Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Where is the Muslim Outrage?

Mike Ghouse:
Just to remind :
See:
6:125- Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best who have strayed from His Path and who receive guidance. 2161 2162


In this wonderful passage are laid down principles of religious preaching, which are good for all time. But where are the teachers with such qualifications? We must invite all to the way of Allah, and expound His Universal Will; we must do it with wisdom and discretion, meeting people on their own ground and convincing them with illustrations from their own knowledge and experience, which may be very n arrow, or very; wide. Our preaching must be, not dogmatic, not self-regarding, not offensive, but gentle, considerate, and such as would attract their attention . Our manner and our arguments should not be acrimonious, but modeled on the most courteous and the most gracious example, so that the hearer may say; to himself, “This man not dealing merely with dialectics; he is not trying to get a rise out of me; he sincerely expounding the faith that is in him, and his motive is the love of man and the love of Allah

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