Page 31 - Islam Denounces Terrorism

Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) 29

all kinds of evil, since he thinks he will not have to account to anyone.

The first thing that needs to be done to rid the world of the present-
day scourge of terrorism is to explain the errors of bigotry that stirs up
radicalism, to use education to do away with irreligiousness as well as
with deviant beliefs that are put forward in the name of religion, and to

teach people true Qur'anic morality and to love and fear God.

Islam Encourages Justice, Kindness and Everything that is
Beautiful for Everyone

One of the reasons behind terrorism is the failure to see differences
as a source of beauty. Today, all around the world, some people are
being treated unfairly and ruthlessly only because of the colour of their

skin or owing to their ethnicity, faith or ideas. However, God orders
mankind in the Qur'an to treat everyone equally regardless of lan-
guage, faith, race or ethnic background.

God informs us in the Qur'an that the purpose in the creation of
different tribes and peoples is "that they should come to know each

other". Different nations or peoples, all of whom are the servants of
God, should get to know one another, that is, learn about their differ-
ent cultures, languages, traditions and abilities. In brief, one of the pur-
poses of the creation of different races and nations is not conflict and

war but richness. Such variation is a bounty of God's creation.

The fact that someone is taller than someone else or that his skin is
yellow or white neither makes him superior to others nor is it some-
thing to feel ashamed of. Every trait a person has is a result of God's
purposeful creation, but in the Sight of God, these variations have no

ultimate importance. A believer knows that someone attains superior-
ity only by having fear of God and in the strength of his faith in God.
This fact is related in the following verse: