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nomenon. Questions as to how it created the miraculous balance and
order in nature and the universe remain unanswered. Taoists prefer to

believe in an abstract term called “Tao” instead of believing in Allah’s
absolute existence. For that reason they fall into a terrible perversion.
Yet the mystical aura of Taoism attracts many people and it can
spread among the ignorant with relative ease. In reality however, it is
a heretical, highly decorative and philosophical belief system that caus-
es people to distance themselves from rational thoughts given up for a
life of erroneous beliefs. For instance, a fictitious principle of faith in

Taoism is “Yin” and “Yang”. These two words stand for a lot of things
in Taoism. Life in the universe is based on the principle of “Yin” and
“Yang” where Yang represents all that exists on earth and Yin all that
does not. Yin is thought to be the breath that created the world and it
is described with words like cold, evil, dark and negative energy. Yang
on the other hand is thought as warm, good, bright and positive ener-
gy. Books on Taoism frequently mention that Yin and Yang could not
exist without one another and everything should have a balance of Yin
and Yang. Such statements sound quite important, but in reality they
are not saying anything about the truths revealed by Allah.

Taoism is an idolatrous religion that perversely reveres almost
anything as supposedly divine. Every imaginary deity supposedly
worshipped in Taoism is believed to represent an aspect of the Tao. For
instance, Yu-huang is one of the most important deities in Taoism and
all other deities are believed to be answerable to him. According to this
pagan belief Yu-huang measures the other deities’ performance on a
yearly basis and either rewards them by increasing their responsibili-

ties or punishes them accordingly. It is interesting to note that Taoists
do not pray to these deities as they do not believe them to be able to
help them overcome their problems. Taoists believe that this can only

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