TakingITGlobal - Panorama - Muslims and Copts

Published on: Sep 23, 2003

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Type: Opinions

https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=1946

An “Egyptian” young man nicknamed coptic2001, has forwarded to me an E-mail message saying that on a special website, there is a web-page in which Islam is shown on his “Bad real face”, he said that it is a response against Muslims “Because they detest Copts and Christianity”!

What I want to say to this person, that the bad behavior of a little minority of the followers of any religion doesn’t represent the core of the ideology of that religion; you can’t say that Hitler with his German cross on his neck and his fascist racist Nazism system is representing Christianity! By the same way you can’t consider Bin Laden and his terrorists as a symbol of Islam.

It is clear that this person-if we follow his own way of thinking- is neglecting the inspection courts held by the Queen Isabella 1st of Spain against Andalusia’s Muslims in the 15th Century, and that has ended Islam in Andalusia through genocide and atrocities.

And if I can’t say that Isabella 1st represents Christianity through her “Inspection courts”, why do I blame some extremist Muslims who ignore their religion and who have never heard about the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) recommendation when he told the first Muslims that the Copts of Egypt are the most religious people and that they are more than friends; they are our relatives with a “Family Bond”. Besides, we can find a very nice Quranic Verse that translates as follows: “And you (the Prophet) will find that the closest people to those who believe-in terms of love and charity-, are those people who say: “We are Nazarethans (Christians)”, and that is because of the existence of religious men and monks among them, and because that they do not have any hauteur”.

It seems that this “Coptic” has forgotten that the Coptic culture and religion is still in Egypt for fourteen centuries, living peacefully with the Muslim neighborhood.

What to say to this person now is that if I want to show that my religion is good, then I must find some better way than saying that other religions are bad, and I think that criticizing other religions to show that my religion is better, is the most fanatic and uncivilized thing to do.

This person and all fanatics have to know that showing that their religion is politically correct is by letting people see how that religion makes life good, honest, safe and fair. Moreover, I think that all religions, including my religion, recommend their followers to respect other religions and that what others believe in.

Let’s respect then ourselves and other people, and educate ourselves about other religions, before exploding unfounded and baseless arguments.

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by Ayman El Hakea
Published on: Sep 23, 2003
Topic:
Type: Opinions
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=1946


An “Egyptian” young man nicknamed coptic2001, has forwarded to me an E-mail message saying that on a special website, there is a web-page in which Islam is shown on his “Bad real face”, he said that it is a response against Muslims “Because they detest Copts and Christianity”! What I want to say to this person, that the bad behavior of a little minority of the followers of any religion doesn’t represent the core of the ideology of that religion; you can’t say that Hitler with his German cross on his neck and his fascist racist Nazism system is representing Christianity! By the same way you can’t consider Bin Laden and his terrorists as a symbol of Islam. It is clear that this person-if we follow his own way of thinking- is neglecting the inspection courts held by the Queen Isabella 1st of Spain against Andalusia’s Muslims in the 15th Century, and that has ended Islam in Andalusia through genocide and atrocities. And if I can’t say that Isabella 1st represents Christianity through her “Inspection courts”, why do I blame some extremist Muslims who ignore their religion and who have never heard about the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) recommendation when he told the first Muslims that the Copts of Egypt are the most religious people and that they are more than friends; they are our relatives with a “Family Bond”. Besides, we can find a very nice Quranic Verse that translates as follows: “And you (the Prophet) will find that the closest people to those who believe-in terms of love and charity-, are those people who say: “We are Nazarethans (Christians)”, and that is because of the existence of religious men and monks among them, and because that they do not have any hauteur”. It seems that this “Coptic” has forgotten that the Coptic culture and religion is still in Egypt for fourteen centuries, living peacefully with the Muslim neighborhood. What to say to this person now is that if I want to show that my religion is good, then I must find some better way than saying that other religions are bad, and I think that criticizing other religions to show that my religion is better, is the most fanatic and uncivilized thing to do. This person and all fanatics have to know that showing that their religion is politically correct is by letting people see how that religion makes life good, honest, safe and fair. Moreover, I think that all religions, including my religion, recommend their followers to respect other religions and that what others believe in. Let’s respect then ourselves and other people, and educate ourselves about other religions, before exploding unfounded and baseless arguments. « return.