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There have certainly been many examples of such
accusations but these are among the main ones. There will
always be unbelievers who will raise these questions and
react with absolute hatred and violence to anyone commu-
nicating Islam to others. As we saw earlier, Allah reveals
how we are to respond to them.
4. The vigorous defense of ancestral religion
and the attempt to bring the believers
back to it
Similarly We never sent any warner before you to any
city without the affluent among them saying: “We
found our fathers following a religion, and we are sim-
ply following in their footsteps.” Ask: “What if I have
come with better guidance than what you found your
fathers following?” They reply: “We reject what you
have been sent with.” (Surat az-Zukhruf: 23-24)
There are principles at the “cellular level” within human
beings that prevent them from adopting new ideas and
changing how they think. Present from birth in a person’s
environment, family, and circle of friends, they form a “per-
sonal” viewpoint and an “individual” attitude toward life.
We can call this a “worldview.”
So, one of the greatest challenges in communicating
religion is to replace a non-Islamic worldview with one that
is directed toward the Hereafter and founded upon fearing,
respecting, and pleasing Allah. A person’s worldview may
be completely materialist or give rise to religious ideas that
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