Islam and the Freedom of Conscience — Page 60
~ 60 ~ conferences. Accordingly, on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations he wrote: ''It will be necessary that every participant present his faith’s excellences and not malign others. '' 31 The Promised Messiah as said that people are often misled by religious leaders and the Christian clergy. He also writes: ''If they had good intentions, they would not have raised such objections on the Quran as can also be raised against the Torah of Moses. If they had fear of God, they would not have relied upon such books, which, in the view of Muslims, are unauthentic and devoid of definitive truths. Therefore, justice dictates that even if the whole of Europe were to be considered angelic, the priests would be an exception. The reason that the Christians of Europe look at Islam with hatred and dislike is that these same priests have been giving the lessons of hate by presenting unauthentic incidents. I do accept that the behaviour of some ignorant Muslims is not worthy and they have habits borne of ignorance, as some ferocious Muslims apply the term jihad to cruel bloodshed and they do not know that public’s rising against a just ruler is mutiny and not jihad. Severance of covenant, committing evil instead of good, 31 To h fa ‐ e ‐ Qai s ariyyah , Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 12, p. 279