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TERRORISM: THE RITUAL OF THE DEVIL

ple can ever be justified.
At the root of this error lies the fact that such people have followed
the way of the Devil and the Antichrist, who is an extension of the
Devil. In other words, they act according to the Devil's logic. God, how-
ever, the Creator of all, has commanded people never to follow in the
way of the Devil. This is how that commandment is expressed in the
verses of the Qu'ran:

Mankind! eat what is good and lawful on the earth. And do not fol-
low in the footsteps of the Devil. He truly is an outright enemy to
you. (Qur'an, 2: 168)
The Devil is your enemy so treat him as an enemy. He summons his
party so they will be among the people of the Searing Blaze.
(Qur'an, 35: 6)
People who act in line with the Devil's logic, despite all of our

Lord's commandments to the contrary, seal off their hearts and minds.
That narrow-mindedness is a common characteristic of those who
deny God and refuse to live by the morality of religion. God has sealed
the hearts of such people:
As for those who disbelieve, it makes no difference to them whether
you warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. God has
sealed up their hearts and hearing and over their eyes is a blindfold.
They will have a terrible punishment. (Qur'an, 2: 6- 7)

We have made all kinds of examples for people in this Qur'an. If
you bring them a Sign those who disbelieve will say, "You are just
purveyors of falsehood!" In that way God seals up the hearts of
those who do not know. (Qur'an, 30: 58-59)
As another verse of the Qur'an, (Qur'an, 7: 179), says: "…They
have hearts they do not understand with. They have eyes they do not
see with. They have ears they do not hear with. Such people are like