Save Islam From the Islamists
By Aiman Reyaz, New Age Islam
September 24, 2013
There is a sharp
contrast between what Islam is and what Islamists do. Islam is that
spiritual path which any person can achieve by submitting his will to
God; while Islamists are those so-called devout Muslims who believe that
their spirituality is to convert other non-Muslims and “deviant”
Muslims (like Sufi-saints etc) into their version of Islam and they act
upon this belief, mostly by using terror tactics. 1
I believe that anyone
can be a Muslim, even if he or she does not say the Shahada (i.e., there
is no god but God and Muhammad is His Messenger). A person becomes
Muslim by his deeds and not by dress or words. The Quran is filled with
verses which say that those who submitted themselves to God attained
felicity and their destination is Heaven. Doing is more important than
saying; similarly if you say that there is but one God and Muhammad is
His Prophet, you then enter into the religion of Islam, but if your
actions belie your words, then you are still not a Muslim.
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