PLURALISM AND ISLAM ?

PLURALISM AND ISLAM ?

Why do protagonists of Islam in India speak of pluralism and diversity of spiritual culture when Islam itself is exclusive to an extreme degree of intolerance towards non-believers in its totalitarian doctrine? Read the Qur'an and you will easily discover the truth of my assertion. 

Says Swami Vivekananda in this regard in Practical Vedanta IV : 'The more selfish a man, the more immoral he is. And so also with the race. That race which is bound down to itself has been the most cruel and the most wicked in the whole world. There has not been a religion that has clung to this dualism more than that founded by the Prophet of Arabia, and there has not been a religion which has shed so much blood and been so cruel to other men. In the Koran there is the doctrine that a man who does not believe these teachings should be killed; it is a mercy to kill him! And the surest way to get to heaven, where there are beautiful houris and all sorts of sense-enjoyments, is by killing these unbelievers. Think of the bloodshed there has been in consequence of such beliefs!'

https://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/practical_vedanta_and_other_lectures/practical_vedanta_part_iv.htm

Now you understand, dear friends, that I was speaking the truth and nothing but the truth. If apologists come and give you twisted interpretations, counter them direct by quotations from the Qur'an and by what Vivekananda says in this regard. Knowing the truth is always the best way of self-defence against the aggressor who is bent upon destroying one. Ignorance is weakness, knowledge is power. Hence, read and realise the truth.

Written by Sugata Bose 

Photo : The ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadurji who gave up his life trying to save Kashmiri Hindus 🕉 from forced conversion to Islam.