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Islam and Buddhism
fortable and happy lives for their people. In sharp contrast, Buddhism
produces only wretched adherents who cause themselves suffering,
drag themselves and others into passivity and poverty, and whose
only solution to the problems they encounter is to immolate them-
selves. This is one of the biggest games that Satan plays with people.
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Buddhism is a pagan religion, inasmuch as it worships idols. It is
said that today's Buddhism has been divided into different schools,
and that worship of Buddha characterizes only some of them. But
even to accept Buddhism as an infallible guide—an error that all
schools of Buddhism fall into—is an indication that this religion
views Buddha as a god.
According to historical sources, Buddhist priests began to deify
Buddha shortly after his death. Statues of him were erected every-
where, and the perverse belief
gained strength that Nirvana had
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