity, culture and our political and sexual orientation.


Would the book American Muslim Agenda bring attitudinal change among Muslims?  Yes, it will, it’s akin to planting seeds and nurturing it to give the beneficence to the next generation. I know most American Muslims will wholeheartedly subscribe to the refreshed understanding of Islam, we need to expand it to more Americans.

Some of the reservations we have about Muslims and Islam are based on what we have heard from our parents, teachers, clergy, favorite media people and others.  We need to find the truth on our own and find freedom from misunderstandings. It is a blessing to be free.
Muslims have shied away from confronting difficult issues about their faith, and most of them don't even have a clue about the essence of Islam, it was never articulated before in the history of Islam. 

A few medieval scholars have reduced Islam to rituals, five pillars, dhimmi, jizya, sharia, externalities, and enforcement of your rules on to others. That is not Islam, and most Muslims can recite verses that Islam is about free will. God uploaded free will into Adam’s DNA, and emphasized it in the Quran, the prophet practiced ‘freewill’ and established examples for it. Sadly, Muslims know the truth but were bullied into silence with fatwa bombs. All I have done is articulated what Muslims believe, but dared not say it. The book is the voice of the majority of ‘American’ Muslims.

This book is a product of twenty years of research and thousands of discussions in which Muslims, non-Muslims, and “Islamophobes” have participated in it, including debates on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Stuart Varney, Pamela Geller, Brigitte Gabrielle, Robert Spencer, Jamie Glazov, Raymond Ibrahim, Walid Shoebat, Wafa Sultan, and several others.  

Islam is about living your life and letting others live theirs. Islam is about building cohesive societies where all of God's creation lives with dignity and freedom. In God’s universe, we are merely a speck, and no one is more privileged than the other. If you are a moderate individual of any faith, you will find the book in tune with you.

It is time to go beyond the five pillars of Islam, and I hope the Imams and Muslim scholars who are free thinkers would appreciate the contents of the book. This book may indeed become a reference manual for teaching Islamic values that contribute to creating a better world for all humanity.

The American Muslim Agenda offers guidance to Muslims to be one with all, and it voices what Muslims believe and live with and empowers them to live their lives and let others live with free will.  The book opens the door to people of other faiths to shed their biases and join hands in creating a world of safety, security, and harmony for all humanity.

Islam is a public religion, and Muslims don't own it exclusively. You are invited to participate in discussions, including your faith.  The book is expected to initiate conversations about the nature of Islam and fellow humans. I welcome your criticism (after reading the book).

You can get the book by calling 1-888-795-4274 x 4528 or get it from Amazon online or a book store. You can find the talking points at www.AmericanMuslimAgenda.com.


Dr. Mike Ghouse is committed to building a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. His new book, the “American Muslim Agenda” is about everything you wanted to know about Muslims. The book is available at Xlibris and Amazon. Mike is a public speaker, author, interfaith wedding officiant, and the executive director of the Center for Pluralism in Washington, DC. More about him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeghouse/

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Foreign Policy - General Sisi is dangerous to Egypt's future; United States has to play its humanitarian role.

URL - http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2014/03/foreign-policy-general-sisi-is.html

General Sisi has gone over the edge, and has issued a death warrant to 529 men who belong to the Brotherhood. This will begin a spiraling of violence ruining Egypt for years to come. As a Humanitarian, pluralist and a Muslim I condemn this, and urge the President of the United States to talk to Sisi and stop this non-sense. Those men belong in a prison, and most of them are habitable to normal life. It is easy to kill, and any idiot can do that if they have a gun, the wise thing is to end extremism, and not kill people. 




Sadly these bullies (in all religions with no exception) do not follow the very religion they claim to follow. Killing one person is like killing the whole humanity, there is wisdom in it - religion is about building cohesive societies where we all can live without fear of the other. 

Think about this. 

Everything on the earth is created with harmony and balance. Look at the stars, planets and the universe - everything is functioning precisely and in balance. Look at our own body, it functions well and in balance if we eat right - disturb that balance, everything goes wrong.

Injustice (taking advantage of, oppression, suppression, sidelining, cheating, robbing…..) is the only thing that messes that balance, once things are off balance they deteriorate faster unless checked.

Over the last three years, I have argued about the Brotherhood, and I do not like their ideology, and have almost called them a terrorist organization.  They want to impose strangulating form of Sharia on Egyptians - violating the very basics of Islam - there is no compulsion in religion, and no one is responsible for other's acts, Quran is absolutely clear on that. God will not place any one's burden on others.  The kind of Sharia that compels others to obey, the kind of Sharia that is unjust is Un-Islamic. More of us need to speak out. 

Sean Hannity (Fox News) was wrong and I was right in believing that Brotherhood will not gain power and will lose out because of the extremist ideology they were following. 
The short-sighted men and women in the US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel would like to get the Brotherhood people killed, they do not know the mess it will make, they are revenge seekers and not the seekers of justice, balance and harmony in a society. 

Sisi wants to murder 529 men in broad day light. The bullies in power can do that, but that will mess up Egypt for years to come… he cannot kill the ideology by suppression, it will flare up even more. There is history to contend with; when King Farooq, Gen Nasser and President Sadat pushed them, and each time they crushed the Brotherhood, they grew in numbers. 

You can only change people through effective education. Violence breeds violence, and it is human to dig in their heels when pushed to the corner. 

I intend to write a full article on the topic and appeal to the dictators in Egypt to follow Islam. God is merciful, Prophet is a mercy to mankind… and if they are followers of Islam, they need to be merciful. 

Mike Ghouse committed to cohesive societies. 
www.MikeGhouse.net

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Egypt is burning: Sean Hannity on Fox News with Mike Ghouse

Mike’s talking points:

 Sean, I told you a year ago, and repeated again, that the people who dared the might of Mubarak to earn freedom, risked their lives in Tahrir Square will not let another dictatorial regime of Brotherhood snatch it up. They will fight and get their freedom back, and they did.
Obama called in Morsi to announce and hold elections to ensure the support or lack of it, but respectfully honor 40 Million Egyptians demand. The pig headed Morsi did not listen. Had he listened to Obama, this chaos and Mayhem would have been prevented. Obama is also right to ask the interim regime to respect the protestors.
The announcement of emergency rule was necessary to restore law and order; however, killing 149 people for demonstrating against government is wrong, dead wrong. The interim regime is no better than the Morsi or Mubarak regimes. You cannot curtail free speech and demonstration that is the foundation of a healthy democracy.

The looting and shooting must be checked - in the mayhem - Mary Guirguis Church in Sohag, and Suez, as well as properties owned by Copts are being attacked. The Brotherhood is accused of doing this - regardless of who it is, the criminals must be punished. 

The hallmark of civil society is how the minorities, women, children and the weak are treated and protected in a nation, and this applies to every nation.

Right now, the Egyptians Copts are apprehensive and that does not bode well for Egypt. From an Islamic point of view, it is goes against the very grain of Islam - Prophet Muhammad has proclaimed that protection of the properties of others is a basic right and if a Muslim is unjust towards others, on the day of Judgment, He will stand up in support of the victim and against the Muslim. This document is preserved at St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai. We need to preserve that document before the extremists get to it. 

Brotherhood was an oppressive and extremist organization, but they have a right to exist and right to speech and propagate their extremism, just as we have similar organizations in other nations.  The Military guy Sisi sneaked into the freedom seekers and has hijacked the freedom of the people, and taking it out on the members of the Brotherhood. 
I am proud of the Nobel Prize Laureate ElBaradei who resigned as the interim VP, and said, "It has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear," ElBaradei wrote. "I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.''

No one can oppress the other forever, it is bound to collapse. The oppressor lives in fear and his days will always be numbered. We have a full history of it in front of us we can see no oppressor has ever lasted for long. Now if the interim government becomes an oppressor, they need to go, and the freedom fighters will be getting rid of these sickos who are killing people.
There will be more bloodshed – but ultimately freedom will win.
There is a price to pay to earn the freedom; every nation has gone through that exercise including our own US of A, ultimately the Egyptians will get their freedom.

Mike Ghouse
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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam,IsraelIndiainterfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building aCohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day atwww.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes his work through many links. 


Egypt declares state of emergency
The exceptional measures were taken as "the security and order of the nation face danger due to deliberate sabotage, and attacks on public and private buildings and the loss of life by extremist groups," the presidency said.

Interim president Adly Mansour "has tasked the armed forces, in cooperation with the police, to take all necessary measures to maintain security and order and to protect public and private property and the lives of citizens".

More than 100 killed as Egyptian forces break up sit-in
CAIRO — Nearly 100 people were killed in clashes across the country that erupted Wednesday when Egyptian security forces cleared out thousands of people at sit-ins demanding the return of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.

The Egyptian Health Ministry says 149 people died and hundreds were injured in the clashes, after which Egypt's interim president declared a state of emergency and night-time curfew.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/14/egypt-camps-demonstrators/2651377/

US Condemns Egyptian Govt for Using Violence Against Protesters
The White House has strongly condemned Egypt's interim government for using violence against supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

He also repeated calls for the mostly Islamist protesters to "demonstrate peacefully."
Egypt's military-backed interim government launched a deadly crackdown on pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo earlier in the day, triggering condemnation from leaders of Muslim nations that backed the deposed leader.
The White House opposes Cairo's imposition of one-month state of emergency in response to escalating unrest in the country.
Egypt's Interim Vice President ElBaradei resigns while clashes across Egypt leave more than 100 dead
In a resignation letter sent to Interim President Adly Mansour as the day's death toll from clashes throughout Egypt mounted, ElBaradei cited "decisions I do not agree with" regarding the government's crackdown on the political turmoil which began on July 3 with the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi, Reuters reports.
"It has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear," ElBaradei wrote. "I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.''

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Ghouse on Steve Malzberg Radio show New York

MIKE GHOUSE ON STEVE MALZBERG SHOW, NEW YORKhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9stJR-wVPPw
Mike Ghouse, President of the Foundation for Pluralism, on Stabilization of Egypt - YouTube

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    Mike Ghouse, President of the Foundation for Pluralism, joined Steve to discuss Obama's calling for election ...

GOOD REPORT FROM AL-JAZEERAH
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/07/20137222343142718.html


Published on Jul 2, 2013
Mike Ghouse, President of the Foundation for Pluralism, joined Steve to discuss Obama's calling for election in Egypt and even as a Republican, he is glad Obama has finally taken "one right step" in this foreign policy decision.






Morsi needs to go or mend to reflect the public sentiment of freedom, and not fascism or oppression. He rammed the constitution through, just like Obama did with his health care bill the first time - unless we have consensus, decisions fail to become sustainable. Texas Senate tried to do the same - The Brotherhood and the Republican right wingers forget that the government is of the people, for the people and BY the people, without their consensus, nothing should be placed. Read my article this evening at Dallas Morning News about the morality of protesters and senators.


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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam,IsraelIndiainterfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building aCohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day atwww.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes his work through many links.

Monday, July 1, 2013

Sean Hannity, Pamela Geller and Mike Ghouse on Egypt

Here are a variety of clips within 2 hours of the show - a total of 150 items have made it on the search engine, here are a few...Its amazing passion with the people on the right, if they spend half that energy in peace making, they can change the world.

Except the mediaite, none of them are moderate groups... where are the moderates? I am surprised at the missing left


Mike Ghouse

Pamela Geller And Hannity Muslim Guest Erupt In Shouting Match: ‘How Dare You Accuse Me Of Murder!’

 Sean Hannity tonight brought attention to Egyptians taking to the streets to protest the regime of President Mohammed Morsi. Pamela Geller andMike Ghouse got into an angry, heated back-and-forth when Geller confronted Ghouse for claiming her New York subway anti-jihad ads were responsible for someone losing their life in the subway. She shouted at him, “How dare you accuse me of murder!”

After slamming President Obama for helping the Egyptian government, Hannity touted how he said from the very beginning that instituting a president with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood would turn out badly for Egypt. Ghouse said that it’s wrong for the U.S. to be aiding Egypt, and agreed that Obama should not be offering his support for the Morsi regime. He called Morsi a “bully,” Hannity called him an “Islamic extremist” (though Ghouse disputed the necessity of including the “Islamic” part).
Geller noted how Morsi fully believes that Obama will ultimately not side with the protestors, saying the American president is consistently “on the side of jihadic Islamic supremacist regimes” from Libya to Egypt. Geller also explained that she was banned from England for her outspokenness on these issues. She then confronted Ghouse about accusing her and her anti-jihad ads of causing the death of someone in the subway system, demanding an apology from him.
Ghouse refused to apologize, noting that last year he warned of the “dangers of those ads,” but Geller insisted that the ads said nothing about Islam, just about jihad and “savages.” Ghouse shot back, “You owe an apology to the people who you are hurting and saying bad things about it.” Geller countered, “You’re saying the truth hurts people, don’t you see how irrational your logic is?” She shouted, “How dare you accuse me of murder!”
Watch the video below, courtesy of Fox News:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/pamela-geller-and-hannity-guest-erupt-in-shouting-match-over-islam-how-dare-you-accuse-me-of-murder/#disqus_thread


Pamela Geller And Hannity Guest Erupt In Shouting Match Over Islam ...
Pamela Geller and Mike Ghouse got into an angry, heated back-and-forth when Geller confronted Ghouse for claiming her New York subway anti-jihad ads were ...

Pamela Gellar Explodes on Muslim Guest Over Criticism of Her Anti ...


www.theblaze.com/.../pamela-gellar-explodes-on-muslim-guest-over-critici...
4 mins ago – Things got heated on "Hannity" Monday night when Mike Ghouse, a practicing Muslim, seemingly accused anti-radical Islam blogger Pamela Gellar (for the ...