Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam

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Are All Religions
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Alike?
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anll caues lleatb accenlJal tit HIs Law ef
MIIIc'1IjIt (Le., the Law ef ~taI).
Tberefere, bave ceavietle. (Io,Ja) In HIm
anll bJ HIs lfalll - the UIIUIII N_i, whe
IlH ha etlavictlen (lmlll) In AIWI and
HIs renladen. F....w him 58 that yeu
. may be lUI..ari&ht (7: 156).
Hence ne ene can be true ef..e's tlalm that ene accepts
Muhamuuul (raUB) a the true MesM!IIpr efAIWI anll
the Qur'ilia the true DiviDe HOek ualea aacl unHl ene
r....ws the Qur'ln. And this .lIdress Is te the endre
bumanlty -not te any specific sect or grellP er people.
Now come to the article three i.e., is the following of the
injunctions of the Divine Book necessary? Or is simply
MOOd-worshipping and righteous living" on ones own
wbims and wisbes necessary for salvation and progress? To
answer these questions, just recast your vieW on the theory
of Maulana Azad. He writes:
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"d. The Qur'lln. came to distinguish religion
from its outward observance. The former
is called Dee" and the latte( Shar 'a and
Mi"haj. Dee" was but one and the ~
everywbere and at all times and was
v.ouchsafed to one and all without
discrimination. In respect of the outward
observance of Dee". thcfe was variation
• and this was inevitable. It varied' from .
time to time and from people to people,
as seemed pertinent to every' situation.
Variations of this nature could not alter
the character of Dee" of the basis of
religion. That was the fruth. wbicb the
Qur'lln aimed to /empbasize. . Its
complaint was that Dee" bad been