In relation to the stupidity that was happening in my country today. Even if I'm not really that warak and all... I am still SANE about religion matters.
Since this article/blog post needs to be spread widely.
Confident Muslims should not be confused - By Marina Mahathir[EDIT] Because there are some uber dense people not getting the point.
The Promise to St Catherine:
“This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them.
“Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by God! I hold out against anything that displeases them.
“No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses.
“Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.
“No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.
“No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world).”
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( Point form ) To simplify, if even Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself did not say that ONLY muslim should refer to Allah as such and NOTHING on Al-Quran said anything about it, why do these people claiming themselves as DEVOUT Muslims do this?
Does THIS gives them RIGHTS to burn another religion's house of god? NO! You are blind if you think it does. What so different about YOU as compared to those people who murdered and bombed other Muslim countries and PEOPLE? Even the Prophet took the Christians under his protection during his reign and says that there's is NO FORCE in ISLAM. Are we forgetting our own teachings?
IJOU!
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pissed off