From Dr Hesham El-Essawy


About the appalling postings of SoSick, I would not normally respond to such ignorant/abusive insults and false claims, simply because the Quran commands me to do so. The Qur’an says, “Forgive those who oppress you, give to those who denied you, connect your bridges to those who broke their bridges with you, and do not betray those who betrayed you!”

The website is my personal website; it is about what I believe in, not just about a business that I am promoting. It is not at all mandatory for anyone to log onto it, particularly if he is so sick or so confused that he is liable to misconstrue or misunderstand what it is all about.

I have thought long and hard about removing the Islamic content from the website and into another for 'the Islamic Society for the promotion of religious Tolerance', which I am honoured by being its chairman. One thing happened that made me change my mind; I discovered that some patients when they recover from their physical ills they discover that they have many spiritual ones, and for some, it was unbearable. Those particular persons do appreciate the Islamic content on the website as it helps them to realise that there is a purpose to life after all and that it all makes sense.

The website that angered SoSick so revoltingly has actually helped so many to realise the spiritual side of their existence. Never did I impose my beliefs on anyone nor will I ever do that. I believe that Islam is a religion for the intelligent and as experience has shown in the west in particular, Islam is growing at a rate of 220% and most of the converts are from what I call the ‘Intelligencia’. I say that in a partial answer to SoSick, for had it been as he claimed, this would not have happened.

Less that half of the people in the world believe in One God who created all, and any one who believes in One God who created and sustains all is by definition a Muslim. All the prophets of the bible as well as the Quran are messengers of the same One God. believe in one and all or believe in none at all. No one can be a true Jew or a true Christian without being also a true Muslim. To God there are only two religions; belief and unbelief. God gave humankind the freedom of choice and every person, SoSick included, is free to believe or disbelieve, and a freedom given by God no man can take away.

My Islamic beliefs also compel me to look after my patients in the best possible way. “God loves that when you do a job, you do it properly”. In fact, my Islamic beliefs are the best possible protection for my patient from me, for I am constantly fearful from offending God by doing a less than perfect job, which the patient will never know about but God will.

SoSick has come up with many false claims and accusations on this forum. I tried to enlighten him a little but in vain. Some people are like that. I wish him better as he does not seem to me to be a very happy person.