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the thinking that developed in me due to the comment
made by the above person. Dawah work should be done
purely on the basis of the Quran and Hadith and not on
the basis of communal or national sentiment.

76 How can people start to
learn about Islam?

slam is that which you have discovered on your own.
IIslam is the name of marefat or self-discovery of truth.
One must discover the creation plan of God and the laws
of nature. If one only follows Islam because others have
told him to do so and has not questioned or discovered it
himself, then his conviction would not be of the highest
quality.

77 Do we need to preserve our Islamic

identity?

dentity is nothing in Islam. Islam is the name of the
IQuran, Sunnah and worship of God – buildings, costume
and culture are different in different countries. Those
who think that to keep Islam alive, all these aspects shall
have to be revived or established as ‘Islamic identity’
have got it wrong.

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