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This the home page of
Sir Abdullah Archibald Hamilton
(England)
Statesman and Baronet
About the
author:
Sir
Abdullah Archibald Hamilton Bart, formerly Sir Charles Edward Archibald Watkins
Hamilton, embraced Islam on 20th December 1923. A well-known English statesman,
fifth baronet of the first (1770) and third baronet of the second creation
(1819) Sir Abdullah was born on 10th December 1876. He was a Lieutinent in the
Royal Defence Corp. and was also the President of the Selsy Conservative
Association.
Since arriving
at an age of discretion, the beauty and the simple purity of Islam have always
appealed to me. I could never, though born and brought up as a Christian,
believe in the dogmatic aspect of the Church, and have always placed reason and
commonsense above blind faith.
As the time
progressed, I wished to be at peace with my Creator, and I found that both the
Church of Rome and the Church of England were of no real use to me.
In becoming a
Muslim I have merely obeyed the dictates of my conscience, and have since felt a
better and a truer man.
There is no
religion that is so maligned by the ignorant and the biased as is Islam; yet if
people only knew, it is the religion of strong for the weak, the rich for the
poor. Humanity is divided into three classes. First, those on whom God has, out
of His bounty, bestowed possessions and wealth; secondly, those who have to work
to earn their living; and lastly, the great army of the unemployed, or those who
have fallen by the wayside through no fault of their own.
Again Islam
recognizes genius and individuality. It is constructive and not destructive. For
example, if a landowner who is rich and is not in need of cultivating his land
refrains from doing so for some time, his property ipso facto becomes
public property, and according to Islam Law, passes into the hands of the first
person who cultivates it.
Islam strictly
forbids its adherents to gamble or to indulge in any games of chance. It
prohibits all alcoholic drinks and interdicts usury, which alone has caused
enough sorrow and suffering to mankind. Thus, in Islam, none can take a mean
advantage of another who is less fortunate.
We neither
believe in fatalism nor in predestination, but only in pre-measurement; that is
to say the fixity of the laws and the intelligence to follow them.
To us, Faith
without Action is a dead-letter; for in itself it is insufficient unless we live
up to it. We believe in our own personal accountability for our actions in this
life and the Hereafter. We must carry our own cross and none can atone for
another's sin.
Islam teaches
the inherent sinlessness of man. It teaches that man and woman come from the
same essence, possess the same soul, and have been equipped with equal
capabilities for intellectual, spiritual and moral attainment.
I do not think
I need say much about the Universal Brotherhood of man in Islam. It is a
recognized fact. Lord and vassal, rich and poor, are all like. I have always
found that my brother Muslims have been the soul of honour and that I could
believe their word. They have always treated me justly, as a man and a brother,
and have extended to me the greatest hospitality, and I have always felt at home
with them.
In conclusion,
I would like to say that whereas Islam guides humanity in the daily workaday
life, the present-day so-called Christianity, indirectly in theory and
invariably in practice, teaches its followers, it would seem, to pray to God on
Sundays and to prey on His creatures for the rest of the week.
From "Islam, Our Choice"
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