Through Force or Faith? — Page 235
Chapter 5 — Faith and Reason: Islamic Perspective 235 to the sin committed by Adam and Eve (Genesis). It is bewilder- ing that, according to the Old Testament, the punishment for the offense of a man who passed away almost six thousand years ago is being suffered by his progeny even to this day. Is it that the Pope has attempted to conceal his own convictions by quoting Imam Ibn H azm and attributing it to Muslims? If we compare these teachings of the Old Testament with those of the Holy Quran, we have a totally different picture. The Quran is very explicit about it, that no soul shall be burdened for another ( S u rah al-An‘ ā m, 6:69). Would the Pope care to tell which of these teachings is in accord with reason, rationality, and justice?