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a decision. A person shall be fully accountable before
God for the decision he chooses to take. In other words,
before God, the result of one’s actions shall be based on
one’s intent. The is alluded to in the following hadith:

The reward of deeds depends upon the
intentions. (Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith no. 1)

The above tradition means that the reward for an action
is based on the intention behind the action.

22 Why is Islamophobia spreading
outrageously in the whole world?

he term ‘Islamophobia’ has come to denote prejudice
Tagainst, hatred towards, or fear of the religion of
Islam or Muslims. In my opinion, this term is a self-
styled creation of Muslims and the real fact is contrary to
what Muslims think. For example, if the bereaved family
members of the victims of the killings in Manchester (22
May 2017) hold complaints about Muslims or Islam, it is
but natural. It is not due to Islamophobia; their complaint
is in fact a reason-based complaint whereas phobia is
an irrational aversion and it develops without a reason.
Therefore, it is correct to say that there is no such thing as
‘Islamophobia’; it exists neither in the West nor anywhere
else in the world. So, what is needed is for Muslims to
reform themselves—then everything, including other
peoples’ negative perceptions about Muslims and Islam,
will be settled. It is a two-point formula: first, Muslims
must admit that this phenomenon is ‘Muslim-phobia’

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