|
I am forced
by unforeseen circumstances in my life to offer this plan
for the creation of a much better world a year or two
earlier than I had anticipated. I have been preparing and
perfecting this work for about 35 years, and by the mercy of
Allah, it has recently reached the point where it is so
logically true, so appealing to those that hear it, and so
successful in practice that it could no longer be doubted
that this plan could and (InshaAllah) will make today’s
world, facing so many terrible problems, into a world of
peace, love and spirituality as Allah would want us to
have. |
| |
|
The
unforeseen circumstance I refer to is that I have recently
been diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer. I now have
only a few months left in this world. I, of course, accept
this as the Will of Allah and feel blessed that I at least
have been given these last few months to offer this lifework
to the Muslim Ummah and to all of human society. |
| |
|
I spent over
half my life as one of the most committed atheists you could
ever imagine. I was totally convinced of the rightness of
secular philosophies and materialist science. I spent over
thirteen years as a full time university student. These long
years of study included three Ph.D. programs. My early
studies were in theoretical physics and my later studies
were in child and clinical psychology. |
| |
|
I had never
expected in my wildest imaginings that I would ever be a
believer in God, and even more unexpected, that I would
become a Muslim. About 30 years ago I decided that if I
wanted to be honest as a scientist I would have to accept
that the findings of modern science, particularly
theoretical physics and cosmology, led undeniably to the
conclusion that God did indeed exist. |
| |
|
In a search
for a religion which I could be a member of and remain an
objective scientist I looked first at Christianity, then
Buddhism, and then the Hindu faiths. In none of those great
faiths could I find a place for my understanding of God and
spirituality. I almost didn’t look at Islam, perhaps due to
biases imposed growing up in a Western culture. As I read
the Qur’an (English translation with commentary) I found
Islam confirming everything I had independently found to be
true in my long search for the true nature of our reality. |
| |
|
I have now
been a Muslim for about 25 years and have studied Islam with
the same objective scrutiny I applied to any other subject.
These years of study have only served to further establish
the deep truth and rightness of the glorious religion given
to us by Allah as our way of life. The theology and
metaphysics of Islamic revelation and the enlightened
interpretation of the early great Muslim scholars is now
almost daily being further confirmed by the findings of
modern empirical science and logic. |
| |
|
I am soon to face the
Judgment of Allah so I would not be so foolish as to tell
you anything but the truth. This plan to make right our
world which is now plagued with so much wrong is based on
the hypothesis that, “If you give any individual or social
group a positive, accurate, and motivational worldview
(Islam objectively and correctly understood), plus a good
understanding of the Laws of Learning by which all human
characteristics develop, that individual or social group
will move naturally and inevitably toward everything good
and right. |
| |
|
These two necessary bodies of
socially transforming knowledge have been formulated and are
now available. In their whole these bodies of knowledge are
quite complex and not always easily understood, but what is
required to put them into practice at a level which is
simple enough for anyone to successfully apply and have
significant positive results can be learned by virtually
anyone in an amazingly short period of time. |
| |
|
Although the ultimate
goal of this plan of positive social transformation is to
alter the consciousness of human society in such a way as to
result in individuals who will have a good understanding of
the difference between right and wrong and a burning love in
their heart for all that is right and a strong dislike for
all that is wrong, to achieve such an ambitious goal is far
to large a first step in our progression toward a much
better world than we have today. |
| |
|
Progress toward that
idealized goal of a much better world must take place in a
slow and practical manner which guarantees the success of
the first steps toward all that is good and right. To this
end we offer a beginning solution to the world’s many
problems that is so simple and so easy to put into practice
you might find it hard to believe how much success can be
had for so little effort. |
| |
|
Since virtually every
nation is suffering from the problems caused by the fast
deteriorating behavior of their youth, problems such as
drugs, crime, violence, sexual immorality, a general lack of
positive values, declining motivation, and a feeling of
hopelessness for their future, we have begun by providing
parents and teachers with a very simple method to help them
raise children of excellent character who can succeed
academically, socially, and professionally in today’s world
without losing their traditional Islamic beliefs and
practices.
I
give you my guarantee that if you try these simple, easy to
learn techniques you cannot fail to see positive changes in
your children. This, for a successful beginning, is all you
need do:
|
a. |
Find several different
ways each day to remind your child that they are Khalifah
of Allah. |
| |
|
|
b. |
Take the opportunity, a
number of times each day, to give positive attention (warm
praise) to your child for any good things they do or good
characteristics they show. |
| |
|
|
c. |
Set firm, reasonable
rules for your child, make sure your child understands
those rules, and enforce those rules consistently with
‘kind’ discipline (this means without harshness). |
|
To better understand how to use
these simple techniques effectively please read these suggested
papers: |
| |
|
|
|
To see more about the Khalifah Project, please
press |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
| |
|