Degrees of Separation

October 21st, 2007· Posted by Velvet Hammer · 1 Comment ·

A press release posted on the the ‘Islamic Thinkers Society’ website, declares that “InshAllahShaheed” aint no friend of theirs.

But..but…but…but..but what about Michael Moss’ NY Times article??

He also befriended members of the Islamic Thinkers Society, a tiny group that promotes radical, nonviolent Islam by leafleting in Times Square and Jackson Heights, Queens.

An interesting turn of events indeed. One of y’all is fibbing. Talk amongst yourselves and sort things out will you?

Now to be clear, the Moss article does not specifically quote ‘inshallahshaheed’ himself, claiming he was in tight with the ‘Islamic Thinkers Society’. But it had to come from somewhere. Did Moss pull it out of…thin air, or did inshallahshaheed misrepresent himself??. Was he desperate for some real world islamic brotherhood cred? Maybe the ‘Islamic thinkers Society’ is full of crap, that could be a possibility too. Inquiring minds want to know.
Let’s see, our choices are.
1. a jihadist blogger
2. a NY York Slimes journalist
3. the Islamic Thinkers Society
Eeny meeny miney mo…

Anyways here is the press release.

Press Release 10-15-2007
Monday, 15 October 2000

A recent matter that we would like to clarify on the media is that an article was written by NY Times which mentioned our name. In the article it mentioned that a Muslim who runs the blog “InshAllahShaheed” was a member of the Islamic Thinkers Society and that he supposedly ‘disbanded’ us. Quote from the NY Times Article “He also befriended members of the Islamic Thinkers Society, a tiny group that promotes radical, nonviolent Islam by leafleting in Times Square and Jackson Heights, Queens.”

We just want to clarify so that things are in its proper perspective. Although we do have members and supporters all over the world, the brother “InshAllahShaheed” was never a member of Islamic Thinkers Society, therefore he cannot ‘befriend’ those he had never been with. HOWEVER, there is one thing and that he was a follower of the jama’ah(group) of ahlus sunnah which we, the Islamic Thinkers Society are also a follower of. The jama’ah(group) of ahlus sunnah isn’t a particular group. “Ahlus sunnah” is a terminology used to describe the first three generations that lived after our beloved prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) which includes his family, his companions, the children of his companions, and the children of the children of his companions. And we are followers of their teachings, and so is brother InshAllahShaheed, along with many Muslims around the world. Let that be lesson for the non-Muslims to learn. We both share the same understanding of Islam which makes us brothers in faith and masha’Allah to brother inshAllahShaheed for taking on this understanding which is the understanding of the salaf, which is the understanding of fearing Allah s.w.t. only and to speak the haqq(truth) wherever and in whatever capacity it may be as long as Allah(praise be to Him alone) wills.