By Asma A. Adl
Islamic Post Staff Writer
(IP) –The counter (OTC) drug called phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride (PPA) has been widely used for many years as a nasal decongestant in OTC products as well as prescription and weight control products.
The FDA states that they started scientific reviews of OTC drug products in the 1970s, wanting to test the safety and effectiveness of products marketed in the United States. In 1976 the use of PPA was deemed safe for nasal decongestants by an expert panel and given the go ahead by a different panel in 1982 for weight control. The FDA, however, makes mention that they had not completed their own safety and effectiveness tests due to the occasional reports of the association of the drugs and with hemorrhagic strokes.
A hemorrhagic stroke is the bleeding inside of the brain and in its surrounding tissue. With the association of PPA and these strokes, pharmaceutical industries were requested by the FDA in 2000 to evaluate the risks of taking drugs containing PPA. The industry study was case controlled and consisted of people 18-49 years old. The subjects had been recently hospitalized with subarachnoid or intercerebral hemorrhages. For women using PPA for weight control, the increased risk occurred after 3 days, and for women using the drug as a nasal decongestant product, it occurred after the first day. The reported exposure was verified by the study investigators.
A few over the counter medications that have contained PPA are as follows: Alka-seltzer plus cold medicine; Alka-seltzer plus cold and flu; Alka-seltzer cold and sinus effervescent; BC Allergy sinus cold powder; Comtrex flu therapy & fever relief; Contac 12 hour tablets; Dimetapp Elixir; Dimetapp Cold & Cough liquid-gels; Robitussin CF; Triaminic Cold and Cough, allergy, and chest and head; Dexatrim products; Triaminic products and Triaminic childrens products.
The FDA, however, does not keep an updated list of products containing PPA as companies continue to reformulate their products. Therefore ingredient lists should be regularly checked.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule late last month that requires manufacturers of over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers and fever reducers to revise their labeling to include warnings about potential safety risks, such as internal bleeding and liver damage, associated with the use of these popular drugs.
Products covered by the FDA action include acetaminophen, and a class of drugs known as the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). NSAIDs include aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and ketoprofen. Acetaminophen is in a class by itself. The revised labeling applies to all OTC pain relievers and fever reducers, including those that contain one of these ingredients in combination with other ingredients, such as in cold medicines containing pain relievers or fever reducers.
“Acetaminophen and NSAIDs are commonly used drugs for both children and adults because they are effective in reducing fevers and relieving minor aches and pain, such as headaches and muscle aches, “ said Charles Ganley, M.D., director, FDA’s Office of Nonprescription Drugs in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “However, the risks associated with their use, need to be clearly identified on the label so that consumers taking these drugs are fully aware of the potential harm they can cause. It is important that they know how to take these medications safely to reduce their risk.”
Under the final rule, manufacturers must ensure that the active ingredients of these drugs are prominently displayed on the drug labels on both the packages and bottles. The labeling also must warn of the risks of stomach bleeding for NSAIDs and severe liver damage for acetaminophen.
Since 2006, some manufacturers have voluntarily revised their product labeling to identify these potential safety concerns. However, the voluntary changes to labeling do not address all of the labeling requirements in the new rule. For example, the new rule includes a warning on products containing acetaminophen that instructs consumers to ask a doctor before they are taking the blood thinning drug warfarin. The new rule requires all manufacturers to relabel their products within one year of April 29.
Safety data reported in medical literature indicate that people sometimes take more acetaminophen than the labeling recommends. Others unknowingly take multiple products containing acetaminophen at the same time. Exceeding the recommended dosage of acetaminophen may increase the risks for severe liver damage. Alcohol use can also increase the risk of liver damage with acetaminophen.
The risk for stomach bleeding may increase in people who use NSAIDs and who are taking blood-thinning drugs (anticoagulants) or steroids. Stomach bleeding risks also increase for people who take multiple NSAIDs at the same time, or in people who take them longer than directed. Alcohol use can increase the risk for stomach bleeding with NSAIDs use.
An FDA Advisory Committee meeting will be convened on June 29 & 30, 2009, to discuss further steps the FDA could take to reduce the risk of liver damage associated with acetaminophen overdoses.
Source: FDA.
Filed under: Interfaith, May Volume I - 2009, National, Religion, Science, World | Tags: H1N1
US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has announced the United States federal government declaration of a public health emergency due to the swine flu outbreak. Secretary Napolitano asserts the declaration is part of a standard operating procedure, which was also done for the 2009 presidential inauguration and for flooding. The influenza strain “is obviously a cause for concern … but it is not a cause for alarm,” President Obama has noted.
Health and Religion.
Knowledge is coming to the forefront that people who work with swine, especially those with intense exposures, are at increased risk of infection with the influenza virus if the animals carry the strain that is also able to infect humans. It is believed to be spread between humans through coughing or sneezing of infected people and touching something with the virus on it and then touching their own nose or mouth. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also declared that swine flu cannot be spread by pork products, since the virus is not transmitted if it has been cooked “to an internal temperature of 160°F” as this process “kills the swine flu virus as it does other bacteria and viruses.”
Nevertheless, Muslim, Christian and Jewish holy books all prohibit the consumption of pork, which is a staple in the Southern Unites States and south of the border as well, although the majority of residents in these areas are widely known to be religious:
Old Testament: “ As for any beast that is a splitter of the hoof but is not a former of the cleft and not a chewer of the cud, they are unclean for you. Everyone touching them will be unclean.” –Leviticus 11:26
Holy Qur’an: “Forbidden to you for (food) are: dead meat, blood and the flesh of the swine and that which hath been invoked the name other than Allah.” –Holy Qur’an 5:4
It is also worthy of note that Jesus (peace be upon him) has been recorded as stating in the New Testament: “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them.” –Matthew 5:17. However, this is disputed by followers of Paul, who exclude themselves from the law based upon his teachings.
Filed under: International, Science, Sept/Oct Volume - 2008 | Tags: Dr. Jemille, Medicine, Psychiatry, Quranic Psychiatry
Dr. Jemille Wasi, Islamic Post Staff Writer
On a daily basis I have patients who come to the office asking for every type of psychoactive medication known to man. The most popular ones on the list include antidepressants, antixylotics (for anxiety), and pain medications. A great majority of these individuals are not even suffering from the conditions that these medications are, so-said, designed to treat.
Worldwide this problem has become so great, and now it is even spilling over into our microcosmic Islamic community. People go to the doctors with all of their various complaints and issues, and most of the time we are sent home with some type of medication. What a lot of people don’t know —and are sadly quite often not told by many doctors— is the addiction potential of these medications. Chemical dependency is an issue that affects many countries in the world today. In the past most drugs of addiction were of the recreational variety. Now the trend is that prescription drugs are becoming the major agents of abuse. These medications are given on a daily basis to treat a multitude of medical conditions. Most of these drugs have the potential to create chemical dependency, and this is a fact that I see on a daily basis.
The threshold between therapeutic levels of drug, and amounts that produce side effects, is a balance that doctors tightrope everyday. Most doctors know the side effects, and the dependency potential, but continue to prescribe these drugs because of the apparent “benefits outweigh the risk.”
This is particularly problematic for psychological conditions because the true etiology of these conditions is under-recognized in the medical community. This leads to the prescribing of drugs for conditions that are not truly understood by the medical community at large so the benefits cannot assuredly be determined.
The evidence that is used to continue to prescribe these drugs is rooted in tests that are performed on animals or trials in which human beings are given the drug and asked about the desired effects. Most of the people involved in these studies are not asked what they feel. Nevertheless, many people who test pharmaceutical drugs—or most patients who have tried these drugs —often report not feeling anything at all, a feeling of numbness to everything around them.
Added to this, many of these drugs cause euphoria.
The end result is that patients receive likely addicting drugs that may or may not work for their particular condition, but leave the patient numb and euphoric in many cases. Here lie two common problematic symptoms of drug addiction.
So why are these drugs addictive? It is believed that most of these drugs act in the brain by replacing deficient amounts of natural occurring chemicals. In route to doing this they are said to act on the so called Emotion and Reward centers in the brain that are thought to be responsible for emotional elevation and making one feel good about themselves. Also these drugs are said to block unwanted emotional responses such as anxiety and sadness. Additionally there is the social aspect. There is a negative stigma associated with recreational drugs of abuse. This is not the case for prescription drugs. Not only is it socially acceptable, it is often championed for people to be on these medications. Moreover those who promote the drugs create desperation in the patient to keep taking it. Added to this is the constant bombardment of drug companies advertisements persuading us about the benefits of their drug. Have you seen those commercials where someone is happily skipping along the beach after taking the medication? Do you also notice the comforting, sly way in which they tell you about the side effects?
Conversely this issue affects the medical profession itself. Many doctors and nurses are finding themselves addicted to the same medicines that they are prescribing to their patients. The number of medical personnel afflicted by prescription drug dependency increases everyday. This has led to more exposure given to the matter.
It may not surprise some to know that addiction to prescription drugs is now outweighing dependency to recreational drugs worldwide.
This growing trend has spilled over into the Muslim community. Some of us have strayed away from our traditional values and means of dealing with health issues, only to fall victim to this ever-growing plague. It is sad to know that there are members of the Islamic community dependent on pain medications and antidepressants.
This downward spiral of addiction needs to be stopped. People need to take a more active approach at trying to understand exactly what they are taking and why. We have to continue to try bringing to the forefront the true nature of some of these diseases in order to benefit mankind in finding adequate cures. In our own households and communities we need to care for and support one another so that the desire and need to seek these interventions become unnecessary. As Muslims we cannot be concerned for only our community but we must take the position of El Sheikh Gilani and show concern for all of mankind. Let the addiction end and the recovery begin. As always only from Allah, Glorified is He, the Most High, can we be healed!
Filed under: August Volume 1 - 2008, Front Page News, International, Science | Tags: Dr. Jemille, Medicine, Science
By Dr. Jemille Wasi, Islamic Post Staff Writer
American Muslim Medical Relief Team Establishing Maternity Clinic
American Muslim Medical Relief Team (AMMRT) members Dr. Bashir Abdul Wadud, Dr. Jemille Wasi, and Bilqis Begum Ata Abdallah R.N., will be opening a new prenatal and maternity clinic in the rural upstate New York village of Holy Islamberg, in response to the emergence of a recent and unpublicized medical emergency.
C-Sections: Be Warned.
Over the last couple of months there have been a rash of medical occurrences involving Muslim obstetrical patients. Many of these ladies have gone to the hospitals to deliver their children and, when faced with the slightest sign of complications, medical staffs have resorted to unnecessary surgery. This body-damaging procedure, the Cesarean Section (C-section), has become routine in most hospitals. Hospitals have moved away from the natural process of childbirth.
According to the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, roughly 29 per cent of live births today are by C-section. This figure is escalating due to many factors, among them, inability or failure of the expectant mother to fully prepare physically and psychologically for labor and delivery. There is a subsequent tendency to inhibit the childbirth process due to extreme tension and fear. The 2005 Surgeon General’s report has confirmed that C-sections are usually performed in the doctor’s haste under stressful delivery conditions. There is an obvious lack of knowledge on how to stabilize the patient (See “Success to Life-Threatening Delivery,” this page).
Of concern also is the growing number of abortions in the United States due to the high cost of health care.
C-sections are often conducted in tense environment where practitioner and patient are simultaneously experiencing panic. This charged atmosphere can in many cases, lead to long-term physical damage including scar tissue, thin uterine walls, and damage to the bladder and intestines. The procedure also lessens the chance of future, healthy natural deliveries and decreases fertility.
Decreased fertility & population control.
Such population control policies have been put into place with the express intent of decreasing the amount of births, especially amongst people of color.
As regards open anti-fertility methods like birth control pills and injections, Planned Parenthood –which began as the American Birth Control League– has become an effective machine for population control. Planned Parenthood legitimizes and propagates promiscuity, and there appears to be financial gain involved. Pharmaceutical companies have received billions of dollars in government subsidies to provide cut-rate birth control pills to Planned Parenthood, for the sale by the organization to all those who enter their doors.
All of these unethical practices are detrimental to women, and our society as a whole. There is an urgent need to return to viable remedies.
Before the advent of modern medicine people were born into the world and survived in good health.
Regulation or research?
There has been a revival in natural approaches to childbirth, midwifery, and treatment of diseases, but the desire of the majority is being suppressed under the guise of regulation.
A major propagator of healthcare misconceptions is the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO is a global organization, established as part of the United Nations from the outset of the UN, and claims to be responsible for “setting norms and standards” in the health industry. This UN body is also engaged in “articulating evidence-based policy options,” and “shaping research agenda.” It would seem, from perusing their objectives, as if there is no other treatment option which, even when based on evidence of formal research, has proven acceptable. El Sheikh, Dr. Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani, established a ward in the Taif psychiatric hospital, proving the results of El Gilani Methodology (EGM) under controlled circumstances decades ago, upon the request of WHO-sponsored psychiatrists for the purposes of establishing a spiritual treatment method. But the scientific results led to unscientific responses. One of the psychiatrists involved rejected the research outright upon his stated premise, “I don’t want to believe in God.”
The Islamic Post has been instrumental in displaying the results of EGM over the years. Spiritual and natural remedies have been successfully used by EGM practitioners for treatment of cancer, kidney disease, jaundice, AIDS, and other ailments.
After leaving aside spiritual modalities, WHO’s agenda for traditional medicine now focuses on herb regulation and creating fear regarding remedies unknown to modern medicine.
While history bears testimony that few people have suffered death or accumulated side effects from the use of natural therapies, the same cannot be said of surgery and pharmaceuticals. To completely negate the validity of centuries-tested therapies for decades-old approaches which hinge upon the profit-based sale of unaffordable pharmaceutical products and the edge of the knife to remove an effected organ in a instead of healing it, can be likened to a return to the Dark Ages.
The current condition of the approach to disease is dismal at best in regards to true patient care. Moreover, if the present healthcare movement continues to ignore the full aspect of the nature of disease, which includes the spiritual aspect this is a trend that will continue to spiral out of control. Let us pray that it will not come to that.
EGM.
El Gilani Methodology (EGM) (See the Dr. Jemille column below) is a non-invasive treatment modality in which people have been cured by the word of God Almighty. One recent instance involves a young girl complaining of frequency of urination every 2 hours. A urologist in Lahore examined her and performed many tests to figure out a cause. It was determined that her bladder was too small and couldn’t hold her urine. Special prayers of the Holy Last Messenger, Muhammad. peace be upon him, and a command from the Holy Quran –“Oh Earth, take back your water, hold it back.”– were written and placed about her neck, along with the last lines of Sura Mulk. A short time later the disease was cured.
Western scientists have deemed many ailments “incurable,” and have no real knowledge of them. This is especially the case with regards to curing aids.
In an attempt to assist the reversal of the negative trend of human suffering, the American Muslim Medical Relief Team (AMMRT) has worked fervently in many areas. AMMRT members have placed their lives in jeopardy and selflessly given their monies, time, and medical expertise in the emergency rescue and medical relief efforts of catastrophic disaster sites such as the Ground Zero site in the aftermath of September 11, Hurricane Katrina, and the devastating earthquake in Pakistan in 2005.
Today AMMRT is responding to the need of mothers who are put at risk, in an effort to end unwarranted maternal surgery, and to provide a positive childbirth experience.
Towards these ends, three team members will establish a fully equipped and fully staffed maternity clinic along with staff members Nabila begum Muhammad Siddiq, R.N.; Habibah Abdallah, R.N.; and Hakeemahs Khadijah Ansar, Naima Azza, and Razia Abdul Mumin.
The medical facility will specialize in midwifery, childhood illnesses, prenatal care, and general well being. Through this new facility, medical assistance and counseling will be given to all that are in need.
The maternity care and health crisis is urgent, and long overdue. The construction of the clinic is to begin immediately. Over the years the AMMRT has, without prejudice, has answered your calls and pleas for assistance and help and will continue to do so.
Filed under: August Volume 1 - 2008, International, Science | Tags: Dr. Jemille, El Gilani Methodology, Gilani, Medicine, Psychology, Quranic Psychiatry, Spirituality
Dr. Jemille Wasi, Islamic Post Contributing Writer
If you have been reading the Islamic Post in the last few months you would have seen that I have been writing on the subject of El Gilani Methodology (EGM). Starting in the April 2008 edition of the Islamic Post, I began a series whose intended purpose was to formally introduce EGM to those who may not know exactly what it is. This final article serves as a conclusion or summary to the entire series.
The history of EGM is an important factor in understanding the Methodology. At the time of the inception of El Gilani Methodology, many psychiatrists from all around the globe were meeting at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference in Egypt in hopes of finding a way to standardize treatment approaches to mental disease. The idea was to pool the practices of many cultures to come up with one general approach. Meanwhile, EGM was reaching acclaim in Pakistan. Due to success in the subcontinent, the Methodology soon began to garner attention on a larger scale.
As a result, El Sheikh Gilani, the developer of the method, formalized the process into a system.
One of the psychiatrists present at the WHO conference, Dr. Usama Radi, believed that aspects of Quranic therapy could be beneficial to WHO’s worldwide treatment approach. Recognizing that El Sheikh Gilani of Pakistan was an authority on such matters, Dr. Radi contacted El Sheikh to enlist his assistance in proving the science behind the healing with chapters from the Holy Quran.
A special research facility was set up in the psychiatry wing of a hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Scientific experimentation commenced on many subjects suffering from a variety of psychiatric maladies. The effectiveness of the method was noted immediately by all who were present including world renowned psychiatrists from a variety of different countries.
Upon further examination however, those in attendance with formal western psychiatric training began to feel that the foundation of the method was incongruent with their beliefs. They began to find fault and attempted to “fit” the results into something that made sense to them.
The “radical” idea that human flesh is a covering for the true spiritual beings that we are, was in total contradiction to the belief system of the psychiatrists involved, who thought that our extraordinary physical bodies merely house our minds –which are but impressive centers made of neurotransmitters and complex tissue. Moreover, the psychiatrists came to realize that EGM gives mankind a firm understanding that he is a spiritual creature whose deeds and actions determine his place in the universe, as opposed to being an animal governed by his carnal desires and primal urges.
In protecting their unfounded, materialist dogma, the resistance of these psychiatrists escalated to the point where they began to oppose anything to do with the Methodology. Even after viewing miracles never before seen, with their own eyes, they continued to ignore the scientific results of EGM in order to return to the “safe” world of theory and conjecture to which they had become accustomed. Consequently, this great scientific breakthrough was ignored. No longer were attempts made to incorporate the Methodology into the global treatment strategy for which it had originally been sought.
The psychiatrists conjured up an objection that EGM had no structure, and was not scientifically based. They claimed the Methodology required no formal training for those who wished to practice it, only some sort of special powers being necessary to be considered for training.
None of these objections have basis in fact. EGM is a unique branch of Divine science with a complete doctrine and manual for practice. Therapists are formally trained at one of the few Quranic Science Institutions and must receive certification before implementing the Methodology into practice.
The training is often more rigorous and detailed than Western psychiatric programs because of the subject matter being dealt with.
Once the program is complete, students go through an intense period of testing that can often last for many months before they can be certified. An extra caveat to this is that therapists MUST adhere to the same spiritual and moral standards that are required by patients receiving EGM treatment.
If a person meets the prerequisites, he or she is an acceptable candidate for training in the Methodology.
In conclusion, the current condition of the approach to mental disease is dismal, at best, in regards to patient care. If the present psychiatric movement continues to ignore the true spiritual nature of mental disorders, the trend of mental illness will continue until there will be no hope for those suffering from psychiatric maladies. Let’s pray that it will not come to that!
As always, only from Allah (Glorified and the Most High is He) can we be healed!
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Dr. Jemille graduated in 1998 with honors from Longwood University, with a Bachelors in Chemistry. In June 2006, he received a Medical Degree from International Quranic Open University (I.Q.O.U.). In September 2006, he received his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical school. Dr. Jemille is scheduled, this year, to participate fully as a physician at St. Francis Family Residency Program.
For any comments or concerns send an email to Dr. Jemille:
Jemille23@gmail.com
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Dr. Jemille Series: The Introduction to El Gilani Methodology Intro| Part 1| Part 2 | Part 3
Filed under: International, Science | Tags: Dr. Jemille, El Gilani Methodology, Gilani, Medicine, Psychology, Quranic Psychiatry, Spirituality
Dr. Jemille Wasi, Islamic Post Contributing Writer
“I am at my wits end!”
This is the thought that invaded my mind as I listened to my patient tell her story. She is a 19 year-old European-American woman who had experienced a multitude of abuse starting around age 11. Over the years these events have taken their toll.
The patient has been suffering from depression since the age of 13 years old. Since being diagnosed at that age, she had tried nearly all of the available mainstream methods of combating depression including counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and of course antidepressive medications.
Upon hearing the shopping list of medications she had tried, I was in shock because she was so young. Of all of the antidepressants available, she had tried all but 2. Additionally, I believe she had even experimented with “off-label” methods, including teas and acupuncture.
As I sat there listening to her, she began sobbing and asked that I help her. I thought, “How can I be of any help to her?” She had already exhausted most of the available medical options; and as a proponent of EGM (El Gilani Methodology) I wanted to suggest the Methodology as an option; but the hospital system in which I am employed has “standard of care” guidelines for us to follow and this modality is not contained therein.
The solution became clear: I must try to convince physicians and patients that this methodology should be mainstream and considered standard of care.
The best way to prove the worth of EGM is to inform that the Methodology is a scientifically proven method of treating psychiatric maladies. This next series of articles should do just that.
Although this methodology has its roots in ancient times, El Gilani Methodology (EGM) became an established treatment system in the last 30 years. In the 1960s the founding researcher of EGM, Dr. Mubarik Gilani, was known all throughout his country, Pakistan, for his ability to heal patients with Divine words. In 1968 Dr. Gilani invented EGM as a FORMAL treatment strategy, due to the increased demand and success of the informal method.
Between 1965 and 1972, the World Health Organization (WHO) carried out a major international effort directed at the standardization of psychiatric diagnoses, classifications, and statistics; WHO involved authorities from some 30 countries.
At a WHO conference in 1976 one such expert was a Dr. O. Radi, the director of Psychiatric Hospital Shahar Taif in Saudi Arabia, who recognized the significance of Quranic Psychiatry. He proposed to continue research into this premise and present the findings at the next conference. The idea was to exhibit modern, documented, scientific evidence to continue the research so that discussion of the subject became reasonable.
Dr. Radi started out trying to find a competent Sufi scientist in Saudi Arabia but was unable to locate one. His search led him to Dr. Mubarik Gilani whose healing methodology (EGM) was increasing in acclaim in Pakistan. He told the researcher that he had a problem to solve and that if he would help him, it would be a major scientific breakthrough. Dr. Gilani agreed to run the project as an honorary Professor of Psychiatry at the Taif hospital.
A special wing at the Shahar Hospital was constructed specifically for this research endeavor.
Dr. Gilani ran the team which included Dr. Radi, Dr. M. Gaber, and Lady Dr. Mahmuda. Dr. Radi selected, diagnosed, and approved the patients to be admitted. Drs. Gaber and Mahmuda were the observers and interpreters, and also recorded the data from the experiments.
All trials were conducted under controlled situations and test results were meticulously analyzed. Additionally a team of psychiatrists various countries around the world was at hand to directly observe the methodology.
The following Professors of Psychiatry were present:
1. Dr. D Leigh, Hon. General Secretary, International
Psychiatrists’ Federation, London (Maudsley Hospital)
2. Dr. O. Shaheen, Professor of Psychiatry, Cairo, Egypt
3. Dr. A. Okasho, Professor of Psychiatry Cairo, Egypt
4. Dr. U. Alhaj, Professor of Psychiatry, Khartoum, Sudan
5. Dr. R. Chaudhry, Professor of Psychiatry, Lahore, Pakistan
6. Additional physicians not mentioned heralded from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.
The researcher was able to heal a multitude of patients suffering from a variety of disease states including epilepsy, schizophrenia, psychosis, neurosis, depressive states, insomnia, night terrors, and chronic joint pain with edema. Additionally Dr. Gilani gave regular lectures to all of the psychiatrists on Quranic topics.
The institute was opened to any and everyone who wanted to attend and observe; and, as is the Sufi tradition, no fees or salaries were accepted for any treatment provided, it being the practice to render any services merely for the pleasure of our Creator and Sustainer.
EGM continues to have worldwide success and the offer is always open to conduct experiments in the methodology wherever there is the need and desire for such assistance.
An in-depth look into the Methodology follows in the next edition of the Islamic Post.
As always, only from Allah, the Most Glorified is He and On High, can we be healed!
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Dr. Jemille graduated in 1998 with honors from Longwood University, with a Bachelors in Chemistry. In June 2006, he received a Medical Degree from International Quranic Open University (I.Q.O.U.). In September 2006, he received his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical school. Dr. Jemille is scheduled, this year, to participate fully as a physician at St. Francis Family Residency Program.
For any comments or concerns send an email to Dr. Jemille:
Jemille23@gmail.com
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Dr. Jemille Series: The Introduction to El Gilani Methodology Intro| Part 1| Part 2 | Part 3
Filed under: August Volume 1 - 2008, Interfaith, International, Science | Tags: Islamic miracle, miracle, miraculous
By Farhana Jamal, Islamic Post Staff Writer
The blessed name of the Almighty Creator, Allah, and that of His Holy Last Messenger Muhammad, peace be upon him, is shown here as it appeared at an unknown location. A similar miracle occurred in Nigeria last month. (Photo: Mohammed Kourghi)
Thousands of Nigerians have gone to a restaurant in the northern part of the country to view a miraculous manifestation first discovered last month. The Arabic word for the Almighty Creator, Allah, was inscribed on pieces of meat along with the name of the Holy Last Messenger Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.
Birnin Kebbi, a diner at the restaurant, was about to consume his meal when he noticed the blessed names written in the gristle, according to the Weekly Trust, a Nigerian newspaper. In surprise and amazement, the restaurant owner searched the meats in the kitchen, and found three more pieces bearing the holy names.
“When the writings were discovered there were some Islamic scholars who came to eat here and they all commented that it was a sign to show that Islam is the only true religion for mankind,” said restaurant owner, Kabiru Haliru.
Miracles are meant to heighten and complete the imaan of believers worldwide, for without this faith –which must be put into practice to gain the name imaan, religion is lost.
Haliru kept the pieces of meat for those who wish to visit and witness the signs for themselves.
Those who were skeptical of this manifestation questioned its authenticity; however, like other miracles, it “defied scientific explanation.” Skeptics have been unable to form a consensus, or even produce a credible explanation or response.
“Supposing only one piece of meat was found then it would be suspicious, but given the circumstances there is no explanation,” Dr. Yakubu Dominic said.
There are thousands of miracles being shown around the world for those who have eyes to see, the most abundant and profound occurring in the Holy Khanqah Gilaniyah Qadriah in Holy Islamville, South Carolina, U.S.A. where, since 1996, the names of Allah and His Holy Messenger Muhammad, peace be upon him, have manifested in bright, shining light and radiant colors for people of all backgrounds, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, to behold.
In every country, East or West, wherever Muslims reside, these signs are being shown as Divine favour and encouragement that in times of hardship and trial, not to expose the imaan to corrosive elements that corrupt the soul. Muslims, especially those who have been blessed to behold Divine miracles, should avoid viewing and acting out lewd behavior as it does not conform with the norms of the pattern of the Holy Last Messenger, peace be upon him, and indeed all Messengers of the Almighty. In addition, no Muslim should sell his imaan to the first passerby, nor be incited with money and promises to do anything wrong against their country.
Filed under: July Volume II - 2008, Magazine/ Culture, Science | Tags: Garden, How-to
By Saudah Umm Nur, Islamic Post Contributing Writer
In gardening, planning is everything. Here in Canada, where we consider ourselves lucky when we have 90 days of warm weather in the summer, gardeners must be especially strategic. But, even here, we can get 2 or 3 crops from a garden bed if we plan well.
For vegetables that have a short shelf life, such as lettuce, we have to focus on growing just what we know we will use. In my early days of gardening, when I had 114 acres to work with, I grew a lot of plants just because I could. But a lot of work goes into preparing and nurturing the soil, so prepare ahead of time to can your vegetables and store your grains and seeds properly. I soon found that a lot of veggies ended up on the compost pile and became a waste of energy and space. Growing what your family will eat and, more importantly, planning when your family will eat it, is the best policy. While preserving is a separate topic, we will start by talking about how to hold on to your seeds.
If you grew too many peas in the spring, or beans in the summer, don’t compost them just yet. Let them continue to grow until the pods are dry. When they are completely dry, put the pods in a paper bag. Put the paper bag in the freezer for a day or two to kill any bugs which will more than likely be on the plants since you grow chemical-free. Take the bag out of the freezer and store it in a cool, dry place. Use the dried peas in the winter for soup or grind them up to a powder and add it to your chicken feed to boost the protein and flavor of your eggs and meat.
Similarly, let one of each of your squash, melons, cucumbers and tomatoes and heads of corn grow to full maturity and harvest the seeds. This should be no problem because you started off your sustainable gardening venture with non-hybrid, open-pollinated, organic seeds—right?
Late summer is a good time to assess the health of your soil. Every thing you grow takes something out of the soil, so it’s important to put nutrients and organic matter back into the soil late in the season because in high temperatures, with low moisture or with too much moisture, it is harder for plants to use the nutrients in the soil.
Look around and take notice of those spring-sown plants that didn’t thrive. If they wilted quickly, were frequently attacked by bugs – as bugs crave the least healthy plants– or gave a low yield, it is probably time to amend the soil with compost and/ or manure. Grow a cover crop in that area like clover or, better yet, oats. Oats are easily dried and stored for the winter for your family and clover flowers can be harvested for tea. What you don’t use of the cover crop can be easily turned over into the soil so that next spring you can just till it in. Extra oats are also good for chicken or dog food; oats are the only grain dogs can digest raw.
I get the most enjoyment from my garden in the winter. When the rest of the country is eating stale, irradiated, imported vegetables, I love to go in my garden and dig up fresh, healthy, delicious produce. To have a winter harvest, you have to start in late summer. Carrots, beets, parsnips, broccoli, cabbage, collards, kale and most of the Asian vegetables, like bok choi, all can be sown now in late summer and harvested in the dead of winter. Plant them now, and you will reap the benefits after the first frost –or the first snow fall in milder climates. Cover the plants with at least a foot of shredded paper, straw, or heap the soil up until just the very tip of the plant is visible. Plant a tall stick or some other marker so you can find them in the winter. Around December or January (or earlier) go out and dig up what you like, when you like. The cold temperatures will have brought out the maximum sweetness in the vegetables. Even the kids will like them! If you want to have enough onions or garlic through the winter, you should have started the seed last January or February, but if you can get onion or garlic sets this time of year, plant as many as you can now and leave them in the soil over the winter. You probably will be able to harvest some during the winter if you use mulch. They’ll continue to grow through the winter and they’ll be huge by the beginning of next summer, if Allah so wills.
Filed under: International, July Volume II - 2008, Science | Tags: EGM, El Gilani Methodology, Gilani, Medicine, Psychology, Quranic Psychiatry, Spirituality
By Dr. Jemille Wasi, Islamic Post Contributing Writer
In the last issue of the Islamic Post, I introduced the second in a series of articles whose objective was to provide a more detailed introduction into El-Gilani Methodology. The first article [an introduction] highlighted the historical aspects of EGM. In the second article, I described the method itself and some of the requirements involved in its practice. The purpose of this current editorial is to expand on the idea of psychiatric diagnosis being the primary area of focus for this treatment system.
A central theme of Sufi psychiatric science, and the basis of EGM, is that the body is a product of the soul. Man is a spiritual being with a physical form.
This differs from the prevailing mainstream dogma that the soul is a product of the body. In modern psychiatry, man is divine and our consciousness, mind, and souls are derived from our physical self. In essence, this means that we are physical bodies with a spiritual soul.
Some modern psychiatrists go as far as to exclude the notion of a “soul” altogether; so much so, that inquiries into the non-corporeal facets of human existence negate the current laws of medical and physical sciences. These conventional, modern beliefs comprise the core obstacle that is hindering the curative treatment of psychiatric ailments. Moreover, these principles led to the error of attributing mental disease to physical phenomena, which in turn, has led to the employment of physical means, i.e., regimens of drug and other therapies, to cure mental disease. These measures do not provide a cure, and have yielded minimal results in even controlling the symptoms of mental disorders. This symptom control is not identical in all cases treated with the same modality, and the effectiveness varies on a case-by-case basis.
Because EGM is based on Sufi scientific codes, and because Sufi science revolves around the reality of the soul, EGM has been used primarily for psychiatric ailments. In fact, the effectiveness of EGM in curing psychiatric maladies is due in part to the truth of the first-mentioned idea: we are spiritual beings with physical forms.
All aspects of Sufi psychiatry revolve around the purification of the soul from characteristics such as lust, greed, anger, jealousy, and other inner pollutants. Possession of these traits spiritually, manifests physically in various forms. The only way to remove these inner pollutants is from the inside out. Another facet of this is that a person’s negative actions or deeds can serve to strengthen these characteristics spiritually; so care also needs to be taken in performing good deeds, as part of the inner cleansing. This cleansing process is essential to curing mental disorders.
For the last 40 years, El-Gilani Methodology has enjoyed tremendous international success in curing mental diseases, as well as other diseases that are based on one’s deeds, and the condition of one’s soul, such as AIDS. There are many scientifically proven cases of the effectiveness of this method documented in the book, Quranic Psychiatry by His Eminence, Sheikh Syed Mubarik El Gilani. Not surprisingly, the only entities that decrease the effectiveness of EGM are the ineffective physical means currently used to treat mental disorders. These modalities work similar to how negative actions and bad deeds work in obstructing the cleansing process.
Because EGM focuses on the root of the problem with mental disease, it can effectively stand alone as a treatment option. One can see that eliminating the concept of the soul as the primary form with an associated physical vehicle, destroys the true essence of the etiology of mental disease at its very root. In order to progress in this field, one has to first acknowledge the above-mentioned Sufi principle, in order to truly understand the mystery of mental disease, its causes, signs, symptoms, and remedies.
As always, only from Allah, Glorified is He and the Most High, can we be healed!
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Dr. Jemille graduated in 1998 with honors from Longwood University, with a Bachelors in Chemistry. In June 2006, he received a Medical Degree from International Quranic Open University (I.Q.O.U.). In September 2006, he received his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical school. Dr. Jemille is scheduled, this year, to participate fully as a physician at St. Francis Family Residency Program.
For any comments or concerns send an email to Dr. Jemille:
Jemille23@gmail.com
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Dr. Jemille Series: The Introduction to El Gilani Methodology Intro| Part 1| Part 2 | Part 3
By Aisha Faruq, Islamic Post Staff Writer
It is taught from Holy Qur’an and the authentic traditions: “The first thing He [[the Almighty] created was water; and from what was provided in the water, the earth rose up from beneath [the water], and it was shaking. Thus He made mountains like pegs to serve as an anchor does for ships. The earth became still…” – An Outline of World History from Islamic Point of View
High in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, there is a crime against the environment being perpetrated by the mining industry, where an ongoing search is being conducted to discover a lucrative way to extract coal from within the mountains recesses.
The road cutting its way through the thickly forested hills of eastern Kentucky used to be called the Daniel Boone Parkway. It was named for the controversial American folk hero who fought his way across Indian country to settle a state where many of his descendants still live.
That was before the coal industry began blowing up the Appalachian Mountains as a cheap way of getting at the black stuff below. A group for the protection and preservation of the environment calls these actions “one of the greatest human rights and environmental tragedies in America’s recent history.”
Daniel Boone’s road is now the Hal Rogers Parkway, named after one of the Kentucky coal industry’s closest friends in Washington, a Republican Congressman of 34 years. It passes through a historic mountain range, and is covered by broadleaf forests rivaled only by the Amazon basin in its biodiversity.
But the canopy of trees which lines the parkway gives way to scraggly trees along the ridge-line, and behind those trees is evidence of intentional ecological violence. In a process known as mountaintop removal, an upland moonscape is being created, which is incapable of regenerating trees. As far as the eye can see, the land is grey and pockmarked, with huge black lakes filled with a toxic mixture of water and an insoluble solid material consequent to this coal extraction process.
The act of destroying a mountain that is thousands of years old has several distinct stages. First, it is earmarked for removal, and the hardwood forest cover, containing over 500 species of trees per acre in this region, is bulldozed away. The trees are typically burnt rather than logged, because mining companies are not in the lumber business. Then topsoil is scraped away, and high explosives laid in the sandstone. Thousands of blasts go off across the region every day, blowing up what the mining industry calls “overburden.”
U.S. businesses have spent tens of millions of dollars trying to kill a proposed law that would introduce European-style “cap-and-trade” rules on carbon emissions even before the bill hit the floor of the Senate for discussion last month.
Despite publicly supporting emissions reductions, the coal industry and electricity firms that use coal-fired plants, which stand to be most affected by new restrictions, have been among those funding a lobbying effort to derail the current proposals.
“We’re committed to supporting legislation to enact a mandatory federal program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” says America’s Power, the lobby group funded by the coal industry. “However, we can’t jump on the first train that comes by.”
At issue is whether emissions permits would be handed out at no cost to current polluters like the coal industry, or whether they should all be auctioned. An additional issue would be how to evaluate the number of permits to be distributed in this manner. At best, allocation of the permits will cause some unseemly bargaining; at worst, disagreements could paralyze the whole scheme.
Yet there is another more significantly dynamic force underway; that of the earth’s stabilizing pegs having been altered. A cause and effect is already in the making.
Filed under: July Volume II - 2008, National, Science | Tags: Atheism, Darwinism, Eugenics, IQ Tests
By Noora Ahmad, Islamic Post Staff Writer
Caption: Twisted? Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes notoriously endorsed state sterilization in a 1927 Supreme Court decision with the slogan, “Three generations of imbeciles are enough,” using an IQ score as his justification.
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In a study slated for the journal Intelligence, Ulster University professor of psychology, Dr. Richard Lynn, will offer up his proof that the higher one’s Intelligence Quotient (IQ), the less likely the person is to acknowledge their Almighty Creator.
Lynn found that a large percentage of people with high IQs considered themselves to be atheists.
The study also mentions that during the 20th century, as IQ rose, religious belief in 137 developed nations declined.
The Eugenics movement has long been using IQ tests to separate what they think are the better religion and race categories; as well as professional and social statuses.
Doug Daniels, of the University of Regina’s Department of Sociology in Canada, says that although many believe the IQ scale is just “pure math” with no social or racial bias, research proves differently. In 1905, Alfred Binet developed one of the first tests to measure intelligence –the Binet Simon Test– where, according to Daniels, he “perfected his test amongst the middle and upper class children of Paris and, lo and behold, found that working class kids didn’t do so well at it.”
Convincing the general population of the veracity of the IQ test –a series of questions designed for a certain group of people to master, thereby rendering a second group less intelligent– required a great deal of effort from Binet and his peers. The sequence and nature of the questions themselves have a quality that seems to lead the train of thought, while twisting the thought pattern in a manner akin to mind control.
Indeed, it does seem that those most susceptible to such deceptions – those whose real intelligence is inferior to animals, as even beasts do not deny their Creator – would score very high on such tests.
The point of intelligence exams is to make large groups of people submit to an imposed mental and spiritual inferiority. IQ testing is closely linked to the facist eugenics movement.
Ethnic cleansing.
In 1999, Nicolas Lemann wrote for Time Magazine, “The beginning of the IQ-testing movement overlapped with the eugenics movement — hugely popular in America and Europe among the ‘better sort’ before Hitler gave it a bad name.” Eugenics, or selective breeding based on various prejudices, is often used as rationale for destroying masses of people who are classed as disposable in an Illuminati program.
Peter Quinn in his study “Race Cleansing in America,” mentioned that “eugenics—the theory as well as the word [from eugene which means “wellborn”]—originated with Francis Galton [a key player in the development Intelligence Quotient examinations in America and] a cousin of Charles Darwin. Inspired by Darwin’s theory of natural selection, Galton’s study of the family backgrounds of prominent members of British society led him to the conclusion that achievement and heredity were clearly linked;” leaving room for him and others to promote mass sterilization.
The highest members of British society whom Galton studied and promoted as those most worthy of survival by natural selection –the royal family– have a long history of links to Satanism and mind control.
Although worldly achievement is not discouraged, it is not an indication of a person’s real worth.
The rat race.
Intelligence testing (eugenics) is a tool for the training of aspirations, gearing mankind to be engaged in a constant quest to carve out individual places in a Darwinian system of backward intelligence standards. In the ever changing rat race, few view a connection to their Creator as important. These views, combined with a constant feeding of falsehoods in respect of the Almighty, result in large numbers of atheists.
All people, regardless of race, social standing, or religion should be aware of this attempt to rob them of a relationship with their Almighty Creator, who has designed a system to which all the universes submit since the very beginning of time, a system geared to grant everlasting success.
Filed under: International, July Volume I- 2008, Science | Tags: Dr. Jemille, EGM, El Gilani Methodology, Gilani, Medicine, Psychology, Quranic Psychiatry, Spirituality
By Dr. Jemille Wasi, Islamic Post Contributing Writer
In the April 2008 edition of the Islamic Post, I introduced the first of a series of articles whose purpose was to establish El Gilani Methodology (EGM) as a viable, proven treatment option for those suffering from a multitude of disease processes. In that article I focused on introducing the historical background of EGM and the events that were transpiring that necessitated its development. Now we turn our attention to the components of the methodology itself.
Lines of Holy Quran have been used since times past as a means to cure disease. The Holy Last Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) used a compilation of 34 such ayaats (known as the Manzil) to cure mental disease. After the Holy Last Messenger (peace be upon him), Sufi scientists used the 6 Ayaats of Shifaa, healing various ailments.
EGM was developed from the mold of the practices of the early sufis, including the ultimate sufi, the Holy Last Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him).
EGM is a standardized systematic approach that institutes the application of the healing properties of the Holy Quran for the general population at large. It centers on the use of the projection of a highly concentrated visual image of the name of Allah ta’ala, who is the Most High, and the name of the Holy Last Messenger (peace be upon him).
Originally it consisted of audiotapes of the method’s founder reciting various ayaats. Although El Sheikh still dispenses treatment, the method now also consists of highly trained therapists administering prescribed therapies on an individual basis, often in person, to the afflicted individual.
Patients are given specific prescriptions for the disease process. Some aspects of each prescription are generic for a particular ailment, but some parts of the treatment regimen are customized to an individual patient.
As is the case with most formal systems of medicine, the practitioners must take courses specific to the method. This often occurs at one of the many campuses of the International Quranic Open University. Students must pass examinations in order to become qualified therapists and receive certifications. Another facet of the training is that students must adhere to the same principles as the patients, which include a belief in one God, following the Ten Commandments, performing good deeds, and shunning the committing of sinful acts. Once a fully competent therapist, one is released to provide services to all that seek assistance. For difficult cases, the more accomplished therapists are available to render services.
EGM has met some resistance in the past which, I believe, is due to the fact that it is often mistakenly grouped with forms of non-traditional medicine. Unlike these practices, this is a medical system that includes a medical code, texts, and formally trained therapists.
A book called Treatment of Mental Disorders: A Review of Effectiveness, edited by Norman Sartorius, describes how various forms of indigenous medicine often showed greater success rates in healing diseases than did commonly used practices. Westermeyer had reached this same conclusion in a previous study in 1979.
Although EGM is applicable to all forms of disease, its primary focus is the treatment of mental disease. Upon further review of this unique methodology, one will find that it focuses on the true nature of many diseases. If given the proper audience one will find the results of instituting this treatment strategy effective in curing many of the incurable diseases that afflict mankind!!
As always…only from Allah ta’ala can we be healed!
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Dr. Jemille graduated in 1998 with honors from Longwood University, with a Bachelors in Chemistry. In June 2006, he received a Medical Degree from International Quranic Open University (I.Q.O.U.). In September 2006, he received his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical school. Dr. Jemille is scheduled, this year, to participate fully as a physician at St. Francis Family Residency Program.
For any comments or concerns send an email to Dr. Jemille:
Jemille23@gmail.com
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Dr. Jemille Series: The Introduction to El Gilani Methodology Intro| Part 1| Part 2 | Part 3
