Alaul Alam :
Recently, a news has got viral that the Holy Quran was kept on the foot of idol at a temple in Cumilla. The Muslims roared across the country for demeaning the Holy Quran. In the guise of religious issue miscreants attacked and vandalized some temples across the country.
However, the question is pertinent to raise; does Islam allow attacking people and vandalizing their property? Certainly, not. In many cases people are given misconceptions by fake Islamic persons about Islam and the teachings of our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
The Islamic history states that in the era of Muslim Caliphs, the people of other religions had enjoyed the same status, protection and safety as the Muslims had and justice was all equal between them and the Muslims. It is evident in the Meesaq-e-medina (The Constitution of Medina) that the Jews in the Medina would be granted religious freedom and the properties of the non-Muslims would be to their own possession. Nobody would force the non-Muslims to convert to Muslim.
Islam does not allow the practice of racialism, colonialism and terrorism. Not only Islam, the main motto of every religion is to bring peace for mankind. But why we are involved in communal conflicts? Can we not think that serving humanity is the key to the teachings of all religions?
Truly, cultivating tolerance, avoiding conflicts and living in harmony with people of other faiths are the teachings of Islam. It is very urgent to enlighten us with the supreme knowledge of Islam and the teachings of our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). To maintain peace and stability, it is the responsibility of every Muslim to be kind to all faiths. But it is regretted that due to sufficient knowledge of Islam misconceptions pervade in the society.
(Alaul Alam teaches at Prime University and is a research
scholar at the IBS).
