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them in such cases through the streets in the belief that the streets will

supposedly be blessed. Floats in the form of mountains, temples or
boats are drawn by people or oxen, or even carried on shoulders.
Shintoists follow these traditions inherited from their ancestors with-
out fail, and spend their lives abiding by these perverted beliefs.

Shintoists are misled and mistaken in their belief of finding salvation in
these practices, because it is not possible for the idols they carry on
their shoulders, imagine that they worship and to which they make of-
ferings to understand their reverence, respond to their calls or answer
their prayers. Allah says:

Blessed be He Who has sent down the Furqan (Discrimination) to
His servant so that he can be a warner to all beings; He to Whom the

Kyoto, Japan’s first royal capital, is also regarded as the centre of the
superstitious Shinto faith.