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A Call for Unity

Believers will not be held accountable for these pagan beliefs
and traditions, but will be judged by Allah's Books of revela-
tion and his Prophets' practices. The situation of the people
who follow such traditions is described in the following
terms:
When they are told: "Follow what Allah has sent down,"
they say: "No, we will follow what we found our fathers
doing." What! Even if satan is calling them to the pun-
ishment of the Blazing Fire? (Surah Luqman: 21)

When they are told: "Come to what Allah has sent down,
come to the Messenger," they say: "What we found our
fathers doing is enough for us." What! Even if their fa-
thers did not know anything and were not guided!
(Surat Al-Ma'ida: 104)
The Torah relates that some people who had been in-
formed of the true religion chose to follow their forefathers'

misguided religious practices. One such passage is given be-
low:
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers, who refused to
listen to My words. They have followed other deities to serve
them... I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape.
(Jeremiah, 11: 10-11)
The Gospel reveals that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and his
disciples of forsaking their forefathers' traditions. However, it
would have been righteousness to abide by the true religion
delivered by the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) instead of following
the misguided beliefs so fervently advocated by these people.

Obviously, genuine believers need to abide by the Prophet

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