The Preacher’s Pulpit Needs to Be Cleansed from Profanity
A Story by New Age Islam
 This is not the only incident. Such incidents occur every day in all parts of Islamic world, but only a few are reported. When the incident of Coptic priest’s murder was reported, it sparked debate on 
In October
2017, a special incident of killing took place in Cairo, the capital of
Egypt. This was not the first and nor the last incident of its kind. In
this incident a follower of Wahhabi theology stabbed to death a Coptic
orthodox priest identified as Samaan Shehata.
The murderer was caught and sentenced to death. During investigation it
was revealed that he had been famous for his radical Wahhabi ideologies
and that he made a cross mark on the victim’s forehead, which expressed
his contempt for Christians.
This is not the only incident. Such
incidents occur every day in all parts of Islamic world, but only a few
are reported. When the incident of Coptic priest’s murder was reported,
it sparked debate on the change of religious opinions. This is a
complicated debate, as the sermons of the mosques located in parts of
Egypt are not completed without cursing the Jews and Christians. In the
1970s when Wahhabism entered Egypt and Islamic world, such sermons and
incidents started spreading. Saudi Arabia hosted al-Azhar’s religious
clerics on official expenses, honoured and awarded them. After
returning, these clerics polluted al-Azhar with the poison of Wahhabism,
and thereby its theology spread across the country.
Today
Al-Azhar and the Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf are willing to stop the
history of the Wahhabi Islamic theology and reform the sermons. However
the Takfiri thought after the three-quarter century has become so
widespread that its end is not possible in any traditional way. In most
Arab countries, including Egypt, people are accustomed to hearing not
only the sermons cursing non-Muslims but also consider it their duty to
utter “Aameen”. Almost from the pulpits of all mosques the cursing
sermons are broadcasted. While doing so, the orators of these mosques do
not even think for a moment that they are insulting the religion of
five and a half billion people of this world and defaming Islam
throughout the globe. In their sermons they have also started cursing
all sects and schools of thought of Islam, other than Wahhabism.
Such
curses [bad Dua] are mentioned in the books of Sirah narrating the
Prophet’s biography (peace be upon him), while the same books also
narrate and witness that the beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) never
cursed any Jews or Christian. There is a contradiction in such a
narration, but Muslims are or have been made accustomed to living in
such contradictions. The elimination of such contradictions is not
possible unless the hateful thoughts are expelled from these books. Such
hateful thoughts are harmful for the Quran and Sunnah. Hence it is
important to note that we can’t end terrorism unless we eliminate such
thoughts.
However, the followers of Wahhabism insist that “the
righteous Salafs” have narrated these curses from the beloved Prophet
(peace be upon him) and thus they consider their duty to repeat such
curses at the end of every Friday’s sermon. One of such curses is
translated as, “Oh, Allah! Blind and deafen the polytheists, Jews and
Christians, make their leaders poor, their women widows and their
children orphans...”
The repetition of such a frightening and
immoral speech in the minds of people increases hatred for non-Muslims
so much that it becomes impossible to bring them towards moderation and
toleration. While making their sermons, the Wahhabi orators also curse
all other sects and schools of thought of Islam such as Shiites,
seculars, nationalists, Sufis and so on. Instead
the orators should have prayed for guidance and progress of the
non-Muslims, as the Quran says, “Allah does not forbid you from those
who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your
homes - from being kind toward them and acting justly toward them.
Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.” (60:8) It is clear that in
this verse the mention of kindness and justness towards those
non-Muslims who are not involved in fighting Muslims is like a command,
otherwise it should not have been mentioned in this verse. We can see
what a huge difference there is between this universal message�"which
calls for kindness towards non-Muslims�"and the act of cursing that
displays intellectual deterioration of Muslims and defames Islam!!
This
sort of curse does not categorically harmonize with the universal
message of Islam. The essence of Islam is peace and brotherhood. There
is no place for arrogance in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) always prayed for guidance of his opponents. It is
mentioned in the books of Sirah themselves
that even after the people of Ta’if attacked the Prophet by throwing
rocks and stones at him, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) said, “Oh, Allah! Guide Thaqeef” and also “Oh, Allah! Guide
the tribe of Daus”. Removing the discrimination between Muslims and
non-Muslims on the occasion of Hajjat ul Wida’
the Prophet said “O people, undoubtedly your Lord is one”. He could
have said “O believers” but he cared for depth of harmony and
coexistence. The holy Quran has also mentioned and praised good jobs of
non-Muslims, as it says, “All of them are not alike; among the People
given the Book(s) are some who are firm on the truth �" they recite the
verses of Allah in the night hours and prostrate (before Him). They
accept faith in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin good deeds and forbid
immorality, and hasten to perform good deeds; and they are the
righteous. And they will not be denied the reward of whatever good they
do; and Allah knows the pious”. (The Quran 3:113-115)
Indeed long
arguments can be presented in this regard that Allah does not want
Muslims to curse non-Muslims. But what will happen, if Muslims accept
that it is the will of Allah to curse non-Muslims? If that is so, then
after becoming powerful, they will start massacring non-Muslims, create
the history of another holocaust, and then non-Muslims will be denied
their rights it is such crimes that the ISIS is perpetrating. If it is
Islam, then will we have the right to say that the majority of Muslims
condemn the terrorist organizations like ISIS, while they internally
support them? It is impossible for one to attain nearness of Allah and
His Prophet, if one adopts such an anti-human behaviour. One should know
that Islam has not come to ruin the world but to settle it. Hence it is
necessary to identify the symptom of ISIS and then eliminate it. It is
important to note that you will need a ‘Kafir’ in order to attain the
reward of converting one to Islam.
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