Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam

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may ask with pleasure. We would tell it: where and why its
theories failed and which Code oflife - pristine clear of its
multitude of w~esses, infinnities, and defects -Islam
brings forth against it. But at Present my address is not to
the followers of the other religions. I now want to address
those who call themselves Muslims and have conviction
that all religions are one and the same.
The sole purpose of this' conspicuity of my address is to
evaluate 'this ideology against the set criterion of the
teachings of the Qur'In. The mode of addressing the
followers of the other religions is different. To them the
Qur'1n is no authority. H~ce my address is confined to
those who accept the Q1!T'1n as the sole authority. The
perfection of the human prestige, the achievement of
exaltation and elevation ·-in the present and the future ­
and every kind of well ~ing, welfare, salvation, and
progress can be clinched with this system of life. The
Qur'1n is the true exponent of this system and Muhammad
(PBUH), the Messenger of Allah is the living model of
pragmatism. If this all is proved from the Qur'In, then how
much the world may link these qualities to the narrowmindedness,
you should ~fice (according to the value.
judgement of others) the IIlImerous fonns of broadness of
mind and openness of heart to "this sort of narrowmindedness".
If you are ready for it, you have room in the
bounteous showers of Allah. If you (God forbid) term it
narrow-mindedness and short-sightedness, then search for
the broadness and vastness of vision:
9 Where calling liars as bnlzenfaced is tbought to
~ narrow-mindedness ..
. 9 Where terming defective as deficient is thought
to be againSt tolertnce
9 Where .the righteous is avoided because he
makes the liar broken-bearted