Page 179 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

pronouncements. Beating a child whose mind still has difficulty
in comprehending so much and forcing him to observe acts of
worship, instead of bringing him closer to God with love and beauty,
will only make an opponent of Islam out of this child and this will
harm the Islamic world. Yet fanatics who have turned their backs on
the Qur'an fail to see this.

This hatred we have described is also manifested in practice. The

children of some scholars who live their lives totally dedicated to
fanaticism either become hostile to religion later in life or sink into a
kind of degeneration that is rarely seen in society. They will mock or
express detestation of Islam in almost all they say. Even many athe-
ists have a respect for religion, but they have no such respect and are
filled with anger. The main reason for this is that the idea of "com-

pelling people to worship," which appears nowhere in the Qur'an, is
imposed on the child in the name of "Islam" from a very early age.

The Killing of People Who Do Not
Give Alms

Taking alms from people by force and declar-

ing war on and killing them if they resist: Narrat-
ed Abu Huraira: Abu Bakr said, "By God! If

they (pay me the Zakat and) with-hold even a
she-kid which they used to pay during the life-

time of God's Apostle, I will fight with them for
it." ... (Sahih Bukhari, 536)

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