Why Did They Become Muslims

IN SHORT
When you read these lovely, open-hearted and cordial
statements made about the Islamic religion by people of various
nationalites, countries, professions and classes who accepted Islam
willingly, not under coercion of any sort, but in consequence of
their own decisions and comparative study of religions, you feel so
happy and so proud about having been a Muslim! When you see
that things that are quite familiar and matter-of-fact to you are
admired by others, you feel a certain amazement. Owing to its
pulchritudinous habit-injections, such as belief in one Allah,
brotherhood, geniality, honesty, compassion, hospitality, charity,
an unflinching sense of self-sacrifice for the good of one’s
homeland, and a readiness to protect one’s religion, îmân and
chastity at the sacrifice of one’s life, Islam is preferred to the other
religions without any propagation or handfuls of monetary
expenditures, which are routine practices of the wealthy
organizations buttressing the Christian missionaries.
Islam does not allow any evil thoughts or bad behaviours.
There are hypocrites and heretics who try to exploit Islam for
their personal advantages, subversive policies, and blunting
ideologies. A true Muslim belonging to the group called Ahl-assunnat,
which is the only group with the correct belief, will never
serve as their tool. Nor will he fall for their deceits and let his
belief be corrupted. A Muslim will not infringe on someone else’s
rights, whatsoever the latter’s religious belief. A person belonging
to one of the seventy-two groups, which our Prophet ‘alaihissalâm’
stated to be wrong, is a heretic. A true Muslim holding the
belief of Ahl-as-sunnat is an extremely pure person who does his
five daily prayers of namâz regularly. Islam has prohibited to
point a gun toward your Muslim brother, even for a jocular
purpose.
Our country, Turkey, which enjoys all the blessings of Allâhu
ta’âlâ and which is peerless in the world owing to its good climate,
abundant water and rich metal resources, needs true Muslims
holding the belief of Ahl-as-sunnat. Only these true Muslims can
improve this sacred country to the level worthy of it, by
cooperating with one another, by respecting, loving and
protecting one another, by rejecting the asinine and aberrant
publications of the people of bid’at carrying Muslim names and of
the enemies of Islam, by working incessantly, by catching up with,
and even excelling, the science and technology of the twentieth
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