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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

The Qur'an Is Our Guide and Should Be in
Our Hands at All Times

The Qur'an is our guide that must be read everywhere and at all
times. Yet because of these rules it is all but impossible for a Muslim
to so much as pick it up.

Yet in the verse "And remember the signs of God and the wise
words which are recited in your rooms…" (Qur'an, 33:34) the

Qur'an is described as always being read and its wisdom as always
being borne in mind. In another verse God describes the Qur'an in
the words, "That is the Book, without any doubt. It contains guid-
ance for those who have piety" (Qur'an, 2:2). In order for a book to
be a guide, people need to know the wisdom it contains. The verses

of the Qur'an reveal that it is a guide, a light that illuminates the way,
a measure that distinguishes truth from falsehood, evidence against
those in rebellion, a miracle, medicine for those with spiritual sick-
ness in their hearts, glad tidings for believers who are troubled,
advice and a reminder for all people, a law that sets out all matters
in detail, guidance that deepens reflection, an explanation of all

things in various forms, a warning for those who use their intelli-
gence and a means for bringing people who are in dispute together.
Yet those people who desire fanaticism have first of all prevented
people from having access to the Qur'an.

When people are prevented from accessing the Qur'an, it natu-
rally becomes impossible for a Muslim to tell the difference between

truth and falsity as they have no standard of comparison. There is
also no possibility of establishing the truth of hadiths on the basis of
the Qur'an; when the Qur'an is replaced by superstition and false
hadiths, the result is a brand new faith totally different from the
Qur'an. That fanatical faith has come to dominate the Islamic world

through these methods.

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