Why Did They Become Muslims

Muslims do not know foreign languages, and then they cannot
afford expensive books. For this reason, with a view to offsetting
these disadvantages, I have been publishing these booklets of mine
over the world, writing them in languages used by Muslims and
presenting some of them freely.”
A Christian missionary states as follows:
“Christianization of Muslims is an activity which is cherished
both by Catholics and by Protestants. For Muslims are utterly
difficult to Christianize. Muslims are more faithful to their
conventions than to anything else. However, the following
methods have yielded good results.
1– Muslims are mostly poor people. A poor Muslim should be
inclined towards Christianity through various techniques, e.g. by
giving him plenty of money, presents and goods, or by finding him
a job under a Christian’s aegis.
2– Most Muslims are ignorant both religiously and
scientifically. Neither of the Holy Bible nor of the Qur’ân alkerîm
do they have knowledge. In perfunctory oblivion, they
carry out certain ritual acts dictated to them in the name of
worship, without knowing what they mean and without
penetrating into the inner nature of worships. Because most of
them do not know Arabic and are not aware of the Islamic
knowledge, they are quite oblivious to the contents of the Qur’ân
al-kerîm and to the subtle knowledge written in the books of
Islamic scholars. They recite the few Koranic verses they have
memorized without feeling slightest curiosity concerning their
meanings. They are especially uninformed about the Holy Bible.
Most of their teachers, the so-called Islamic theologians, are not
Islamic scholars. They only teach Muslims how to do their acts of
worship. They cannot appeal to their souls. Growing up in such an
educational system, Muslims perform their ritual prayers in a
manner taught to them, without acquiring any deeper knowledge
about Islam and learning the essentials of religion. Their
attachment to Islam originates not from knowing the essentials of
Islam, but from their firm belief in the tenets they have learned
from their parents and teachers.
3– Most Muslims do not know a second language besides their
own. Let alone reading books written for or against Christianity,
they are not even aware of the existence of such books. Give them
books written in their own language and praising Christianity
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