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Bigotry:
                                       The Dark Danger




                 We gave Moses the Book after destroying the earlier nations, to
                 awaken people's hearts and as a guidance and a mercy so that
                 hopefully they would pay heed. (Qur'an, 28:43)
                 They said, "Our people, we have heard a Book which was sent
                 down after Moses, confirming what came before it, guiding to the
                 truth and to a straight path." (Qur'an, 46:30)

                 Among the People of the Book there are some who have faith in
                 God and in what has been sent down to you and what was sent
                 down to them, and who are humble before God. They do not sell
                 God's signs for a paltry price. Such people will have their reward
                 with their Lord. And God is swift at reckoning. (Qur'an, 3:199)

                 "I come confirming the Torah I find already there, and to make
                 lawful for you some of what was previously forbidden to you. I
                 have brought you a sign from your Lord. So have fear of God and
                 obey me." (Qur'an, 3:50)
                 This [the Qur'an] is not a narration which has been invented but
                 confirmation of all that came before, a clarification of everything,

                 and a guidance and a mercy for people who have faith. (Qur'an,
                 12:111)
                 God describes the Torah as "awakening people's hearts and
             guiding to mercy" and as a "light and guidance" in the Qur'an. He

             describes the Gospel as "containing guidance and light, confirming
             the Torah that came before it," and as "guidance and admonition for
             those who have fear of God." The true Torah and Gospel are praised
             as light and guidance; this is what the Qur'an pronounces and it does
             so explicitly. Those who say anything different and who claim that
             these books are invalid are, as we have seen, speaking falsehoods.

                 We can see this also from the practices of our Prophet (pbuh):










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