Murder in the Name of Allah — Page 10
Murder in the Name of Allah thought and conscience. And yet these are the very ulema who claim to protect the honour of the Holy Prophet whom the Quran describes as a 'mercy for the universe'. . These ulema claim to be the very personification of mercy, but their hearts are without compassion. Instead, they are filled with anger. The use of force in the name of religion has now become part of their faith. . In the name of God's holy water - sent to cool our tempers - they kindle the fires of hatred and anger in the hearts of the innocent. The followers of the Prince of Peace, whose blood cleansed barbaric Arabia, are now being persuaded to murder helpless people. In the name of the protector of poor people's unguarded homes his followers are encouraged to rob the homes of people who are powerless to defend themselves. In the name of the Prophets who protected the honour of even ruffians' wives, the happy and loving marriages of Muslim women are anulled and transformed into adulterous relationships. In the name of the builder of the first mosque in Medina, who offered it to the Christians of Najran for. Sunday services, and in the name of the Prophets who taught his followers to respect the temples of other faiths, today's ulema incite the masses to destroy the mosques of a small group of people whose lives are devoted to the spreading of shahada. 2 The unjust acts the. Prophetsa condemned and banned forever are now being perpetrated in his very name. What would the Holy Prophetsa think if he could see the ulema of his umma falsely accusing the elders of other Muslim groups of all sorts of misdeeds and shouting abuse about women and housewives? How will an agnostic react to this demonstration of 'religious zeal'? What Muslim could think, even for a moment, that our Prophets, would have advised the ulema of his umma to deliver provocative, disruptive speeches; or that he would have ordered them to deliver such fiery sermons that entire villages of poor and helpless people were set ablaze? Not satisfied with all this, could the Prince of. Peaces have told religious leaders to treat as apostates all those. Muslims whose understanding of Islam did not conform to their own?. Would he have sanctioned the killing of them and their women and the destruction of their mosques - said to be the only divine way to blot out apostasy?. These are the questions we should all think seriously about. Muslims should consider the attitude of these ulema. For suppression, torture, execution, arson and the razing of mosques are not the Prophet's sa tradition. Every stone in the streets of Mecca over which the so-called 10