"Towards an
Excellent
Islamic World"

WHAT IS A KHALIFAH CIRCLE ?

A Khalifah Circle is: a small group of Muslims who regularly gather together to better understand their role as Khalifah of Allah; who desire to have love for Allah grow in their hearts; who desire to live peacefully according to the Will of Allah; who will be kind and caring toward other members of their group; who are willing to learn how modern science supports the essential truths of Islam; who are willing to learn about an undeniable scientific proof of the existence of God; who are willing to learn about how Allah Created His physical world (the universe and everything in it) that is consistent both with all facts of modern science and with our traditional Islamic beliefs of Creation; who are willing to learn about the Laws of Learning by which Allah directs all biological life, and allows the children of Adam to direct themselves as His Khalifah on earth; who are willing to use this knowledge to raise their children to become Muslims of excellent character; who are willing to share this knowledge with other Muslims to improve our ummah; and, who are willing to help create a fully and truly Islamic world.

INTRODUCTION

It is our firm belief that the unique social and historical conditions of our time, combined with new knowledge in the fields of science and technology, make it not only possible but highly likely that within a generation or so we will have a peaceful world where Muslims can fully and truly practice Islam.

We would like to introduce an innovative plan on behalf of Islam. It is called Khalifah Circles. It is a concept rather than an organization. We as Muslims accept that there is no path to a right and just world but Islam; therefore, we want to do our utmost to bring rightly guided, committed belief and dedicated practice of Islam back into every aspect of life for all members of the Muslim ummah. And, of course, we also desire to make Islam both acceptable and attractive to non-Muslims. While many of our pious brothers and sisters are attempting, both as individuals and within organizations, to achieve this same worthy goal we will be using a new approach. We will be using powerful new techniques of social influence and sophisticated modern information technology to disseminate the traditional knowledge of Islam. Our ultimate goal is a fully and truly united Islamic world, contributing towards peace and happiness for every human being.

THE POSITIVE JIHAD

We call upon all Muslims to work with us in this positive jihad to make this world a much better place to live, according to the Will of Allah. If we do nothing, the materialistic secular influences of the Godless Western culture will rob us of our Islamic values and make our lives increasingly meaningless.

Today, the evil powers of secular materialism are attacking human beings everywhere. The world is growing more insane each day. In all societies across the world we find large increases in crime, violence, drug abuse, alcoholism, prostitution, pornography and homosexuality. Today the environment is being continually degraded, while the world's poor nations and peoples are being subjected to a degree of exploitation which reduces their lives to extremes of poverty and humiliation.

Secular materialism creates in the minds of our children atheistic thought, disrespect for parents and elders, hopelessness for the future, disregard for knowledge, and love of a debased animalistic lifestyle focused on only the crudest pleasures of the flesh.

A SIMPLE STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SETTING UP KHALIFAH CIRCLES

1. Introduction: The Khalifah Circles are so easy to set up, and so sure to be successful it is hard to believe until you actually try. Basically, you need only decide you want to do this task for Allah, and even if you don't know very much about the Khalifah Circles, and have no particular skills in management or public speaking you will be able to set up a Khalifah Circle.

2. First you learn a little about what it means to be Khalifah of Allah. Since Allah created you (and all human beings) to be His Khalifah on Earth, this most magnificent and wonderful of roles is easy to understand.

3. As Khalifah of Allah you act as a representative of Allah doing an extremely important job for Him. You are to carry out Allah's Will, not your own; and, you are to use His power to do this job, not your own.

4. Allah wants you to be responsible to do three things as His khalifah: make yourself good, help others become good, and make the physical world good (clean and beautiful for Allah).

5. Now that you understand even this much, it is the time to get some of your friends and relatives interested in also learning to become good Khalifah of Allah. Once there are a few of you working together you have successfully set up a Khalifah Circle.

6. Next you set times to meet as a group, and together learn the techniques of acting rightly as Khalifah of Allah.

7. The three responsibilities as Khalifah of Allah are carried out by positive jihad. Jihad does not mean Holy War; Jihad means Holy Struggle - the never ending battle of good versus evil.

8. Jihad in Khalifah Circles is carried out by commanding the right and forbidding the wrong. We command ourselves and others to act according to what Allah has made right, and we forbid ourselves and others to do the things that Allah has told us are wrong.

9. Of course if we are going to be commanding the right and forbidding the wrong, we must know well what is right and what is wrong according to the Will of Allah. To know right from wrong very well according to the Will of Allah means you have developed high taqwa. If the taqwa of the Khalifah Circles members is not yet high then you can improve by discussion and study.

10. Allah has told us the best way to command the right and forbid the wrong. It is most effectively done with beautiful words and wisdom, and without harshness which causes bad feelings.

11. What this means is that any time you or members of the Khalifah Circles do anything good or show some positive characteristic those good things should receive positive notice (warm and honest praise) from the members of the circle.

12. Any positive acts or characteristics that are followed by sincere praise will tend to happen more often in the future, thereby resulting in an increase in all that is good.

13. Sometimes you or members of the Khalifah Circle may do things that are wrong or show negative characteristics. The members of the circle have the responsibility of finding kind and positive ways to help correct anything that is wrong.

14. Any negative acts or characteristics that are followed by kind, but honest, disapproval will tend to happen less often in the future, thereby resulting in a decrease in all that is bad. Remember when doing this to make sure nobody's feelings are hurt or you will not be so successful in decreasing the things that are negative

15. If you or members of the Khalifah Circles have children you should teach them the same things you are learning and treat them the same way Khalifah Circles members treat each other.

16. This means: explain to your children how they are Khalifah of Allah; explain to your children the three responsibilities as khalifah of Allah (make yourself good; help others become good; and, make the physical world good); remind your children often in nice ways that they are Khalifah of Allah; give your children warm and loving praise for good things that they do and for good characteristics that they show; and set firm, reasonable rules for your children and enforce those rules consistently with kind discipline (without harshness).

17. By now you will almost surely be seeing positive changes in yourself and in other members of the Khalifah Circles. Additionally, you are virtually guaranteed to see positive changes in your children.

18. As soon as you start seeing these expected positive changes in yourself, other Khalifah Circles members, and in your children you will begin to understand the great power for positive change behind this simple, easy to implement plan.

19. As you begin to understand the great power for positive change behind this simple, easy to implement plan and the improvement it makes in your life, and in the lives of those you care for, you will likely feel motivated to start sharing with others information about the success available through the use of Khalifah Circles.

20. The more people in your local community who are participating in Khalifah Circles the more general good you will see happening in your community, and the less badness you will see happening in your community.

21. Next, the more people in your local community who are participating in Khalifah Circles and teaching their children to be good Khalifah of Allah, the more children of good influence your children will have to associate with.

22. As your community becomes more successful in its belief and practice of right Islamic principles, and more and more Muslims become good Khalifah of Allah, other communities will see how wonderful this positive way of life is and Khalifah Circles will start up in those other communities till soon the whole nation becomes a nicer place to live.

23. When Muslims in other nations see the many positive social changes occurring in nations whose populations are living as good Khalifah of Allah they will want to learn about and share in those positive social changes.

24. When non-Muslims see how much success Muslims are having in solving the many terrible social problems that they are also facing, and how good life has become for Muslims who are living as good Khalifah of Allah they will begin to have good feelings toward Islam and Muslims, and may even want to become Muslims themselves.

25. If we really make use of this plan of Khalifah Circles to assist us to live our lives as good and true Muslims who well understand and love their role as Khalifah of Allah, it really could help to bring about a fully and truly world Islamic within a generation or so.

Note: For much more information and materials on the Khalifah Project please go to our website.

HOW TO DO POSITIVE JIHAD THROUGH KHALIFAH CIRCLES

The jihad in this millennium is the jihad of knowledge and is about influencing the minds of all human beings. We must know how to fight this battle and what weapons to use. Islam gives us the answer. This is not to be a jihad of the sword, or of guns, bombs and violence. Not only would that be wrong, but also we would have no chance of success against the military might of the Western world. Non-Muslims must know they will never be harmed by this jihad. This is to be a jihad fought only in the battlefield of the mind with weapons far more powerful than any sword, gun, or bomb.

SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF ISLAM THROUGH THE KHALIFAH CIRCLES APPROACH

Islam is the most positive, right and powerful message in the world. Islam provides the solution to every problem that presently exists or could ever exist. The ultimate power of this positive message is a power of winning the hearts and minds of every Muslim in the world. It also has the power to influence and win over the world's non-Muslims, because it gives them a totally true understanding of the meaning of life in this physical world, as well as a glorious future in the spiritual world and the hereafter.

This moment in history is the age of information and communication technology. We can spread this positive message of Islam throughout the world in a very short period of time. Every single effort toward a right Islamic world is like a drop of rain that will flow to form rivers, which then spread and reach out to become oceans. This is the power of Islam that can be manifested through the Khalifah Circles approach.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS POSITIVE JIHAD

Khalifah Circles are not an exclusive club or organization. We encourage every Muslim individual in the world to network and start Khalifah Circles in their own local areas, beginning with their families and close friends.

We also encourage mosques, suraus, Muslim organizations, clubs, companies, and government agencies (where allowed) to start Khalifah Circles.

By networking together through Khalifah Circles we can then improve ourselves to become better Muslims, help others to become better Muslims and help make the world a better place for all.

GENERAL PLAN

Our intention is to utilize the motivational and educational potential of the traditional Islamic concept of human beings as Khalifah of Allah by forming Khalifah Circles worldwide. We will also encourage wide use of the internet to empower and unite Muslim ummah.

1. It is proposed that if any individual or group of any size (up to and including all of human society), is provided with a positive, accurate and motivational world view (which is Islam understood scientifically and objectively in combination with traditional interpretation) and a broad understanding of the laws of learning by which our relationship with the physical, social, and inner environments effects our development, then there will naturally and inevitably result in those individuals or social groups a movement toward everything good and right.

2. To encourage the wide use of modern knowledge and technology by Muslims on behalf of Islam

3. Use powerful motivational techniques from the social sciences to encourage Muslims to unite and participate in Khalifah Circles to help bring about a fully and truly Islamic ummah.

4. To show how modern science itself, and the necessary logical implications of modern science, have reached a point where they are consistent in all ways with the revealed truths and essence of Islam, including an undeniable scientific proof of the existence of God.

5. To work together with the many thousand Islamic organizations throughout the world in this Holy Struggle against the devastating power of the onrushing wave of secular materialism poised to crush our Islamic way of life. (NOTE: We will acknowledge that there are within the Muslim world a number of differences of opinion regarding issues of Islamic belief and practice. While in no way discounting the importance of some of these issues, but fully realizing the effects of the dissension and disunity this causes among the ummah, we take the position that during this critical period in human history, when the influence of Shaitan is being so widely and successfully spread throughout the world, is not the right time to focus our energies on the resolution of these theological issues. Until the battle against the forces of evil is resolved, and a just and right Islamic ummah established, we will accept without negative comment all Muslims, regardless of their varied beliefs and practices, as our beloved brothers and sisters united in this struggle against all ideas, things, and persons who oppose the traditional beliefs and practice of Islam.

WE AFFIRM

• We affirm the truth of Islam embraced in the Qur'an, Sunnah and the traditions of Islam.

• We affirm the 6 principles of faith and 5 pillars of Islamic practice.

• We affirm Islam as the right way of life for all.

• We affirm our role as Khalifah of Allah, with the goal of making ourselves good according to the Will of Allah.

• We affirm our responsibility to help others to be good, according to the Will of Allah.

• We affirm our responsibility to help make the world good for all Muslims, for all of humanity, and for all creatures of Allah.

KHALIFAH CIRCLES

• Khalifah Circles is not a movement or an organization but simply a loosely structured worldwide network of "like minded" Muslims striving proactively to achieve our goal in life to successfully fulfill our responsibilities as Khalifah of Allah.

• Khalifah Circles will operate as an open source format where all interested individuals or groups can help spread the correct Islamic understanding of our role as Khalifah of Allah.

HOW TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AS KHALIFAH ON EARTH

SCHEMATIC OF KHALIFAH CIRCLES NETWORK

SIX DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP REACH ALL OF HUMANITY

By networking we can reach all humanity within 6 degrees or levels of relationship. This is possible because each of us can easily reach at least 50 to 100 people using one to one contact as well as the Internet. For example:

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