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Essay / The Importance of Religion in Islam - 549
Born in an Islamic world, spending days fearing God, making ruthless arguments about the afterlife; I am not a human being but a Muslim and my hands are open only to Muslims, there is no humanity in Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and all other religions, I was born for distinguish on the basis of sects and not TAQWA which is the true standard for judging one's goodness. No one can look into the hearts of others, but our religion (used as a tool) creates a feeling of abandonment and hatred between us. We use this religion as a tool to influence our false truths. Growing up in this environment, I saw Christians burning in the name of blasphemy, Sikhs migrating and Hindus killed in the name of Namoose Rasalat (SAW); who taught us ignorance and tolerance. The Quran says: “But do not insult those [beings] whom they invoke in place of God, lest they insult God in their hostility and in ignorance” (6:108). It is up to God to punish all of these; unbelievers and ignorant. When God is the God of all, then why do we create a God of our own souls, a mountain of our own standards. The Quran is like...