Message of Love and Brotherhood to Africa — Page 4
4 lovely cultural milieu in the human family and that Allah, the Supreme, has com- manded that mosques be kept inviolate and that the mosque is an emblem and a symbol of the sanctity and inviolability of other places of public worship—that it will not apply only to mosques, and it is hoped that even non-Muslims who believe in God will be persuaded to keep their churches as active centres of worship. Equality as practised by the Holy Prophet sa On different occasions, I have been referring to one episode as an incident illustrative of equality we find exemplified in the life of the Holy Prophet sa. It happened on the day of Mecca’s fall. I related to them that one of their kinsfolk, an Abyssinian slave of the Paramount Chief of Mecca, was treated as a walking mat by his master. Then Allah, the Glorious glanced at him mercifully—he was enabled to see the light of Islam—and became a Muslim. First he suffered contempt and hatred; then were added the elements of cruelty and oppression. He was put to extreme suffering—even this day their