Published on Nov 29 2009 by Kavi Rehan, Walsall

Following is letter printed last week

Walsall Advertiser November 19^th

 

“Judge Religions by actions, not words

THE Muslim letter writers last week who defended their religion by quotations from the Quran could easily be contradicted by other quotations from it.

The same could apply to quotations from the Bible by Christians but surely history has repeatedly shown us that it is better to judge religions by what their adherents actually do rather than by what they say.

Actions speak louder than words.

 

Stan Evans, Pelsall”

 

Response…

 

I write in response to Mr Stan Evans’ letter (November 19^th), regarding judgement of religions.  The verses quoted in the Quran showing Islam as a religion of peace can only be contradicted by other verses when taken out of context or abused, for example when Geet Wilders omits what comes before and after the verse presented to serve his fear-mongering agenda. 

 

Indeed it is true that religions should be judged by what their true adherents do, and for Muslims this means those who correctly understand and follow the teachings of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the Holy Quran.

 

Let us not be judged by the actions of the minority extremists who like many extreme right wing factions prey on the ignorant and illiterate and misguide them to serve their own agenda.  What about the actions of the Ahmadiyya Mulsim Association which has a following of over 100 million Muslims worldwide and has one motto, “Love for All, Hatred for None?”  What about the democratic Muslim state of Indonesia - the largest Muslim state in the World?  Do their actions not count for anything either?

 

There are over 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide who’s peaceful and righteous actions go unnoticed, yet the actions of a few thousand militants suddenly represent a whole faith.

 

As I was formulating this letter, I chanced upon a channel 4 dispatches programme: ‘Return to Africa’s Witch Children’. Suffice to say this was a deeply distressing documentary, which showed children as young as 2 in Africa’s Niger Delta, that were being denounced by so called Christian pastors as witches and then tortured, abandoned or killed by their own families in the name of Jesus.

 

It is crystal clear that these are not the teachings of love and compassion that Jesus (peace be upon him) brought.  Similarly, are the Christians of today still blamed for the 16^th Century Crusades where over 100,000 were murdered in one day?