February 2003 Volume 19 No 2

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Submitters Perspective

Monthly Bulletin of International Published by Masjid Tucson Community of Submitters Zul Haj 1423

Submitters Who Are We?

The first issue of the Submitters paper about what happened to allows it to happen for reasons Perspective newsletter was pub- some of these people who might known only to Him. lished in February 1985. Dr. be involved with the killing of Dr. th We are now entering our 19 year Rashad Khalifa was the editor of Khalifa. According to the Quran, it in continuous publication of the the newsletter. He was the one is not unusual for people who de- newsletter by the grace of God. who established Masjid Tucson liver God’s messages to be reject- We have had many distracting and the United Submitters Interna- ed, or even killed by their contem- events happen over the years. tional organization. The newsletter poraries. However, we are persevering in was then called the “Muslim Per- We gave Moses the scripture, and the face of adversity and against spective.” Dr. Khalifa renamed it subsequent to him we sent other Satan’s schemes. God willing we the “Submitters Perspective” with messengers, and we gave Jesus, are determined to continue the the December 1989 issue. His life son of Mary, profound miracles work Dr. Khalifa has left for us to in this world came to an end when and supported him with the Holy the best of our ability. We hope to some intruders assassinated him Spirit. Is it not a fact that every spread the same message all the inside the masjid before dawn on time a messenger went to you messengers and prophets came January 30, 1990. It was his rou- with anything you disliked, your with. This message has been speci- tine to come to the masjid ego caused you to be arrogant? fied for all humanity since the () in the early hours of the Some of them you rejected, and days of Adam: There is no god but day to continue his work on some of them you killed. [2:87] GOD. Worship Him alone. spreading the message of worship- ing God alone. At the end of this We know that ultimately whatever Cont’d on page 2 article, you will find some ex- happens is in accordance with cerpts from a Tucson daily news- God’s will and plan, and that God 2 February 2003 Submitters Therefore you shall adore inition of a Christian is the belief Cont’d from page 1 the Lord your God in the divinity of Christ. However, with all your heart, there are Christians who consider with all your soul, this idea to be blasphemous, and Who is a Submitter with all your mind, consequently they believe that Je- and what is Submission? and with all your strength. sus was only a messenger of God. Similarly, there are people in other Although the word “Submitter” is [Deuteronomy 6:4-5, Mark religions who believe in God Al- the English equivalent of the Ara- 12:29-30, Quran 3:18] mighty, believe that they are ac- bic word “Muslim,” and the word countable for their works, and they “Submission” is the English The commandment to worship God are righteous. A criterion of the equivalent of the Arabic word “Is- alone is also found in the Hindu true submitters is that they will lam,” the underlying implication scriptures: find nothing objectionable in the of these words is very profound, Let us meditate on God, Quran when they encounter it. and far from the superficial mean- His glorious attributes, ings that are traditionally under- All these people are Submitters, who is the basis of everything in stood or used. Therefore, Dr. Kha- and they collectively constitute the this universe as its Creator, lifa initiated extensive usage of only religion acceptable to God. who is fit to be worshiped these words in his newsletters and translation of the Quran in order as Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Minimum Criteria Omniscient for people to differentiate between There are many more people out a so-called Muslim and a true and self existent conscious being, there who are Submitters in heart, Muslim or Submitter, and between who removes all ignorance but we may not be aware of them. the corrupted religion of and and impurities from the mind Furthermore, they themselves may the true Islam or Submission. and purifies and sharpens the in- not know where to fit in. How can tellect. A Submitter can be defined as a one know if he or she might quali- [Gayatri Mantra, Yajur Veda] person who submits to the will of fy to be called a Submitter? The minimum criteria to be a Submitter God. The state of Submission, Submitters only in Islam? which can only take place between are given in the following verses. While every religion has been cor- the person and God Almighty, is Surely, those who believe, rupted by innovations, traditions, considered to be the only accepta- those who are Jewish, and false, idolatrous doctrines, ble form of worship by God. (3:19, there may be “Submitters” within the Christians, 85). Therefore, Submission is not every religion. There may be and the converts; just a name of a religion; rather it Submitters who call themselves anyone who describes one’s devotion to God Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, (1) believes in GOD, and alone. Buddhist, or anything else. This is (2) believes in the Last Day, and Submission is a religion whereby a concept the traditional and igno- (3) leads a righteous life, one recognizes God’s absolute au- rant Muslims will fiercely object will receive their recompense thority, and reaches a conviction to, even though it is in the Quran, from their Lord. that only God possesses all power; and we experience it constantly. They have nothing to fear, no other entity possesses any pow- They are not all the same; among nor will they grieve. er that is independent of Him. The the followers of the scripture, [Quran 2:62, 5:69] natural result of such a realization there are those who are right- is to devote one’s life and one’s eous. They recite GOD's revela- Organizations worship absolutely to God alone. tions through the night, and they This is the First Commandment in The Submitters have set up non- fall prostrate. [3:113] all the scriptures, including the profit organizations over the years Old Testament, the New Testa- One of the reasons for this objec- so that they can work in the cause ment and the Final Testament (The tion could be due to the implica- of God more efficiently. Quran). tion of the terminology used. For Cont’d on page 3 example, the phrase “Christian Hear , O Israel! submitter” may seem to introduce ICS, the International Community The Lord our God is One God! a conflict, since the traditional def- of Submitters, and USI, the United SubmittersSubmitters Perspective 3 Cont’d from page 2 piles upon piles of man-made in- Him alone we are submitters." Submitters International, are non- novations. Our aim is to purge the- [3:84] profit organizations that were ini- se innovations by upholding only tiated for this purpose. Masjid God’s revelations, and present the Some notes on the assassination Tucson is the mosque for the jewel of true Submission to the of Dr. Rashad Khalifa: Community of the Submitters in world. It is time for Submitters We get many questions asking us Tucson. from all religions to come out and about the responsible parties who The Submitters follow the religion support each other to preach the killed Dr. Khalifa, and whether they of Abraham (16:123). It was the true message of God and join the were caught and brought to justice. Unfortunately, up until now no one religion of Moses and Jesus and fight against the corruptions of their religions. knows how many intruders there were Muhammad. It was the religion of to assassinate Dr. Khalifa and who all of the prophets and messengers. Say, "O followers of the scripture, actually ended up killing him. Accord- All of them were Submitters to let us come to a logical agreement ing to what is found by the police, the- God, and God alone. between us and you: that we shall se people also had intentions to blow not worship except GOD; that we up the entire mosque, but God did not How to Become a Member? never set up any idols besides let it happen. The community of Mas- To join our organization, you do Him, nor set up any human beings jid Tucson trusts in God that He will not need any membership, nor do as lords beside GOD." If they turn protect the submitters from the actions you have to pay any dues. If you away, say, "Bear witness that we of such evil people. are a Submitter, then you are our are submitters." [3:64] The following excerpts were taken brother or sister. from the Daily Star newspa- If you want to be part of history in per articles. Submitters are members of one the making, you can join us in our family. They are allies of one an- Wadih El-Hage, 41, who lived in Tuc- cause. Just drop us a note and ask son in the 1980s, and was sentenced other. They help and support each to be on the mailing list for our in on federal charges that other as God and His angels help newsletter. he helped plot the 1998 bombings of and support them. They are also U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanza- No Compulsion in Religion nia, has been linked to Khalifa's mur- united in one column when striv- der. ing in the cause of God. If you received this newsletter by El-Hage has also been linked to Osa- mistake, or you think this newslet- One Unifying Religion ma Bin Laden's terror network. His ter is not for you, just tell us. We name came up in 1992 as Colorado It is a known fact that all religions will take you off our mailing list. state investigators looking into Kha- of the world—Judaism, Christiani- On the other hand, if you like the lifa's death probed a radical Islamic sect known as Jamaat ul-Fuqra, or ty, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, newsletter, we would like to hear simply Fuqra, with a history of target- and others—have been corrupted from you. Also if you know any ing Hindus and Islamics deemed here- one way or another through inno- other people whom you think may tics. vations, traditions, and the idoliza- benefit from the newsletter, please In 1989, police searching a storage tion of humans such as the proph- let us know. We can arrange to locker rented by the group in the Den- ets and the saints. Many people send them complimentary issues ver suburb of Englewood discovered explosives, weapons and documents use religion to justify wars, terror- of the newsletter. indicating a planned attack on the ism, tyranny, and for economic Submitters of Masjid Tucson Tucson mosque. and political gain. Seven members of the Fuqra group, The Submitters follow God’s reve- mostly black American Muslims, were Say, "We believe in GOD, and in indicted in 1992 on conspiracy charg- lations, and obey God’s com- what was sent down to us, and in es related to Khalifa's killing and the mandments as well as they can. 1984 bombing of a Hare Krishna- what was sent down to Abraham, They follow the truth from their owned hotel in Denver, along with Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Pa- Lord, not corrupted religions and fraud and theft charges. Two Fuqra triarchs, and in what was given to leaders were subsequently convicted man-made doctrines. Moses, Jesus, and the prophets of conspiracy charges, two were con- victed of fraud charges and one As submitters, we believe that from their Lord. We make no dis- pleaded guilty to theft. Submission today is like a pre- tinction among any of them. To cious jewel that is buried under 4 February 2003

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Masjid Tucson Activities gregation-or-Chadash group directs Interfaith Study Group the Torah reading. Casas Adobes con- gregational church members direct the Soup Kitchen An interfaith scripture study group has Gospel reading and the participants been on going at the ICS Mosque from Masjid Tucson direct the Quran We participate in an ongoing project since October 1997. The group started reading. to help feed the hungry in our town in meeting at 7:30 p.m. on the first Tues- Sister Senobar coordinates the soup cooperation with Casas Adobes con- day of every other month. So far these kitchen and interfaith scripture group gregational church and congregation- scripture studies have been very fruit- activities. or-Chadash Jewish group. This project ful and lively. During the study, each has started over ten years ago with group reads and discusses their scrip- Righteousness is not turning your soup kitchens every other month. Then ture for about half an hour. The con- faces towards the east or the west. we started doing it every month in Righteous are those who believe in 1997. However, since May 1998, we Reader Comments GOD, the Last Day, the angels, the were able to do a soup kitchen twice a scripture, and the prophets; and month because of the increased inter- Peace they give the money, cheerfully, to est and contributions from the com- I’m an Egyptian man living in the the relatives, the orphans, the munity by God’s grace. Instead of US myself who was born and needy, the traveling alien, the beg- feeding 300 people, we now feed 700 raised to follow the traditional form gars, and to free the slaves; and to 1000 homeless and poor people. of Islam and by God’s grace was they observe the Contact Prayers guided to the true version. You (Salat) and give the obligatory We use the kitchen facilities of Casa know what made me start looking charity (Zakat); and they keep their Maria, a Catholic run operation in deeper and question my own be- word whenever they make a prom- south of Tucson. We also use the facil- liefs. ise; and they steadfastly persevere ity of Masjid Tucson to prepare the in the face of persecution, hard- My wife is a born and raised Amer- sandwiches before hand since Casa ship, and war. These are the truth- ican like yourself and she’s a Chris- Maria kitchen is very tiny for the ful; these are the righteous. [Quran tian (not a traditional one and number of people that need to be fed. 2:177] doesn’t belong to any denomina- tion). It all started by trying to see Volunteers from the three communi- what our faiths had in common, ties run the soup kitchen. These volun- then I started getting deeper in my teers get together twice a month. They studies and I started questioning buy all the necessary food for the soup things I was taught and raised to kitchen. They prepare, cook and dis- believe without questioning. tribute the food the next day at the

Casa Maria’s kitchen facility. The last I’ve been studying different reli- month’s soup kitchen participation gions for about 5 years now and was on Jan 11 and 25. Hot meals and I’m convinced this is the true path. sandwiches were served to about 1000 But again that’s my own belief and I needy people. May God accept the ef- can’t force it on anyone. After 5 years of marriage and 3 kids to- forts of the volunteers. gether (5 in all), my wife is still a Christian and I still love the special relationship she has with God. C. S.