Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam

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Are All ReUgioDs AUke?
Baekground of This Discourse
Movements such as "Are all religions one and the same?"
have, off and on, been rising on the soil of undivided India.
The sole aim of these movements had been to popularize
the thoughts that "Universal values are equally found in all
religions; so Islam, as religion, merits no credence, no
supremacy, no hegemony, and no pre-eminence over and
above any of the other religions ofthe world."
Among the leaders of "United India", (Mliulana) Abul
Kalam Azad (deceased), with Congress at his back, was
such a leader who initiated this Movement in the Indo-Pak
Subcontinent. Its ultimate aim was to prove that:
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Islam, as a religion, dO}:s not merit any peeuliar
characteristic of its own
Universal values are one and the same in all
religions of the world
If the followers of all these religions .8Ct upon
the teachings of the founders of these religions,
Islam says: 'My purpose is achieved.'
Contrary to this concept, the Pakistan Movement was
launched on the premise that the entire Muslim population
of India is a separate nation and enjoys a distinct system of
life. They need a separate homeland, where they could run
this System as a free independent state.
On the basis of the arguments drawn from the teachings of
the Qur'an and the vigour of conviction (Iman),· his
Movement was countered then and there. He was rebutted
with a crushing reply and was proved to be wrung in his