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This blog is dedicated to one of our best bloggers (if not the best). I know that I am not good enough to write about her. So, at least I will dedicate this one for her.

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This time it is a self-criticism of myself and of all of us as Muslims.

First of all I have to mention that I’m neither an Islamic scholar nor a preacher, but rather I’m expressing my view and you have all the right to agree or disagree. 

The previous part was about religions and how that Allah gave us the right to choose. Thus, no one can take away a right that Allah has granted us. 

Many times fierce discussions about different religious views take place in EC. Sometimes, these discussions are about Islam, and sometimes Muslims get involved in these religious discussions.

 I have witnessed many of these discussions and I have seen many Muslims talk in a rational way that I admired and appreciated.

Sadly, on the other hand, I have seen a few Muslims insult others’ people views, lifestyles, cultures, countries, beliefs and religions in the name of Islam. Furthermore, a few of them doubt the chastity of women and wives of people from other religions in the name of Islam.

Islam is innocent from them and from their bad and impolite attitude. I apologize sincerely for what they say and what they do.

Some Muslims think they are doing a favor to Islam by degrading other people’s religions and cultures, but in fact they do a great harm to Islam by their terrible attitude.

Sometimes, we become the worst enemy of ourselves and we destroy all what we are trying to build by our own hands.

This leads us to many wonderings:

-Is this our Islam teachings?

-Is this how Islam wants us to talk and invite people to Islam?

-Does Islam encourage us to insult others’ beliefs and faith?

-Does Islam teach us to be rude and impolite to others?

Let us discover together the answers from the following verses: 

“Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.” [16:125]

Islam teaches us to invite people to it by “wisdom and good instruction” and to talk to the other “in a way that is best”.

“And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do.” [6:108]

Islam orders us not to “insult those they invoke other than Allah”.

Therefore, the real essence of Islam teaching is to behave with good manners to everybody, not to insult people with different views and respect people’s beliefs and religions. Even if we got insulted by the other we have to act “in a way that is best”.

This is our Islam that we love and raised up on and this is my sincere advice to myself and to all Muslims.

The worst enemy we can face is ourselves and without realizing our mistakes and knowing our problems, we will never be able to overcome them.

The coexistence … From an Islamic point of view (part 1)

The coexistence … From an Islamic point of view (part 2)

The English translation of Quran

Special thanks to (Tim New and Mac38)