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Submitters PerspectiveDecember 1996Kassim Ahmad's introduction to Hadith: A Re-evaluation argues that the hadith, falsely attributed to Prophet Muhammad, caused the disunity and decline of Muslims, who deserted the Quran amid a century of world crisis. Lydia Kelley draws on Sura 18, verse 5:4, and the Book of Tobit to show that God does not prohibit dogs. A notice gives the Ramadan fasting dates for 1997.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveNovember 1996Kassim Ahmad's introduction to his book Hadith: A Re-evaluation traces hadith to Shafi`i's theory two centuries after Muhammad and argues that hadith, not modernity or secularism, caused Muslim decline, with renewal lying in a return to the Quran alone. Also reported are Masjid Tucson's food drive, soup kitchen work, and interfaith Thanksgiving service, plus excerpts from a Bill Clinton speech on religious tolerance.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveOctober 1996Setting a goal in life, read through a Moneysworth magazine article on personal mission statements, leads to the Quran's answer: worship God alone and lead a righteous life to please Him, with priority on the Hereafter. Letters from prisoners and a chaplain thank Masjid Tucson for Qurans and newsletters. A closing piece presents the Quran's mathematical code as proof it is God's authentic message.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveSeptember 1996Worship of one universal God across Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism and Islam, drawing on the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita and the Quran, and arguing that intercessors divide believers. An essay holds that the prophet Muhammad followed the Quran alone, citing his marriage to Zeid's former wife. Also a report on the 11th International Submitters Conference in Houston and a personal prayer of submission.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveAugust 1996Two paths, toward God and away from God, frame the lead essay by Maria Abdin on submission, repentance, free will, idol worship, and the moral decay of families and societies. Lydia Kelley looks past the physical images of Paradise to the Quran's emotional promises: no worries, lies, jealousy, or boredom. A closing note states the aim of purging innovations by upholding the Quran alone.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJuly 1996Incarceration as a possible blessing in disguise opens the issue, in a reprinted article by Dr. Rashad Khalifa urging prisoners who find pure Islam to join God's kingdom. A prisoner in Texas writes asking for Quranic materials and legal standing for his study group apart from Sunni doctrine. Also included are verses on the righteous from Sura 25, a reflection on idolizing cars, and details of the 1996 Houston conference.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJune 1996Muhammad's literacy is argued from the Quran's first command to read, the accusation in 25:4 to 5, the meaning of ummy as gentile, and Ibn Ishaq's record of his letter to Musaylima. A second article traces the number 57 in the Quran, from the letter qaf to the word majid and the occurrences of the word Quran. Registration details for the 1996 Houston conference follow.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMay 1996Male circumcision is weighed through the Torah, the Gospels, and Paul's letters, with arguments for and against it as a practice for Submitters, though the Quran never mentions it; a note rejects female circumcision. A reader's essay urges holding fast to the Quran amid idol worshiping family. Registration details follow for the 11th annual conference in Houston, August 1996.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveApril 1996The hadith and sunnah debate, urging Submitters to identify the assumptions behind each side and holding that the Quran alone is sufficient guidance. A mathematical observation ties suras 47, 82, 87 and 96 to the number 19 and supports 127 verses for Sura 9. Parents are urged to teach children chastity through God's laws and Luqman's advice, alongside details of the 1996 Houston conference.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMarch 1996Excerpts from Dr. Kassim Ahmad's open letter to Malaysia's leaders answer charges that the Quranic Society of Malaysia is anti-hadith, arguing that false hadith breed blind obedience, distrust of reason, and fatalism, and calling for hadith to be judged by the Quran. A reader in Pakistan recounts becoming a submitter, and a notice announces the August 1996 conference in Houston.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveFebruary 1996Satan as the Master Hypnotist, in a second part that sets eleven traits of hypnotized subjects beside Quranic examples of disbelievers who reject the Quran alone and flee its mathematical code. A study of Sura 97 places the Night of Destiny on the 27th of Ramadan by counting its letters and words. The issue also announces the August 1996 United Submitters International Conference in Houston.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJanuary 1996Satan as the Master Hypnotist, who controls those who reject God alone and the Quran alone, leads the issue as Part I of a series. A guide to imploring God gathers the best prayers from the Quran and explains why some prayers go unanswered. Also covered: Sunni, Shi'a and Christian posters uniting online against Submitters, and the August 1996 conference in Houston.ICS

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