Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam

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Are All Religions
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Alike?
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• What type of system of life does the nation
suggest for its men?
• What are' the effects of that culture and
civilization on the world?
If its implications are humanity bruising, the personal
•good' of the individuals of that nation (such as charity
etc.) weigh nothing in the scale ofilumanity. So far as the
people of that system rem3in supporting, helping,
favouring, and co-operating with it, no action oftheirs will
be a virtuous action. Applying leeches to some one's
jugular vein for sucking even the fast drop of blood in him
and then finding that he has fits of weakness, supply syrup
to his throat for cure, can only be a virtuous action to the
superfluous minG alone. The Qur'1In imparts education for
the establishment ofthe system ofjustice, which means the
preservation of the benefit of the entire humanity. The .
name of this system is the Rule ofGod.
A person is a philanthropist; he participates in virtuous
works, helps the poor and has very fine conduct and
dis~sition but does not accept the government of his time,
or remains busy to establish some other government in its
stead. This is such a severe crime in the eyes of the
government that his "personal virtues" carry no weight for'
the government. And ifthis crime is proved against him, he
will be given the most rigorous punishment.
The name of leading life under the rule of God is
conviction (Jman) and the life opposed to it is infidelity
(Kufr). Please judge yourself "What weight can the
personal virtues have in the Divine Scalef" These are the
people for whom the Qur'IIn has explicitly clear verdict:
These are the people whose actions are rendered waste
(2:117).