Islamic pantheism

Islamic Pantheism is a modern Islamic movement that combines many teachings of modern science and implements these teachings into Islamic faith, with an accent on appreciation of nature and of the universe. It believes that God does exist and even contacted humans, However He will not make such contact again with humans until after the return of the Messiah. Islamic Pantheism teaches that Muslims should be prosperous citizens of the modern world and that they should not in any way support extremist violence wherever it may be. It also teaches that Muslims should not be blinded by religion or blinded by this world, however encourages them to develop this world as much as they can for the greater good of others. It also teaches that all humans are brothers and sisters and that humans as a species should care for each other and aid the development of each other. It also teaches that there is possibly life on other worlds and that this life may also be intelligent, not to be confused with Jinn who are different beings altogether in Islamic Mythology.

The number of supporters for Islamic Pantheism is extremely low, but is growing thanks to modern movements gaining momentum, particularly within beliefs such as Sufism.

There is no official universal symbol for all types of pantheism, but one used by the World Pantheist Movement is the spiral, examples of which include the nautilus shell and spiral galaxy. The spiral can represent evolution, eternity, spirituality, and growth. Another symbol used is the golden sun and pi symbol of the Universal Pantheist Society.

Background

Islamic Pantheism is a world movement which was originally (partially) founded by Averroes and known as Averroism however due to war throughout the Muslim world one of them being the Mongol invasion lead to the eventual downfall of development of philosophy, mathematics and science. The new world movement originally started by speech throughout the Muslim world the one piece of evidence we have is of an online group on a social networking site which openly voices that they are Islamic pantheists. Although they are small they seek to restore peace and prosperity through science and philosophy not just pure religion.They also believe in animal rights and human rights and that every human being is equal no matter race, religion or gender.

Modern formation

The modern movement began on the 10th of June 2010. It was founded by polymath and logician Ismail Mahmood first by speech and then through the internet. Ismail is a Muslim but does not declare himself as part of any sectarian, after seeing violence and hearing of violence in his home nation of Kashmir Ismail decided to somehow bring Islam and the world religions together in a peaceful and harmonious manner. He continues this mission to date seeking to make Islam and the modern world co-operate in a fruitful/prosperous way. The conflict was known as the Kashmir conflict.

Criticisms

There are many criticisms of Islamic pantheism, many people claim that Islam and pantheism are in-compatible and that anyone who has the ideology is a kafir. A common argument against Islamic pantheism is that it cannot combine a belief that God is non-physical/omni-present with Islam. This argument is refuted when an Islamic pantheist explains how the argument that was made by the non-Islamic Pantheist goes against Islamic teachings. - "As "proven" by Al-jahiz and Ibn Khaldun God is non-physical, according to the research done by these two scholars, the specific book is known to be "al-muqaddimah". And it is well known by every Muslim, and followers of the Abrahamic religions that God is Omni-present and Omni-benevolent.

Another source in the Qur'an itself:

"(24:35) Allah is the Light of the heavens and the Earth; the likeness of His Light is as a niche with a lamp in it; the lamp is in a glass; the glass is as it were a glittering star kindled from a blessed tree of olive, which is neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would shine even if no fire touched it; Light upon Light; Allah guides to His Light whom He will; And Allah describes similitude for mankind; and Allah knows everything,"

This verse shows Allah as a being of pure energy (light), meaning that Allah has specifically picked out the photon as His form of matter for his personal description, meaning that Allah is in a constant state of shift, having not one form at a time, but many, similar to a fire but quite a bit more complicated, in the sense that a photon goes through constant wave particle duality, so at one point Allah is matter but at the other he is not, but then immediately He is, it is not possible for the human mind to comprehend Allah's form as it would keep changing, He is "infinite" "neither male nor Female" "He is nothing like us" " He did not beget nor was He begotten"" - argument for Islamic pantheism by Ismail Mahmood.

Another argument against Islamic Pantheism is that it is suggested that Islamic Pantheism is Pantheism. A common answer is: it is not, it is a different ideology which combines aspects of pantheism and modern science into Islamic religion. Islamic pantheists are Muslims.

Furthermore, yet another argument is created at this point where the non-pantheist Islamic will say something along the lines of "you cannot describe God because it's haram, and you can't imagine Him anyways". This argument is refuted by Islamic pantheists,

"because Allah loves to describe Himself to us, it is mind-provoking and it trains the mind and every time you try to imagine Allah you will think of something more detailed and intricate than ever before, and according to the same Surat and ayyat ( Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.) Allah shows again that He is purposefully giving examples Of Himself, because He has put it into the context of self description shown by light upon light. and by guiding the people to his light. is suggesting self description yet again. God/Allah has specifically chosen light, Light does not stand still, because its is constant wave particle duality, He isn't made up of just light rather some unknown particles as of yet. but we can now build up a vague image of an orb of light. that image that you have built up of an orb with vast amounts of light,is not close to Gods true luminosity but its close enough to build up an image. The human mind, Can actually visualize a portion of God/Gods light. bare in mind a "portion" of his light, however small. its commonly known that Muslims do believe also that our eyes are what limits us, as we could not stare at the sun but we think we can see God, this is true, maybe our eyes are what limits us, God will give us immortal bodies with better adapted eyes in heaven and allow us to see Him UN-veiled. but that does not mean we cannot build up a mental/virtual image of Gods light, His shape etc. the best the human mind can produce is a luminous orb, which is no where near Gods true shape, but nevertheless an orb which is luminous is actually His basic shape. so yes, yes we can see Gods basic shape no matter how vague and incomplete it may be, we can see." -argument for Islamic pantheism by Ismail Mahmood^{[citation needed]}

References

• Al-Muqqadimah - by Ibn Khaldun