As far-right racists in Europe try to provoke Muslims by burning the Quran in public, here’s what the Quran says about how Muslims should deal with such hateful assaults
Who spend in the way of Allah both in plenty and hardship, who restrain their anger, and who forgive others. Allah loves such good-doersFor practising or non-practising Muslims, displaying deep admiration and devotion toward the Quran is of utmost importance. And it starts right from where the holy text is placed in every household – it's always found on the highest shelves, above all other books.
When someone recites the sacred verses, the followers of the last Abrahamic faith are expected to refrain from making any distractive noises. Muslim to act this way, Muslims from all walks of life, no matter how well-versed they are with the book, tend to remain placid until the reader falls silent. “For this reason, it is normal to react against people who disrespect and attack religious values. But what is important at this point is the form and limits of the reaction. The Quranic verse, 'and do not insult those they invoke other than Allāh, lest they insult Allāh in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds.
The Quran clearly orders Muslims to keep a distance from those who mock Muslims or Islam. In some verses, there is a strict warning, too. “When you see those who are engaged in blasphemy against Our signs, turn away from them until they begin to talk of other things; and should evil ever cause you to forget, then do not remain, after recollection, in the company of those wrong-doing people.”
“Good and evil cannot be equal. Repel evil with what is better, and your enemy will become as close as an intimate friend.” “Rejecting and opposing a religion is different from insulting that religion, humiliating its concepts, symbols and resources, in a bid to try and make them worthless. People with common sense never insult their sacred values. Such a wrong attitude and behaviour lead to hostility, hatred, and violence”. One of the Prophet's most shared anecdotes involves an older woman who, out of hatred toward the Islamic messenger, tossed trash at him whenever he passed by her house.
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