Page 359 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Do not say about what
your lying tongues
describe: "This is lawful
and this is forbidden,"
inventing lies against
God. Those who invent
lies against God are not

successful. (Qur'an,
16:116)
Today there are of
course people who, in their
own eyes, disregard what is

forbidden, who regard such
things as lawful and whose
main criterion is certainly not
fear of God. However, people who
make forbidden "in the name of reli-
gion" what God has made lawful are in

an entirely different category altogether.
These people make it impossible to do what The main reason
the Qur'an says is permissible, restrict freedoms why Islamic com-
munities soon be-
and ban what is otherwise perfectly legitimate. gan to degenerate

As we have been seeing from the beginning of after the time of
our Prophet (pbuh)
this book, with supporting evidence, they actual- is that they aban-
ly dislike the religion in the Qur'an (surely the doned the Qur'an.
Qur'an is beyond that) and are striving to invent
a faith of their own.

These people have prohibited concepts such
as joy, humor and art, which are praised in the

Qur'an and created as a blessing:

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