Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues — Page 21
Inter-Religious Peace 21 new eras of light have dawned, those who live a life of ignorance through no fault of their own and those who generally try to lead a life of truth even if they inherited false ideologies, will not be denied salvation by God. The following verses from the Holy Quran elaborate this point further: For every people We have appointed ways of worship which they observe; so let them not dispute with thee in the matter of the Islamic way of worship; and call thou the people to thy Lord, for, surely, thou art on the right guidance. 15 In another verse, the Holy Quran declares in the same context: Surely, those who have believed in Muhammad sa and the Jews, and the Sabians, and the Christian—whoso believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds, on them shall come no fear nor shall they grieve. 16 Let me remind you that although the People of the Book is applicable to the Jews and Christians, potentially, it has a much wider application. In the context of the Quranic assertion that there is no people in the world but We have sent a Warner to them , and similar verses (cited earlier), we are left with no room for doubt that these were not only the people of the Old Testament and the Gospel (or the Torah and