Return to The Numinous Way?
For several months, in the Fall of this year (2009) - as in some
previous months - rumors began circulating, on the Internet, that David
Myatt
(aka Abdul Aziz Ibn Myatt) had returned to his much revised mystical
philosophy, The Numinous Way.
Indeed, one of Myatt's own Islamist websites was - twice, and for
several days - changed, with his Islamist articles replaced either by a
blank screen (on the one occasion) or by Numinous Way articles
apparently taken from The Numinous Way Foundation website at
www.wulstan.info.
Interestingly, though, two of Myatt's other Islamist websites - mirrors
of the aforementioned one - remained unchanged.
Some people, on viewing the changed website, immediately jumped to the
conclusion that Myatt had renounced his Muslim faith, with several
articles, and items, about this matter of his alleged renunciation
appearing on various blogs and Internet forums, from White supremacist
ones, to a Muslim one. This changed website (caused, apparently by
someone hacking it), and the rumors, even led to someone altering the
Wikipedia article about Myatt, which article indirectly alleged Myatt
had
rejected Islam. Even I myself - with hindsight, perhaps rather rashly -
made some comment on the matter.
However, when contacted directly about the matter, and about the claim
of him
leaving Islam, Myatt wrote, quoting from a recent article of his:
" Certainly, such a claim was made - on
the Internet, of course - and
certainly it seems as if some people believed it, without ever
bothering to contact me in person to verify it. In fact, of the
thousands who read about this claim - for it was mentioned on an
Islamic Internet forum, and elsewhere - only three individuals
contacted me personally, and to them I explained, privately, the truth
of the matter.
Until now, I have not publicly responded
to this particular claim,
nor explained the circumstances which might have led to it, for several
reasons. Because I assumed Muslims would apply the noble principle of husn udh-dhan; because such claims,
such accusations, such rumours about me and my Islam, regularly appear
on the Internet, and have done so for nearly ten years; because I have
previously and consistently rebutted all such claims, rumours and
accusations, year after year, month after month, for nearly a decade,
often as soon as they were made; and because, perhaps most important of
all, as I said above, it is the judgement, of Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala that matters, not what others may say or
believe or
assume about me. Nothing is hidden from Allah, Al-Kabeer, As-Sami,
Al-Hakam, Al-Mu'iz, Al-Wadud.
Thus, in truth, I did not see why I
should react to yet one more
accusation; to yet one more claim; to yet one more rumour; to yet more
doubts about my Islam, my sincerity. Surely, I have said and written
enough - in the past ten years - about such claims, accusations, and
rumours. If others choose, for whatever reason and from whatever
intention, to believe such Internet-spread claims, accusations, or
rumours, then they do." (Addendum to his article, Islam, National-Socialism, and Honour,
dated 16 Shaban 1430)
This decision by Myatt to initially make no comment about the matter
is, certainly, understandable, given - as he writes - the similar
accusations made against him, over and over again, for ten years or
more, and also given the sometimes vitriolic campaigns waged against
him, on the Internet and otherwise, by those who apparently hate or
dislike Myatt, for whatever reason, and from
whatever personal motive.
This campaign against Myatt has included the now notorious, young,
Zionist stalker who was the subject of an item on an Islamic forum (1),
and, in the past three years, some anonymous person who has posted
literally hundreds of messages about Myatt on forums and discussion
groups, worldwide, and set up almost a dozen anti-Myatt blogs,
which messages and blogs make malicious accusations against Myatt, and
often question his conversion to Islam, and which accusations range
from Myatt "hacking people's computers", to still being a neo-nazi, to
running gangs of thugs who target and attack disabled people (2).
Many neo-nazis have publicly called Myatt a race-traitor
for his conversion to and support of Islam, with some of them even
suggesting, on various open and closed White supremacist forums, that
Myatt be "dealt with" as a traitor. In addition, one person, from
Norway, and posting on some forum described as a "Shalom Salaam
Network", even went so far as to, rather fatuously, call Myatt "a mastermind of true evil... An extraordinary fiend."
Given the persistence of this level of hatred, dislike of, and
disinformation about, ibn
Myatt, it is therefore not surprising that the Internet abounds with
rumors and disinformation about him and with, often malicious,
allegations concerning him. It also, therefore, is not surprising that
some of his own websites may have been targeted.
What I, personally, find of interest about the whole matter is Myatt's
statement that:
Perhaps some of these people spreading
rumours and allegations about
me, hope that by trying to discredit me they can spread dissension and
cause disunity among the Ummah, for as a kaffir wrote some years ago:
"We do not want a war with Islam, we want a war within
Islam." (Thomas
Friedman, New York Times, December 12, 2001 CE)
Certainly, this might be one quite plausible explanation of the matter
in question.
In respect of such recurrent and persistent campaigns against Myatt, I
quote, below, from an item by Myatt which appeared on one of his
Islamist websites in
early
December of this year (2009).
JR Wright
December 2009 AD
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Appendix
ibn Myatt: Concerning Rumours
and Allegations
There is a lot of disinformation about
me on the Internet and in
various books; and many unsubstantiated rumours. This is where - yet
again - I find and have found the behaviour of Muslims to be
honourable, for it is principle of Islam for Muslims to be suspicious
of, and to ignore, rumours and allegations about one of their brothers
and sisters. And this honourable behaviour of Muslims is in complete
and stark contrast to the behaviour of the vast majority of those who
call and called themselves "National Socialists" (or "white
nationalists"), as I know from my own experience during my Jahil days,
and is obvious whenever I, as a Muslim, am mentioned by such Jahil
individuals today, for they dishonourably persist in believing and
spreading such disinformation, rumours and allegations.
My only loyalty and
obedience is - Alhamdulillah - to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, and this
means that I strive
to follow the perfect example of Allah's Messenger and Prophet,
Muhammad
(salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam).
Thus, in many ways, such rumours and
allegations about me may, InshaAllah, be a good test of
a person's character: of their honour and their loyalty.
Perhaps some of these people spreading rumours and allegations about
me, hope that by trying to discredit me they can spread dissension and
cause disunity among the Ummah, for as a kaffir wrote some years ago:
“We do not want a war with Islam, we want a war within Islam.” (Thomas
Friedman, New York Times, December 12, 2001 CE)
It was reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that Allah's Messenger
(salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
“ He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should either
speak
honourably or be silent. ”
Muslim, Book 1, 75
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As Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:
"Those who seek dignity and honour
should know that they derive from Allah (alone)." 35:10 Interpretation
of Meaning
Abd' al-Aziz ibn Myatt
(David Myatt)
1430 AH