This kind of thinking leads to jihad violence. How? If someone believes this, he will want to avoid getting MS, and think that the way to do so is to avoid doing anything that will incur Allah’s punishment. If sin causes MS, then one must avoid sin. If misfortune still comes, one must redouble one’s efforts to please Allah.
The Qur’an teaches that if one’s good deeds outweigh one’s bad deeds on the “scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection,” one will enter Paradise:
“And we set a just balance for the day of resurrection so that no soul is wronged in anything. Even if it is the weight of a grain of mustard seed, we bring it. And we are sufficient as reckoners.” (Qur’an 21:47)
When one’s deeds are weighed in these scales, the weightiest deed of all is waging jihad for the sake of Allah. Muhammad himself explains that the best of all deeds is jihad, and thus it outweighs all others:
“The Prophet said, ‘A single endeavor of fighting in Allah’s Cause is better than the world and whatever is in it.’” (Bukhari 4:52:50)
“A man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, ‘Instruct me as to such a deed as equals Jihad in reward.’ He replied, ‘I do not find such a deed.’” (Bukhari 4:52:44)
So if you’re worried about your sins and anxious to please Allah so as to ward off MS, or simply to avoid hell, an act of jihad could be just the thing.
“’Multiple Sclerosis is a punishment from Allah,’ Turkish researcher claims. 7 such reports by him published in medical journals now retracted,” OpIndia, January 13, 2024:
A Turkish professor has reportedly claimed in one of his research papers that Multiple Sclerosis disease is a “punishment from Allah”. Hüseyin Çaksen in his academic paper said that “many patients attributed the cause of their disease to supernatural causes with the religious context in many cultures in the world.”
An Ankara-based academician Urartu Şeker first tweeted about the works of Çaksen, who is a professor at the Necmettin Erbakan University and has published several research papers.
Şeker took to X, formerly Twitter, on 5th January, saying that the professor “almost blasphemed science”.
He wrote, “A faculty member of the Faculty of Medicine says that MS disease has supernatural causes; Saying that MS patients are sick because they are punished by God or put to the test is rude, to say the least! It’s terrible that he can print these garbage ideas as an editorial article. How this person, who almost blasphemed science, became a Professor is truly frightening! He also proved that H-index has no meaning on its own because h-index is 34!”
Şeker shared a screenshot of an excerpt from the paper published by Hüseyin Çaksen wherein he advises that health professionals should be trained about supernatural causes with religious context.
“In conclusion, we would like to emphasize that many MS patients attributed the cause of their disease to supernatural causes with the religious context in many cultures in the world. They have not shared that belief with health professionals because of fear of their reactions. Second, although it cannot be proven scientifically, we strongly believe that the main cause of the disease in some MS patients is supernatural causes such as fate, Allah’s will, and a gift or a test from Allah have found peace and comfort psychologically, mentally, and spiritually. Therefore, we believe that health professionals should be trained about supernatural causes with religious context and MS patients should be encouraged to discuss their supernatural beliefs with healthcare professionals,“ the except read.
The article titled “The importance of Religion, spirituality, and spiritual care in patients with Multiple Sclerosis” is only one among several such papers published by the Turkish professor.
A website called Retraction Watch reported that seven of Çaksen’s research papers were retracted by journal publishers which included the Journal of Pediatric Neurology, the Journal of Child Science, and the Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy. Feyza Çaksen is a co-author of two….
bagsgroove says
what a muslim maroon !
Istanbul_Chick says
The university is Konya which is an uber religious area. Guess which religion. Odds are that it’s a religious university.
While living there, one of my students was an economics professor at one of the larger, non-religious universities and she had not one kind word to say about students that graduated from religious universities. She didn’t want them in her classes, neighborhood or country. She said they were ill equipped to live in civilized society.
That’s how a secular or cultural muslim feels about the die hard ones. I could not disagree with her sentiments.
Wellington says
Islam is a punishment upon humanity.
tim gallagher says
Spot on, Wellington. A curse that has lasted for 1400 hideous years and still poisoning the human race. Since this fuckwit of a “professor” is talking about diseases, islam has to be worst type of cancer to invade humanity and it attacks the brains of affected human beings and turns them into sadistic, inhuman monsters, a danger to all other non-Muslim human beings. If this cancer, islam, could be cured it would be the greatest advance ever..
Wellington says
Yes indeed, tim gallagher. A world without Islam would still have many problems but it would nonetheless be a much better world.
tim gallagher says
No doubt about that, Wellington. I believe that letting this grotesque, barbaric and primitive load of crap called islam into our western countries is the dumbest decision ever. Unfortunately, it is taking a hell of a long time for most people to wake up to this fact. It staggers me how slow so many average people in our western societies are to wake up when it comes to islam.
FYI says
One of allah’s scientific errors is his misunderstanding of human reproductive Biology {koran 86:6-7}
The Scientific Errors are well known.The Astronomy ones are funny,the Biology ones are hilarious.
allah also suffers from a lack of omniscience as is clear in koran 5:116{Pickthall version}.
allah knows nothing about Science!
How did this idiot get to become a professor?
allah has not given him any reasoning abilities.
If allah does not know science how then would he know about MS?
somehistory says
MS is an autoimmune disorder. The body attacking itself. It’s painful and debilitating. Like many other autoimmune disorders, such as Lupus, Mathenia Graves, Sjogren’s, etc., it can lead to an early death.
Oh, if only islam would develop an autoimmune disorder. If only. it’s painful to the rest of us. And it seems to cause brain disease in so many devout mozlums.
James Lincoln says
An accurate post, somehistory.
somehistory says
Thank you, James.
Walter Sieruk says
What a cruel and vicious god, Allah is for deliberately inflicting multiple sclerosis on human beings.
For when getting down to basic Quran theology which is the Quran based worldview the one who is really to blame and is responsible for the causing multiple sclerosis on many people.
This means then the god of Islam, as if he really does is a destructive and malicious god. For the Qu ‘ran teaches in Surah 57:22. “No misfortune [disaster] can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree [Qu ‘ran ] before [in eternity ] We [Allah] bring it into existence: that is easy for Allah.”
Therefore according the Islam’s “holy book,” the Quran the Islamic god, Allah, is guilty of infecting people with coronavirus What a cruel vicious, malicious god Allah must be. So Allah is than a very unloving malice –filled god.
Nevertheless, all Christians and Jews shout not lose faith and heart in the God of the Bible as vicious by sending such a disease on people.
This is because the god of Islam is should be made clear that the God of the Bible is not really Allah the god of Islam. To explain, through the passing of time it has become widely accepted that the word “Allah” is just the Arabic word for God. This started when truth compromising Bible “translators” substituted the word Allah where the word God should have had been uses in the Arabic translation of the Bible. Furthermore, in the glossary in the book ASSASSINS! By Dr. Haha Lung it defines Allah as the “Pre-Islamic Lunar god : the god of Islam. “
Likewise, in the book entitled INSIDE ISLAM by a former Muslim who is now a Christian, Reza F. Safa on pages 22, 23 it reads “In pre-Islamic times both Allah –worship and Baal-worship involved the worship of the sun, the moon and the stars which h defines them as astral religions. [Which are condemned in the Bible, Second Kings 23:5] The crescent moon, which was the symbol of moon worship, is also the symbol of Islam.”
So it’s not the God of the Bible but the god of Islam that is responsible for intentionally causing . multiple sclerosis on people.
What a cruel and vicious god, Allah is.
GE says
When I read articles like this one, it makes me wonder how they ever had the smarts to overthrow the Eastern Roman Empire, and challenge Western Europe.
This professor just fools people by walking upright.
Barbarian.
abu taleb says
Muslims who have disease are lack of faith to their Allah and prophet, they should drink camel urine and wfly-dipped water every day to prevent them from sickness and avoid any kuffar medicine like antibiotics or anticeptics. I guarantee they will not get sick very soon (because they go to heaven) LOL
SKA says
Şeker wrote of Hüseyin Çaksen that “He also proved that H-index has no meaning on its own because h-index is 34!”
What on Earth is this supposed to mean?
Goofy says
We are talking about two different issues which should be kept apart for separate discussions.
1. Allah has created MS to use it as a punishment for sin.
Knowing Allah’s competence in the field of reproductive biology we can safely conclude that MS is far beyond his skills..
2. Many Muslim patients suggest a causal link between their way of life as Muslims and their MS disease.
We know that emotional trauma may compromise the immune system and trigger disease like cancer. There are other causalities as well.
So let us not dismiss the professor off-hand because further studies in the religious perceptions of the Muslim MS patients in Turkey may prove extremely useful for them in understanding their faith and consequently leave it.
Here are some suggestions pertaining to fields of clarification;
1. What is sin in Islam?
An example; you can sexually exploit for your own “enjoyment ” women who you have captured and who are therefore in the possession of your right hand. You should not run a for profit brothel employing your sex slaves, but if you still do you can rest assured that Allah is merciful!
It appears that Islamic law is pretty flexible in dealing with faithful!
How does sin fit into Allah’s predestination on steroids?
According to my understanding Allah’s predestination takes priority over good and evil. That means that if you don’t rape as many as Allah predestined you to do you are sinning against the will of Allah which is the ultimate sin!
2. Security for forgiveness, salvation etc.
These issues will be crucially important for the sick who believe in a causality between their lives as Muslims and Allah’s punishment with MS.
The lack of any kind of certainty in Islam is bound to make Muslims start thinking about the nature and benefits of their religion .
James Lincoln says
Turkish professor Hüseyin Çaksen is a total nutcase.
Mad Celt says
Islam is a worldview disguised as a religion.