RE:RE:RE:RE:The Meaning of Jihad: Mufti Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt
by hakeem on Jul 24, 2007 09:45 PM
Read these words by a Russian intellectual who explains that this religion served humanity and led to advancement and civilization.
Tolstoy said:
There can be no doubt that the Prophet Muhammad was one of the greatest reformers who have rendered great services to human society. It is sufficient to say that he guided an entire nation to the light of truth, and made it incline towards tranquility and peace, and preferred a life of asceticism, and prevented bloodshed and human sacrifice; he showed them the way to advancement and civilization. This is a great achievement that can only be made by one who is given strength; such a man is deserving of respect and honour.
And you think you can slander this religion that represents a world civilisation by your mouth?
In his book -Civilization of the Arabs, Dr. Gustav LeBon says, The reader will find, in my treatment of the Arabs conquests and the reason of their victories, that force was never a factor in the spread of the Koranic[1] teachings, and that the Arabs left those they had subdued free to exercise their religious beliefs. If it happened that some Christian peoples embraced Islam and adopted Arabic as their language, it was mainly due to the various kinds of justice on the part of the Arab victors, with the like of which the non-Moslems were not acquainted.
