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Political & CulturalInvasion

Salim Fredericks

First editionRamadhan 1423 AH(December 2002 CE)

Khilafah PublicationsSuite 29856 Gloucester RoadLondon SW7 4UB

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Translation ofthe Qur’an

It should be perfectly clear that the Qur’an is only authentic in its originallanguage,Arabic.Since perfect translation ofthe Qur’an is impossible,wehave used the translation ofthe meaning ofthe Qur’an’throughout the book,as the result is only a crude meaning ofthe Arabic text.Qur’anic

Ayat

and transliterated words have been

italicised.

Ahadith appear in

bold



- subhanahu wa ta’ala



- sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam



- radhi allaho anha/anho AH - After HijrahCE - Christian Era

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e-mail:info@1924.org website:http://www.1924.org Ramadhan 1423 AH(December 2003 CE)ISBN 1 899 574 31 X

Contents

The Opening Ayah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91Modern Imperial Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Life,liberty and the pursuit ofhappy meals . . . . . . . . . . . . .13No Ronald McDonald without McDonnell-Douglas . . . . . .26No McDonnell-Douglas without constant conflicts . . . . . . .30

2Ideological Invasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Man as legislator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35It’s all in the genes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Battlefield oflife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

3Cultural Invasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Desperately seeking something . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Hard work is the key to success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Worship at the altar ofcelebrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 All that glistens is not gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 A big fat scam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

4Economic Imperialism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Bretton Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Those who sleep on a full stomach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88Fiat currency standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 The gold standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

5Educational Imperialism

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106

What is useful knowledge? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Importance ofArabic language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

“But seek the abode ofthe Hereafter in that which Allah has given you, and do not neglect your portion ofworldly life, and be kind even as Allah has been kind to you, and seek not corruption in the earth. Verily, Allah likes not the Musfsidun (those who are mischief-makers, corrupted).”

[Al-Qasas:77]