Why Did They Become Muslims

It is written in a book that was written by priests and which was
printed in Beirut in 1265 [1849 C.E.] that two hundred and thirty
thousand Protestants were slaughtered by Catholics on the grounds
that they would not accept the Pope. It is written on the forty-first and
forty-second pages of a book that was translated from English into
Urdu by a Catholic priest named Thomas and which was printed with
the title Mir’ât us-sidq in 1267 [1851 C.E.] that the Protestants
appropriated six hundred and forty-five (645) monasteries, ninety (90)
schools, twenty-three hundred and seventy-six (2367) churches and
one hundred and ten (110) hospitals from the Catholics and sold them
for nothing. With the command of Queen Elizabeth, numbers of
Catholic priests were boarded on ships and hurled into the sea.
Volumes of books were written to tell about these cruelties and
disasters in detail. These books written by priests prove that the real
barbars are the Christians who stigmatize Muslims as barbars.
Christian priests cannot find a single word in the Qur’ân al-kerîm
to corroborate their allegation that Islam is a religion of barbarity. On
the other hand, the passage above which we have quoted from the Old
Testament shows that Christianity, instead of Islam, is a religion of
utter barbarity. How can the Christian priests ever have the face to call
Islam a religion of barbarity with such commandments of barbarity in
their Holy Bible? Let them first examine their own holy book, read
about the savageries perpetrated in the name of Christianity, and feel
shame, at least a little.
The so-called innocent, civilized and compassionate Christians
organized Crusading Expeditions in order to save the sacred
homeland of Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’ and Jerusalem from the hands of
Muslims, whom they call barbars. The Christians of that time were
leading a semi-wild life, whereas the Muslims had reached the zenith
of civilization and were guiding the entire world in knowledge, in
science, in arts, in agriculture, and in medicine. Wealth and welfare
that they had been enjoying were the natural fruits of the high
civilization they had reached. That high degree of welfare was dazzling
the eyes of the half-naked Christian peoples, and they were covetous
of the blessings the Muslims had been enjoying. All their thoughts
were fixed on how to plunder the rich Muslim countries. A pretext was
finally found. It was necessary to recapture the sacred lands belonging
to Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’ from the Muslims.
A money-and-blood-thirsty and sadistical priest named Pierra
L’Ermite came up with the claim that he had had a dream in which Îsâ
‘alaihis-salâm’ had appeared to him and wailed for help, saying,
“Rescue me from the hands of Muslims!” He launched a military
campaign for the rescue of Jerusalem, continuously provoking and
encouraging people. It was an opportunity looters were looking
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