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'''Abu Iyaad''' (Arabic: أبو عياض) also known as '''Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq''', is a contemporary [[Salafi movement|Salafi]] Islamic writer, translator, and polemicist. He is known for his publications and involvement in Salafi dawah (preaching) and his online articles speaking about and dealing with topics and situations from a orthodox-Salafi perspective.{{Cite web |title=AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/ |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=abuiyaad.com}}{{Cite thesis |last=Abusharif |first=Ibrahim N. |title=Cyber-Islamic Environments and Salafī-Ṣūfī Contestations Appropriating Digital Media and Challenges to Religious Authority |date=2020-02-06 |degree=doctoral |publisher=University of Wales Trinity Saint David |url=https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/1196/ |language=en}} |
'''Abu Iyaad''' (Arabic: أبو عياض) also known as '''Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq''', is a contemporary [[Salafi movement|Salafi]] Islamic writer, translator, and polemicist. He is known for his publications and involvement in [[Dawah|Salafi dawah]] (preaching) and his online articles speaking about and dealing with topics and situations from a orthodox-Salafi perspective.{{Cite web |title=AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/ |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=abuiyaad.com}} |
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== Overview == |
== Overview == |
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Iyaad in general does not like revolutionary groups, comparing [[Communism in the United States|western Communists]] and [[Environmentalism|Environmentalists]] to the birth of the [[Freemasonry|freemasonry movement]] and the revolution led by [[Abd Allah ibn Saba'|Abdullāh bin Saba]] against the 3rd Caliph [ |
Iyaad in general does not like revolutionary groups, comparing [[Communism in the United States|western Communists]] and [[Environmentalism|Environmentalists]] to the birth of the [[Freemasonry|freemasonry movement]] and the revolution led by [[Abd Allah ibn Saba'|Abdullāh bin Saba]] against the 3rd Caliph [ |
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Abu Iyaad opposes the idea of [[Democracy]]. For instance, in a post on Shaykh Ahmad al- |
Abu Iyaad opposes the idea of [[Democracy]]. For instance, in a post on [[Shaykh Ahmad al-Najmī]]’s views, he describes democracy as ''“''deceived by the majority''”'' (a trait of pre-Islamic ignorance){{Cite web |title=Shaykh Aḥmad Al-Najmī on Democracy and Being Deceived by Numbers {{!}} AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/a/najmi-jahiliyyah-democracy-majority#:~:text=That%20from%20the%20greatest%20of,a%20place%20in%20the%20Qur%CA%BE%C4%81n |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=abuiyaad.com}} He summarizes that Islam gives authority to a leader for ''virtue'' and capability, whereas “the people of disbelief give preference majority, to votes… known as democracy”{{Cite web |title=Shaykh Aḥmad Al-Najmī on Democracy and Being Deceived by Numbers {{!}} AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/a/najmi-jahiliyyah-democracy-majority#:~:text=So%20what%20is%20important%20is,what%20the%20Islamic%20Shar%C4%AB%CA%BFah%20necessitates |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=abuiyaad.com}} |
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=== Scientific Beliefs === |
=== Scientific Beliefs === |
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On science, he routinely rejects mainstream theories and ideas (heliocentrism, Darwinian evolution, Big Bang cosmology, germ theory, climate change, etc.) as either false or incompatible with Islamic scripture. He frames these as |
On science, he routinely rejects mainstream theories and ideas ([[heliocentrism]], [[Darwinism|Darwinian evolution]], [[Big Bang|Big Bang cosmology]], [[Germ theory of disease|germ theory]], [[Climate change denial|climate change]], etc.) as either false or incompatible with Islamic scripture. He frames these as c[[Conspiracy theory|onspiratorial or atheistic deceptions]], insisting that the Qurʾān and early Muslim scholars teach a contrary view. |
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Abu Iyaad denies heliocentrism, claiming that the Quran and Hadiths explicitly point towards a unmoving round earth, with the sun moon and stars orbiting it. |
Abu Iyaad denies heliocentrism, claiming that the Quran and Hadiths explicitly point towards a [[Geocentrism|unmoving round earth]], with the sun moon and stars orbiting it. And that the Earth must be the biggest body, with all other celestial bodies having to be smaller then the Earth, and closer than what "Astronomers-[[Astrology|Astrologers]]" (Abu Iyaad calls mainstream Astronomy that name) say they are.{{Cite web |title=Shaykh Ḥamūd Al-Tuwayjurī: Calling the Earth a ‘Planet’ Is a Mistake and Misguidance {{!}} AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/a/tuwayjuri-earth-planet |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=abuiyaad.com}} |
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Abu Iyaad calls Darwinian evolution “another false theory” with ''“''not a shred of scientific evidence''”''{{Cite web |title=Imām al-Shanqīṭī on the Approach to Modern Scientific Theories {{!}} AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/a/shanqiti-modern-theories#:~:text=This%20theory%20claims%20that%20all,and%20is%20now%20openly%20admitted |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=abuiyaad.com}} He claims DNA evidence shows purposeful design and that natural selection/mutations have been “falsified” as mechanism |
Abu Iyaad calls [[Darwinian evolution]] “another false theory” with ''“''not a shred of scientific evidence''”''{{Cite web |title=Imām al-Shanqīṭī on the Approach to Modern Scientific Theories {{!}} AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/a/shanqiti-modern-theories#:~:text=This%20theory%20claims%20that%20all,and%20is%20now%20openly%20admitted |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=abuiyaad.com}} He claims DNA evidence shows purposeful design and that natural selection/mutations have been “falsified” as mechanism |
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Iyaad authored an e-book addressing the question of [[Islamic views on evolution|whether evolution]] [[Islamic views on evolution|can be reconciled with Islam]] using Qur’anic evidence and real-world observations. He concluded that it is permissible for a Muslim to accept microevolution, but not macroevolution.{{Cite web |title=A Muslim's Guide to Naturalism, Atheism and Evolution |url=https://www.aboutatheism.net/articles/jqpdadp-a-muslims-guide-to-naturalism-atheism-and-evolution.cfm |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=www.aboutatheism.net}} |
Iyaad authored an e-book addressing the question of [[Islamic views on evolution|whether evolution]] [[Islamic views on evolution|can be reconciled with Islam]] using Qur’anic evidence and real-world observations. He concluded that it is permissible for a Muslim to accept microevolution, but not macroevolution.{{Cite web |title=A Muslim's Guide to Naturalism, Atheism and Evolution |url=https://www.aboutatheism.net/articles/jqpdadp-a-muslims-guide-to-naturalism-atheism-and-evolution.cfm |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=www.aboutatheism.net}} |
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Possibly one of the most controversial of his opinion is the rejection of Germs. He asserts “There is no such thing as a 'pathogenic |
Possibly one of the most controversial of his opinion is the rejection of Germs. He asserts “There is no such thing as a '[[Viral disease|pathogenic virus]]’''…''not a single shred of evidence in lab or nature”. He claims “viral contagion” was disproven in early 20th century and that viruses are lab artifacts or cellular byproducts{{Cite web |title=Imām al-Shanqīṭī on the Approach to Modern Scientific Theories {{!}} AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/a/shanqiti-modern-theories#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20such%20thing,The%20same%20applies%20to |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=abuiyaad.com}} Abu Iyaad has supported the [[COVID-19 misinformation|conspiracy theory]] that COVID-19 was made by the government, and claims it was a test of peoples loyalty to mainstream medicine.{{Cite web |title=Did Covid Vaccines Really Save 12 Million Lives? {{!}} AbuIyaad.Com |url=https://abuiyaad.com/n/covid-vaccine-soothsayer-science |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=abuiyaad.com}} |
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== Affiliations and Online Presence == |
== Affiliations and Online Presence == |
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Abu Iyaad is linked to several Salafi daʿwah initiatives and websites, including projects aimed at countering extremist group and promoting Salafi doctrine. |
Abu Iyaad is linked to several Salafi daʿwah initiatives and websites, including projects aimed at countering extremist group and promoting Salafi doctrine. |
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His work is primarily online, with content distributed through websites, mailing lists, and social media channels. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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