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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

The Idea that Calling Someone a

Jew Is an Insult and that Cursing

Jews Is a Source of Reward

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The

Prophet (pbuh) said, "When a man calls

another a Jew give him twenty lashes." (At-
Tirmidhi, Hadith 1024)

Let he who does not have money to give to the
poor curse a Jew instead, the reward he earns

will be the same. (Ad-Daylami, Ibn 'Adiyy)

The intention in these fabricated hadiths is to portray the term
"Jew" as an insult. Cursing a Jew is depicted as a source of reward,
the idea being to spread hatred of Jews in this way. It is clear why the
fanatics live by such a different faith; the Qur'an, which says that sin-
cere Jews will be rewarded in the hereafter and that praises their sin-

cerity, is far removed from these people's world.
The source of the hatred for Jews and Christians is the intellec-

tual bankruptcy spread by this superstition. This is the most impor-
tant matter that those who seek to spread complaints about fanati-
cism in the form of opposition to Islam need to concentrate on. By
lining themselves up against true Islam and sincere Muslims, they
are trying to eliminate the one great weapon that could obliterate the
mindset of the fanatics, and therefore preparing a disaster that will

bounce back to strike them.

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