Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 243
— Part II 238 …and say, 'I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down, and I am commanded to judge justly between you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. For us is the reward of our works, and for you the reward of your works. There is no quarrel between us and you. Allah will gather us together, and to Him is the return. ' (S u rah al-Sh u r a ; Ch. 42: V. 16) It is clear that the above verse is addressed to the whole of mankind, not to Muslims alone. Those belonging to different religions are included in the address. It states that the Holy Prophet sa is so trustworthy that God has given him the authority to judge between people in the full confidence that he will never be unjust to anyone. On the one hand we have this authentic Islamic teaching. On the other the orthodox mullah misleads the world by maintaining that according to Islam when a non-Muslim testifies against a Muslim, his testimony must be rejected, while when a Muslim testifies against a non-Muslim his testimony should be accepted. Unfortunately a large majority of Muslims today lack the strict criteria for a witness in Islam. Yet, according to the ulema, the testimony of a dishonest Muslim will have more credence than the testimony of an honest non-Muslim. They attempt to present various Quranic verses in support of their twisted ideology. I will now present these same verses to demolish their false argumentation.