A Statement for the Unity of Religions
Today, Muslims, Christians, Jews, and other theist societies are in desperate need of alliance, unity and oneness. Our goal must be collaboration.
The common factors of all religions are morality, physical and moral cleanliness, and the worship and praise of God. These principles exist in all religions. All followers of each religion should join hands with their brothers and sisters in unity and alliance for these shared principles while maintaining their faith and rituals. We must protect the world from a decline under the umbrella of science with clarity and truth in religions.
These common factors require all of us to be respectful of opinions, beliefs, religions, philosophers, thinkers and scientists around the world. Religions must not chastise, oppose, fight, or try to eradicate each other. If one religion tries to hurt another, it will, by the law of nature, hurt itself. If all efforts in religions focus on eradicating and conquering others, how could theism and faith develop? Peace and prosperity will not flourish and all energies from thinkers and religious enthusiasts will squander in the rivalry.
Unfortunately, throughout time, all religions, despite being servants of God, have risen against one another because of intolerance, leading all too often to destruction, even massacre.
Consider the order of the Holy Quran, from the blissful and magnificent God to increase your knowledge:
“He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which we have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what we enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allah is that to which you invite them.” (Ash-Shuraa, Verse 13)
“And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves.” (Ash-Shuraa, Verse 14)
These days, the era of discord has passed and the tumultuous and moving sea of beliefs has slowly moved towards serenity. Now is the time for men and women everywhere to awaken, to use their intellect, to consider the will of God and to know that all theist religions are, in fact, one. Their leaders have all been assigned by the one and only God, and they all have the same objective. All their followers are brothers and sisters in the realm of theism and their minute differences of opinions arising from the specific environment and state of mind are negligible, and that should not create animosity amongst them.
Now is the time to do the exact opposite of the past and create an environment of peace, affection and friendship amongst all religions and their followers.
Can you tell me what the result of all these animosities and dualities is?
Do you ever think about that?
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