The Boriqee Outlook

THE A-Z MANUAL FOR BRINGING A CLOSURE TO THE SOUTH ASIAN “HAYATI VERSUS MAMATI” TRAUMA . Feb 6, 2013   By Ismail Ibrahim (This piece is based on a response given to a South African Mufti who ignorantly spoke out against anyone whom he perceived to be ‘Salafi’ towards the end of 2011)   A. For those who are caught up in it, this issue of contention needs no introduction.  The debate is South Asian in nature; its exportation is mainly down to migration . Ask an Arab or a Sub-Saharan African not caught up in this and they’ll express total ignorance over Hayati v. Mamati.    B. What I propose is that we need to  make a clean break from these useless, ambiguous, vague, non-universal terms of ‘Hayati v. Mamati’ , as they make no sense. One cannot hold a discussion, let alone a debate, if universal terms – let alone terms used by only in the polemics in one region of the Muslim world, like Hayati and Mamati – are not even defined. Yet it is a fact that both groups...

بسم االله الرحمان الرحيم، و صلاة و سلام علي نبينا محمد و علي آله و صحبه اجمعين I have great respect for Shaykh Muhammad Jibaly and his mission in the field of d'awah which it wouldn't be extreme to say that it is unmatched by many. I have benefitted from him and his wonderfully moderate ways over the years. I hope and pray that Allah continues to benefit the ummah through him and that he is rewarded with the Mercy of Allah Subhaanahu As for the following expressions of which I choose to bring forth here, is centered specifically around his interpretation of Yasir Qadhi's article titled " On Salafi Islam " As for Yasir Qadhi's article, I knew from the get go that the following problems would happen from individuals who fundamentally have more of a party oriented perception of orthodox Islam (ahlu-sunnah, salafism, atharism) would fall into one or more of the following 1. Gross misrepresentation thereby causing a fallacy of false analogies. Primary to this is...

UPDATED   “ …techniques for conducting secret warfare…As one specialist noted, ‘By the year 2018, technology will make available to the leaders of the major nations, a variety of techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of the security forces need be appraised.  One nation may attack a competitor covertly by bacteriological means, thoroughly weakening the population (though with a minimum of fatalities) before taking over with its own armed forces.   Alternatively, techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm." Zbigniew Brzezinski  Between Two Ages,  p.27  Interesting that this book was published back in 1970. We can correlate this with other imperial publications on the same topic; for example this document published by the Air Force (I believe) in 1985 if my memory serves me correct, titled  Weather Modification: The Evolution of an R&D Program Into a Mi...