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    The Cartel Called Islam
    The Cartel Called Islam
    The Cartel Called Islam
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    The Cartel Called Islam

    By Muhammad Rafiq

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    The Cartel called Islam is the true of story of author Muhammad Rafiq who after many years of being a devout Muslim decided to break free from what he refers to as a religion that dictates rules and regulations and functions like a cartel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMuhammad Rafiq
    Release dateApr 17, 2018
    ISBN9781386632719
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      The Cartel Called Islam - Muhammad Rafiq

      Chapter One

      My name is Muhammad Rafiq. I was born in Pakistan, into a wealthy and well connected family. My parents were both devout Muslims, and my brother and sisters and I were raised in a household and a community where the word of the prophet Muhammed and the teachings in the Quran were never questioned. Why would they be? Who would dare to question the word of ones parents, let alone the word of God?

      In a country where poverty, hunger, and homelessness are life, we were fortunate enough to be part of a privileges class. My siblings and I never went hungry and never had to worry about having clothes on our backs, shoes on our feet, or a roof over our heads. We were blessed. Blessed by Allah, most gracious, most merciful! For Whatever is in the heavens and on earth declares the Praises, and Glory, of Allah, the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. (61 – 1) For Allah created the heavens and the earth (29-44). This, I truly believed. I was taught by my parents, my schoolteachers, and the elders in my family that the Quran held the very words of God as told to the prophet Mohammed. This was reinforced by my personal tutor, an Imam, who was retained by my father throughout my entire childhood and early adulthood. The Imams (there were several of them over the years) came to the house, and I would study the Quran with them for one hour every day up until I was eighteen years old and began attending college. In college, I studied business and commerce as I was expected to continue in the family import and export business. I studied hard and received good grades. I strove for excellence in everything I did. It was important to me that I gain the respect of my father and other family members.

      I didn’t want anyone to think that I took anything for granted, and being from a privileged class with family connections in the business world made me work even harder in order to prove myself worthy in the eyes of my family and in the eyes of Allah. For Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein... (4-85) And Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the course of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah has granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). To all (in faith) has promised good, but those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah he has distinguished above those who sit (At home) by a special reward, (4-95) Rarely specially bestowed by Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy. For Allah is oot – Forgiving, Most Merciful. (4-96).

      I studied and worked harder than any of my classmates, but I also made it a priority to pray five times a day, and read the Quran at every opportunity. There seemed to be little time for anything else in my life. My faith in Islam wasn’t something that I just studied in a book, or a series of Surah’s I learned by heart. It involved every pore of my body and every part of my life! When I was ten years old, my father took me to Mecca for Hajj. It was a profound moment in my young life, and an experience I shall never forget. To be in such a Holy place, surrounded by tens of thousands of worshippers, to be a pilgrim myself, in the company of my father, my uncles, my brothers, men

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