Murder in the Name of Allah — Page 16
Murder in the Name of Allah those observers who are prejudicial and partisan, who are narrowminded and whose eyes are covered by a veil of ignorance. They see fire instead of light, ugliness instead of beauty and evil instead of good. . They distort and present every good quality as a great vice. It reflects their own depravity. . . . . The critics are blind. They cannot see that the only 'sword' Muhammad wielded was the sword of mercy, compassion, friendship and forgiveness - the sword that conquers enemies and purifies their hearts. . His sword was sharper than the sword of steel. ⁹. No comment! One only wishes that Maulana Maududi, a follower of the. Prophet Muhammadsa, had been as fair to the Prophet sa as a follower of. Krishna's had been. Non-Muslims who have studied the history of Islam have had to admit that the Prophet was not only magnanimous and kind, but also a paragon of human virtues. Another Hindu, the editor of the Sat. Updaish, wrote:. Some people say that Islam was preached by the sword, but we cannot agree with this view. What is forced on people is soon rejected. Had Islam been imposed on people through oppression, there would have been no. Islam today. Why? Because the Prophet of Islam had spiritual power, he loved humanity and he was guided by the ideal of ultimate good. 10. The anti-Muslim stance of the Arya Samaj movement is well known. . Its founder, Swami Dayanand, was highly critical of Islam and its. Prophets and yet the following statement was made by a Hindu at a meeting sponsored by the Arya Samaj in Lahore. The editor of the Vedic. Magazine and a former professor of Gurukul, Kangri Ram Dev, said:. Sitting in Medina, Muhammad Sahib (peace be to him) held the Arabs spellbound; he filled them with spiritual strength; strength that makes devtas [gods] out of men …… it is incorrect to say that Islam spread with the force of the sword. It is a fact that the sword was never wielded to propagate Islam. If religion can be spread by force then let anyone try it today. ¹¹. The last sentence of the above passage is a challenge no one would ever accept - not even Maulana Maududi. No sword can change a heart and turn belief into disbelief. There was a long chain of prophets before the Prophet of Islams and it is an historical truth that every prophet was opposed by force. Every time a prophet taught the true religion he was opposed by the sword and yet true religion spread and the sword failed to cut it back. If all past prophets and their followers could stand against the sword's might, how is it possible that Muhammad sa could have adopted a different approach and taken to the sword - the instrument of 16