Page 184 - Islam Denounces Terrorism

182 Islam Denounces Terrorism

wholly ignorant of the faith. Someone who says such
things out of ignorance will mend his ways if told what
the Qur'an truly says. People can only be properly
informed about Islam if no credence is attached to
provocation. If everyone knows that Islam views vio-
lence and hatred as unacceptable there will be no

more issues for provocateurs or extremists to rage about.

There are people trying to incite hostility toward Islam in
the Christian and Jewish world, and there are also peo-
ple trying to incite hostility toward Christianity and
Judaism in the Islamic world. These people are bigoted
fanatics who issue provocative statements based not on
the Qur'an, but on hadiths they fabricate themselves.
This is a very serious and a very real problem in the Islam-
ic world, and we cannot simply dismiss it. All true Muslims

are deeply uneasy at such people being regarded as
members of the Islamic world and representatives of the
faith because these people have nothing to do with the
values espoused by Islam. They have deprived them-
selves of fine feelings such as love, affection and com-
passion. They are filled with hatred and rage, not only for
members of other faiths, but also for most Muslims from

different sects. They may hate someone they have
never met solely because he belongs to a different
group. This is a perverse and unacceptable perspective
for Muslims.