Through Force or Faith? — Page 7
Refutation of the Allegations Made Against Islam 7 category do they fall into? Then, what happened in Spain—speak- ing of the ‘Inquisition’—what category does that fall in? I will not outline the details of it here, for they all know it quite well. He [the Pope] states that he [Kaiser] was aware of the sub- sequent teachings, so then what are the Islamic teachings about propagating the Faith, and what was the practice of the Holy Prophet s as ? That ‘knowledgeable one’ [Kaiser Manuel] was una- ware of them, but let me delineate them. Islam is the ‘religion of nature’. It certainly does not teach that if someone slaps you on one cheek, you offer the other too. Those who were given this teaching should inform us to what extent they are acting upon it. These are the very flaws of their teachings that have pushed the Christians of this age away from Christianity. One need only go to church once a week on a Sunday; yet, hardly anyone fulfils even this requirement anymore, except for elderly men and women. Now they have begun renting out churches for other functions, and in the Western world, there are countless churches which have ‘For Sale’ signs. One professor from America, Edwin Lewis, writes that the people of the 20th century are not willing to accept Jesus as God. The president of St. John’s College, Oxford, Sir Cyrel, writes that it should always be remembered that a large proportion of men and women of Europe and America is not Christians anymore. Perhaps it would also be correct to say that the majority of them is like this now. Similarly, there are several statements of these peo- ple about Africa. They admit that these teachings are coming to an end now. This they know. Therefore, only one option is left for them and that is to use unfair tactics against Islam. So where lies the truth in the matter of whether or not Islam