Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam
Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam
Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam
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._._.._- <strong>Are</strong> <strong>All</strong> IIelitilOS .._.... <strong>Alike</strong>? _.._--_ ...._.._.._..._.._..45<br />
Consult the Qur'1n and find how much importance has<br />
!teen assillled to "the boundaries" ofthese injUnctions.<br />
OltelsanCf: of tbe Revelation<br />
As has been written in the previous paracraphs that the<br />
AhI-e-Kitab use4 to aceept Golf and perfoIlII good dee4s.<br />
Even then, the Muslims (under special circumstances) were<br />
cmiere4 to waJC war apinst infidels and polytheists<br />
(mushrikeen). At the time of this order a chlqe sheet was<br />
levied apinst the AhI-e-KitaD. Examine closely and<br />
critically the way this order was liven to the Muslims in<br />
the 'Que'In:<br />
In adjfttfon to polytbelsts (mIlSArlkee,,),<br />
there are Abl-e-Kltalt, who· o,pose tbe<br />
Divine Order In Uke maDDer. They do not<br />
truly bave C41nvletlon.(lmln) In Au.Jt and<br />
.. tbe Ufe bereafter. Nor do they C41n.lder<br />
H.rIm (unlawful) the thlnas tbat AlMA<br />
and tbe Messenaer (paUB) term H."..<br />
(unlawful). They live within tbe<br />
Mundaties of tbe. <strong>Islam</strong>ic system as non<br />
MusUm...d enjoy full bum.. rilbts Itut<br />
do notadbere to tbe laws, whlcb a"ly to<br />
tbem. There Is, tberefore, no alternative<br />
Itut to Debt with them until tbey<br />
surrender ..d acree to pay "a<br />
C41mpeusatlon for tbe ,reteetlon<br />
afforded" (./IQ1Ir) with a wlUlne baud after<br />
havlnclteeJl subdued In tbe war (': 1').<br />
This JIl.Rd verse ofthe Qur'In rilakes the followinC matters<br />
clear.<br />
•<br />
I. Whereas the Ahl-e-Kittib claimed (and are still<br />
claiming) to believe in God and the life