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Submitters Perspective, June 2006
Submitters, who follow the religion of Abraham decreed in the Quran, are contrasted with the so-called Islamic world that follows Hadith and Sunna and oppresses in the name of God. The lead essay argues that anyone who believes in God and the Last Day and leads a righteous life is a Submitter. Notices cover the Tucson conference, the book Hislam, Ramadan 2006, and an interfaith soup kitchen.
June 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, May 2006
God as the light of the heavens and the earth, read through verse 24:35 and Einstein's E=mc2, leads to reflections on matter as God's bound energy and on His omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. A second article pairs the Edwards Aquifer's bad water line and the Baltic Sea's salinity barriers with Quranic verses on the barrier between two seas. The issue announces the 21st annual Submitters conference in Tucson.
May 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, April 2006
The Quran's mathematical composition based on the number 19 anchors this issue, which answers critics who accused Dr. Khalifa of altering the initial NuN in 68:1, using gematrical evidence from 21:87 to confirm its spelling as Noon Waw Noon. Also covered are whales as wonders of God's creation, Masjid Tucson's free Qurans to libraries project, and the 2006 annual conference in Tucson.
April 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, March 2006
The Quran as the only source of religious guidance, with verses showing that following Hadith and Sunna equals setting up other gods beside God, drawn from Dr. Khalifa's Quran, Hadith and Islam. A reader's reflection on losing a pet holds that all animals are submitters bound for Heaven. A study of Qaroon's arrogance and fate from Sura 28 closes the issue.
March 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, February 2006
Modern astronomy on the Big Bang, galaxies, stars, black holes, the solar system, and gravity is set beside Quranic verses, leading to the seven universes in layers and the Big Crunch as God's law for the end of the world. The issue also announces the 2006 Submitters conference in Tucson, retells the butterfly and cocoon parable on struggle, and prints an incarcerated former Sunni's letter accepting the Quran alone.
February 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, January 2006
Jesus as a human teacher of natural religion, whose gospel of loving God and neighbor and forgiving others is contrasted with Paul's doctrine of blood atonement and the later church councils. A reader in Ukraine finds no contradiction between the real message of the Bible and the Quran. Proverbs of Solomon and an index of the 2005 issues' articles follow.
January 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, December 2005
Ego, opinion pushing, and other distractions as a test of the Submitters, with a reminder that the Quran remains the messenger with us and the mathematical miracle supports, but never replaces, the message to worship God alone. Also covers marine invertebrates such as plankton, sponges, starfish, and the octopus as signs of God's creation, plus notice of the 2006 Tucson conference.
December 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, November 2005
Trusting God and the Quran versus Bukhari's hadith collection, arguing the Quran is complete, detailed and easy to learn, and questioning how Bukhari could have sorted 600,000 hadiths in one lifetime. A compilation of verses on everything belonging to God follows, along with Masjid Tucson's interfaith soup kitchen and monthly scripture study group with a church and a Jewish congregation.
November 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, October 2005
Ramadan fasting as a practice begun with Abraham, its spiritual and physical benefits, why astronomical calculation replaces moon sighting, the Islamic day beginning at sunset, and the 2005 dates including the Night of Destiny. Also a report on the 20th annual United Submitters International Conference in Seattle, and a reflection on thanking God at all times, not only during Ramadan or Thanksgiving.
October 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, September 2005
God running everything, drawn from Dr. Khalifa's khutba, explains why losing our temper is objecting rather than submitting, and that our only decision is to be with God or Satan. Also included are a letter from an Australian brother who found Submission after his Hajj, a study of fish as God's provision, and the mathematical coding of the 19th occurrence of Quran in 17:46, Quran alone.
September 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, August 2005
Professor Charles D. Smith's article answers claims of a clash of civilizations, setting out where most Muslims live, what Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share, Islamic protection of Jews and Christians, and the historical rights of women. Shorter pieces follow on a garden of daily living and gratitude to God, along with Ramadan 2005 dates and Masjid Tucson's project giving free Qurans to libraries.
August 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, July 2005
Religion's corruption is pictured as a journey along a once beautiful path, drawn from Dr. Douglass Brown's forthcoming book Hislam, which names all worship of God never authorized by Him and points back to Submission. A second article reflects on Quran 5:4, describing how dogs and falcons are trained for hunting, the history of falconry, and God subduing these creatures for human use.
July 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, June 2005
DNA as the coded message of life is set beside the Quran's 19 based mathematical code, with verses on creation, resurrection and God's prior recording of all things. A British woman raised Roman Catholic then recounts rejecting the trinity, studying Islam, recoiling from the idolizing of Muhammad and hadith, and finding submission through Rashad Khalifa's translation and the contact prayer.
June 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, May 2005
Men and women are equal in the sight of God, who judges by righteousness alone, with Quranic verses on accepting God-given differences and appreciating His blessings. A second article reads the splitting of the moon in 54:1 as fulfilled by Apollo 11 in 1969, supported by the number 19. Readers comment on dogs in Islam, and the 20th annual Submitters conference in Seattle is announced.
May 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, April 2005
William Tyndale's dangerous effort to translate the Bible into English is the starting point for a case, drawn from 26:198 and 14:4, that the Quran must be understood in one's own language. A second article argues from the Quran that meat from the people of the scripture is lawful, that pig fat is not prohibited, and that each eater must mention God's name.
April 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, March 2005
Seeking forgiveness from God is presented as essential for salvation, with Quranic verses on repentance, reform, the ego, and how even idol worship is forgiven when one stops and repents. The Submitter youth of Orange County address peer pressure, drawing on Noah and Joseph and giving practical ways to resist. A note announces plans for the 20th annual United Submitters conference.
March 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, February 2005
Malcolm X's journey from crime and the Nation of Islam to worshiping God alone, drawing on his autobiography and his Hajj experience of brotherhood across races, and urging readers to abandon their own idols. The issue also outlines the steps of Hajj and Umrah and the four Sacred Months, with a short poem on character and verses from Isaiah and the Quran affirming one God.
February 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, January 2005
Hadith, collected two centuries after Prophet Muhammad's death, is set against the Quran as a source of religious guidance in a list of ten reasons Muslims should turn to the Quran alone. The reasons cover contradictions, sectarian division, unverifiable sources, insults to the prophet, idol worship, and the Quran's mathematical structure based on 19. A passage from Psalms 119 closes the issue.
January 1, 2005
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Submitters Perspective, December 2004
Blind faith has no place in Submission, argues the lead article, drawing on Quranic verses and the examples of Abraham and Moses to urge readers to use their minds, verify what they inherit, and reject false hadith. Psalm 145 follows, then letters from submitters, including a seeker who found clarity in the Quran alone after many religions and a Texas prisoner requesting the newsletter.
December 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, November 2004
Meditation upon God at night and dawn, organized as an agenda spelling GIFT: glorify God, implore Him, seek forgiveness, and thank Him, each with Quranic verses and a note that Quranic meditation is active awareness of God, not emptying the mind. A second piece offers a strategy for an upbeat day, pairing verses from the Quran and the Bible on worship, the contact prayer, charity, and steadfastness.
November 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, October 2004
Ramadan fasting and its purpose of salvation, with guidance on calculating the 2004 start date and the Night of Power on the 27th night. A reflection surveys food in the Quran as a lesson in gratitude to God the Provider. A report covers the 19th annual United Submitters International Conference in Tucson, August 2004, including talks on a scientific miracle in verse 16:78.
October 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, September 2004
The lead article argues that true Islam, Submission, was hijacked long before September 11 by scholars who replaced the Quran with man-made innovations, and uses the boiling frog to urge Muslims back to the Quran. An incarcerated brother describes leaving hadith and sunnah. Articles on bees cover pollination, honeybee facts, and sex determination tied to the number 16 and Sura 16, the Bee.
September 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, August 2004
Terrorism has no basis in religion, argues a guest opinion reprinted from The Arizona Daily Star, citing Quran 6:151 and 5:32 and defining Islam as submission to God alone, open to the righteous of every faith. Other pieces compare religious practice, the contact prayer, Zakat and fasting, to an athlete's training, and condemn dividing the religion into Sunni and Shia sects instead of studying the Quran oneself.
August 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, July 2004
Prompted by the Iraq prison atrocities and a terrorist beheading, the lead essay draws on the Stanford and Milgram experiments and Quranic examples of oppressors to explain how humans sink to the lowliest of the lowly. It points to God's protection through steadfastness, the contact prayers, seeking refuge from the devil, and the Quran's guidance. Also included are a parable about life's priorities and a poem on gratitude.
July 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, June 2004
Homosexuality and same-sex marriage are examined against the Old Testament, New Testament and the Quran, concluding that God prohibits both while condemning persecution of gay people and upholding freedom of religion. A woman describes resisting her own homosexual inclination as a test from God. A collection of Quran verses on God's proofs in the heavens and the earth follows.
June 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, May 2004
The female dress code in the Quran, read through verses 24:31 and 33:59, argues that khimar means any cover, not a head cover, and that hijab comes from Sunna rather than God. A reflection on a hollow giant sequoia as a submitter to God follows, with a garden poem, John 12:44 to 50, and a notice for the 2004 United Submitters conference in Tucson.
May 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, April 2004
Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ prompts a Quranic account of Jesus as a messenger of God who preached worship of God alone: his miraculous birth, his ministry, and his rescue from suffering, since his soul was raised before his empty body was crucified. Further pieces argue that moral principles must guide politics and invite volunteers to place Dr. Khalifa's Quran translation in public libraries.
April 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, March 2004
Bishop John Shelby Spong's critique of Christianity opens a case for Submission as the one religion acceptable to God, reached by reading the Quran directly in a good translation. Excerpts from Dr. Khalifa's introduction address happiness and the unity of all believers devoted to God alone. A second article blames the February 2004 Hajj stampede on confining Hajj to a few days instead of the four sacred months.
March 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, February 2004
The myth of intercession leads the issue, rejecting a hadith that Muhammad pleads for those who visit his tomb and arguing from the Quran that all intercession belongs to God and that idolizing Muhammad is idolatry. Further articles trace symmetry and equality in the Quran among messengers, believers, men and women, and show God's control over marriage, death, and the protection of believers.
February 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, January 2004
The Key, the first sura of the Quran, recited in Arabic during the Contact Prayers, and its numerical composition, including lips touching 19 times in its recitation. A rabbi's count of nineteens in Jewish prayer and verse 46:10 support a warning against adding words such as Amen. The Key is set beside the Lord's Prayer and the Ha Patchah opening prayer as evidence that God is one and the same.
January 1, 2004
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Submitters Perspective, December 2003
Submitting to God alone means seeking His approval in every action, especially in kind speech, patience in religious debate, and unity among submitters against the devil's attempts to divide them. The issue gathers Quranic verses on God's complete knowledge and reports on Masjid Tucson's soup kitchen and interfaith scripture study with a church and a Jewish congregation.
December 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, November 2003
Ramadan as a month of thanksgiving: fasting began with Abraham, the Quran was revealed in the Night of Power, and with Thanksgiving Day following Ramadan, believers are urged to thank God every day. The issue announces Let the World Know, a volunteer project to place Dr. Khalifa's Quran translation in public libraries, and closes on worshiping God alone and the Quran's mathematical composition based on 19.
November 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, October 2003
Patience as a test of submission leads the issue, with a long reflection on why people lose patience, compel others, and treat sincere questions about the Quran as attacks, drawing on Moses and the teacher. The issue also gives Ramadan 2003 dates and how to calculate them, a prayer for patience, a Bible reminder, and a piece on the unreliability of hadith books.
October 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, September 2003
The diversity of creatures on earth, led by ants and other insects, as evidence of God's greatness and of creatures who submitted to His authority (33:72). A report follows on the 18th annual United Submitters International Conference in Tucson, Arizona, in August 2003, with its Friday prayer, youth presentations and a planetarium visit. A closing reflection on gratitude to God for each day.
September 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, August 2003
Medical studies from Duke, Dartmouth, Harvard and elsewhere linking prayer and faith to better health, longer life and recovery from depression, set beside the Quran's command to pray and Noah and Job as examples of God answering prayer. A parable about an unopened gift points to missed blessings, and an incarcerated brother recounts his journey through many sects and asks for Rashad Khalifa's translation.
August 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, July 2003
Freedom of religion and freedom of speech as Quranic principles, prompted by the Fourth of July, with the argument that each person must verify belief for himself and that believers should not act as censors. A second essay traces the horse from the dawn horse through domestication, its upheaval of ancient and Plains Indian cultures, and Solomon's test, as a gift calling for appreciation of God.
July 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, June 2003
The purpose of the human being as a righteous worshipper of God alone, drawn from Quranic verses on God's admission tests, racing towards righteousness, and the danger of preoccupation with worldly life and Satan. A parable about a 92 year old woman's attitude toward happiness carries bracketed comments likening life to a bank account for the Hereafter. A notice invites submitters to the 18th annual conference in Tucson.
June 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, May 2003
The questions God poses in the Quran serve as a teaching tool, from reflecting on the camel, the sky, crops, water and fire to warnings against worshiping the ego and neglecting the Quran. A parable of carrots, eggs and coffee beans asks how we respond to adversity. Details follow on registering for the 18th Annual Conference in Tucson, August 29 to 31, 2003.
May 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, April 2003
Messengers, the Quran's full detail, and the defense of Dr. Rashad Khalifa's Authorized English Translation, including whom it was authorized by and whether its errors mislead. Subtle idol worship, God as teacher of the Quran, and respectful handling of disagreements among submitters follow. A parable about giving coins to a poor laborer closes the April 2003 issue, with Quran verses on charity.
April 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, March 2003
Women's dress in the Quran, arguing that God never commands veiling or covering the hair and that the best garment is righteousness, with modesty as a set of manners for both men and women. A youth group article contrasts this short material life with the far better Hereafter, citing Solomon and his horses. A young girl's letter tells of leaving hadith and the head covering for the Quran alone.
March 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, February 2003
Marking nineteen years of the newsletter, the issue explains who the Submitters are: those devoted to God alone, found within every religion, meeting the Quran's minimum criteria of belief in God, the Last Day, and righteous living. It reports on Dr. Khalifa's 1990 assassination and the Fuqra group linked to it, and describes Masjid Tucson's interfaith soup kitchen and scripture study group, with a reader's letter.
February 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, January 2003
Excerpts from Michael Wolfe's Beliefnet article give seven reasons Islam may suit America: monotheism, democratic spirit, mysticism, equality, fasting, tolerance, and religious freedom. An editor's note cites the Quranic prophecy (9:33, 61:9) that Submission will prevail. Psalm 23 follows, with a letter from an incarcerated brother who thanks the community for helping him practice Islam based on the Quran, not Hadith.
January 1, 2003
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Submitters Perspective, December 2002
Jerry Falwell's October 2002 claim that Muhammad was a terrorist draws a reply through Badshah Khan's nonviolent army and Quranic verses on patience, pardon, and overcoming the inner fears that block submission to God. A second essay compares the Lord's Prayer taught by Jesus with Al‑Fatehah, the Key, and the warnings against hypocrites at the contact prayer.
December 1, 2002
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Submitters Perspective, November 2002
Fasting in Ramadan as God's law and a blessing for the soul, with the Quran's revelation in the Night of Power and Muhammad's role as a follower of Abraham. With Thanksgiving falling during Ramadan, it urges daily appreciation of God. A second article explains meditation on God at night and dawn, prostration, and why God's names are not limited to 99.
November 1, 2002
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Submitters Perspective, October 2002
Al-Fatehah, the Key, is presented as the complete set of words God provides for opening the contact prayer, just as He gave Adam specific words for his redemption. The lead article argues against deleting the Basmallah, adding seeking refuge, other praise or Aameen, and reciting other Quran passages after Al-Fatehah during Salat. It closes with the number 19 evidence in Al-Fatehah.
October 1, 2002
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Submitters Perspective, September 2002
The five duties of submission as taught in the Quran alone: the declaration that there is no god except God, the five daily contact prayers and their times, obligatory charity, fasting in Ramadan, and Hajj, each corrected against man-made additions. A report on the 17th annual United Submitters International Conference in Tucson, Arizona, in August 2002 follows, covering its Friday sermon on the garment of righteousness.
September 1, 2002
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Submitters Perspective, August 2002
Women in political leadership, argued from the Quran's account of the Queen of Sheba against the Hadith of Abu Bakra in Bukhary that no community ruled by a woman will succeed. Also includes lessons drawn from Noah's Ark, an anecdote of two sick men about the happiness of encouraging others, and readers' letters about leaving corrupted religion for the Quran alone.
August 1, 2002
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Submitters Perspective, July 2002
The decline of the Muslim world after September 11, 2001 is traced to corrupt religious leaders rather than to Islam, drawing on Bernard Lewis's article What Went Wrong. A table sets current Islamic practices on women, hijab, music, diet, hadith and intercession against Quranic verses. Readers' letters praising the submission.org website follow.
July 1, 2002
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