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==Criticism of Rashad Khalifa== | ==Criticism of Rashad Khalifa== | ||
===Allegations of | ===Allegations of deception=== | ||
Some people have claimed that Rashad was a liar: | Some people have claimed that Rashad was a liar: | ||
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Suddenly, Khalifa the false chemist turned into a Muslim scholar/theologian deciphering a mysterious divine code of Qur'an based on absurd numerical calculations. He fooled some Muslim countries, particularly Libya and Saudi Arabia from which he received huge amount of money. Khalifa was a typical Jim Jones type misleading and abusing naive followers.}} | Suddenly, Khalifa the false chemist turned into a Muslim scholar/theologian deciphering a mysterious divine code of Qur'an based on absurd numerical calculations. He fooled some Muslim countries, particularly Libya and Saudi Arabia from which he received huge amount of money. Khalifa was a typical Jim Jones type misleading and abusing naive followers.}} | ||
===Allegations of | ===Allegations of raping a minor=== | ||
In October of 1979, Khalifa (who was then aged 43, married with two children, Sam and Beth) was accused of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual contact with a minor. | In October of 1979, Khalifa (who was then aged 43, married with two children, Sam and Beth) was accused of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual contact with a minor. | ||
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Deputy County Attorney John W. Dickinson said later that investigators are trying to locate other possible subjects who may have been recruited.}} | Deputy County Attorney John W. Dickinson said later that investigators are trying to locate other possible subjects who may have been recruited.}} | ||
== Assassination == | |||
=== Celebration of assassination by mainstream western clerics === | |||
Bilal Philips, a famous Salafist Islamic preacher and scholar who tours Western countries, celebrated the assassination of Rashad Khalifah, the manner of its execution, and prayed for the reward of its perpetrator in the hereafter. | |||
{{Quote|{{citation|author=Bilal Philips|title=About Rashad Khalifa the Dajjal|publisher=YouTube|date=March 29, 2007|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0qi1xZFH4g&ab_channel=IslamStudios}}|The followers of Rashad Khalifah, they call themselves Submitters International [...] back in the 70s they claimed to have discovered the mathematical numerical miracle of the Quran [...] people were amazed, he became very popular in the MSA [Muslim Students Association], the MSA took him all around the country giving lectures. [...] | |||
Then, by 1979, at a conference--I think it was held in Morocco--he announced very confidently that from his calculations of the multiples of 19 and its intricacy in the Quran that he was able to determine the exact date of ''Yawm al-Qiyamah'' [The Day of Judgement] [...] Muslims now had to back off. Because, of course, if anyone claims they have knowledge of ''Yawm al-Qiyamah''--when the Angel Jibreel asked the prophet, peace be upon him, "When is the final hour?", he [Muhammad] said, "I don't know any more than you do!"--this was the prophet peace be upon him, and here is Rashad Khalifa saying "I know when the exact date of ''Yawm al-Qiyamah'' is"! And after that he just went from bad to worse--after that, he denied the sunnah altogether. [...] The next thing we know, he claimed, by the mid-80s, he claimed that he found from his mathematical calculations that two verses in the Quran were false! [...]}} | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||