Contrary to what the West seems to think, it is not poverty that brings people like us so close to God. It's the fact that no one is more curious than we are to learn why we are here on earth and what will happen to us in the next world.
In [the] early days, Muslims did not see Islam as a new, exclusive religion but as a continuation of the primordial faith of the __eople of the Book_, the Jews and Christians. In one remarkable passage, God insists that Muslims must accept indiscriminately the revelations of every single one of God__ messengers: Abraham, Isaac, Ishamel, Jacob, Moses, Jesus and all the other prophets. The Qur__n is simply a __onfirmation_ of the previous scriptures. Nobody must be forced to accept Islam, because each of the revealed traditions had its own din; it was not God__ will that all human beings should belong to the same faith community. God was not the exclusive property of any one tradition; the divine light could not be confined to a single lamp, belonged neither to the East or to the West, but enlightened all human beings. Muslims must speak courteously to the People of the Book, debate with them only in __he most kindly manner_, remember that they worshipped the same God, and not engage in pointless, aggressive disputes.
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In [the] early days, Muslims did not see Islam as a new, exclusive religion but as a continuation of the primordial faith of the __eople of the Book_, the Jews and Christians. In one remarkable passage, God insists that Muslims must accept indiscriminately the revelations of every single one of God__ messengers: Abraham, Isaac, Ishamel, Jacob, Moses, Jesus and all the other prophets. The Qur__n is simply a __onfirmation_ of the previous scriptures. Nobody must be forced to accept Islam, because each of the revealed traditions had its own din; it was not God__ will that all human beings should belong to the same faith community. God was not the exclusive property of any one tradition; the divine light could not be confined to a single lamp, belonged neither to the East or to the West, but enlightened all human beings. Muslims must speak courteously to the People of the Book, debate with them only in __he most kindly manner_, remember that they worshipped the same God, and not engage in pointless, aggressive disputes.
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