Page 419 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

The Comparison with

"Monkeys and Pigs" and

What the Qur'an Really

Says about the People of

the Book

The People of the Book occupy a
special place in the Qur'an. God praises
sincere Jews and Christians and reveals

that He will reward them in the here-
after. All the People of the Book are
entrusted to Muslims. That entrusting
expresses the feelings of love and affec-
tion that Muslims should feel. It does not
mean that the People of the Book are in
need of protection, however.

Some fanatics look to the verses of
the Qur'an in an effort to find evidence
for their hostility toward the Jews and
that is also the greatest card in the hands
of some Western opponents of Islam.
These people encourage enmity toward
the Jews by foolishly pointing to verses
in the Qur'an and saying that the Jews

are cursed and compared to "monkeys
and pigs." When we look at the Qur'an,
however, the people who are cursed and
compared to animals are polytheists
who have emerged from among the Jews
and engage in hypocrisy and aggression.

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