Page 187 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

against religion for various reasons; some have been brought up
with anger, some are ignorant and some know nothing about the
Qur'an. It is therefore possible for people to have prejudices against
religion for a variety of reasons, and there are many such people who
live in a state of rage and hatred today.

There are people who hold all kinds of opinions in this world we
come to in order to be tested, and our test as believers consists of

being together with these ideas, opinions and people.
The duty of a Muslim is to tell people, no matter how prejudiced

or angry they may be, about the moral virtues in the Qur'an in a
kindly manner and then leave the final decision up to them. Some-
times the other party will be affected by this fine behavior and may
realize the error of his ways and put himself right. This is a fact
revealed in another verse of the Qur'an:

A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad

with something better and, if there is enmity between you and
someone else, he will be like a bosom friend. (Qur'an, 41:34)
In this verse, Muslims are commanded to respond to bad behav-
ior with goodness. The result of this is that "if there is enmity

between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend..."
If the other party still persists on speaking and behaving badly,

however, then what needs to be done is explained in the Qur'an:

The servants of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on
the earth and, who, when the ignorant speak to them, say,
"Peace"; (Qur'an, 25:63)

It has been sent down to you in the Book that when you hear
God's signs being rejected and mocked at by people, you must
not sit with them till they start talking of other things. If you do
you are just the same as them. (Qur'an, 4:140)

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