a word to my brother

Submitted by slave of God (United Arab Emirates), Feb 13, 2007 at 11:17

I am an 18-year-old Muslim girl.... without an atom of hatred…. let me openly speak to you...

ISLAM is now picturised as terrorism… and Muslims as terrorists... which of course is hurting many among us. I would like to ask you few questions before I begin............is there not any Christian man who killed a person for his own good? ... Is there not a Christian man who raped an innocent girl...is there not a Christian man who betrayed his friend? Or is there not a Christian who fought for his land? Or is there not a Jew, a Buddhist, a Hindu…or anyone from any other religion who has committed these crimes?

Yes there is...actually there are.... many!!!!!! But does this give me the right to say Christianity or Jewish or Hinduism or Buddhism teaches wrong?????...The answer is NO!!!... If you take a close look...there are bad and good people in every country...in every community...in every family...in every house...even in yours and even in mine...but these bad people should not be the reason for you to turn a blind eye to the good people.

How would u feel if one of your family members committed a sin and every single family member of yours including yourself, who are innocent are blamed for it...but no one tries to find out who is innocent and who is the culprit...and your whole family is disruputed. Is the same in this case...Islam is our family. These Muslim people...Iraqis, Palestinians and Chechnyans...are people who are fighting for their land..........but they are not killing people because they are non Muslims...you should always know the exact reasons for all these...no Muslim will wage war against you because you are a non Muslim...but a Muslim who fights for the rights of his land.... for his religion (ONLY IF SOME ONE THREATENS HIS RELIGION OR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS)...

or if someone has waged war against Muslims...he is allowed to fight.......only then these shariah laws are taken into action.....only then it is called fighting for GOD.....only then you would be counted as a martyr in the eyes of GOD............ AN INNOCENT CHRISTIAN MAN WHO WALKS BY THE ROAD IN A MUSLIM WORLD WILL NOT BE ASKED TO CONVERT OR PAY A PENALITY...NOR WILL HE BE KILLED.........but if some MUSLIM man kills him for no reason then that MUSLIM man will not and can never be a martyr...but he is a BIG SINNER in the eyes of GOD.

CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM, JEWISM..........these 3 religions have a strong bond..........which most people are unaware of.........learn about these religions...and you would know about THIS BOND.

I would give you one example, there is only one woman's name that is mentioned in our HOLY QURAN, that is the name of VIRGIN MARY, the status the QURAN gives her is too high, plus she is one of the four women leaders, who would lead the women in PARADISE, and so would you find JESUS, MOSES, ABRAHAM, ADAM (peace be upon them all)...in QURAN...learn...read.... understand...you would know how GREAT POSITIONS HAVE ISLAM GIVEN TO THEM ALL!!!!

Plus...PROPHET MUHAMMED HAS SAID: " If any MUSLIM kills an innocent MAN...in the eyes of GOD...his action equals to killing the whole world".........PROPHET MUHAMMAD did NOT say INNOCENT MUSLIM...he said INNOCENT MAN.

There must be many Muslims who practice my religion in wrong ways.........but they should not be the reason why my religion should be blamed for...never blame any religion...(NOR BLAME ALLAH) especially if you have no knowledge about it...whether its Christianity.... or Islam or Jewish.........learn it and trust me you will realize the fact that no religion teaches bad...but it is the people who are bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEARN THESE RELIGIONS THUROUGHLY COZ DERE IS AN ULTIMATE TRUTH HIDDEN...AND THE RIGHTEOUS WOULD FIND IT!!!!!!

IT IS ONLY GOD WHO CAN JUDGE US...ONLY GOD IS THE BEST JUDGE.........HE KNOWS WHO AMONG US IS BEST...WHO AMONG THE DEAD IS THE MARTYR.........ONLY HE KNOWS WHATS IN THE BEGINNING AND IN THE END.............MAY GOD LEAD US ALL TO THE RIGHT PATH.........MAY HE MAKE US ONE AMONG THE BEST ONES.........AMEN

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