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"The worst creatures in God's eyes are those who are [wilfully] deaf and dumb, who do not reason." (Quran 8:22)

"God brings disgrace on those who do not use their reason." (10:100)
23. Religious Tolerance and Pluralism

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Tolerance & Pluralism in Quran.

A thread.
June 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I don't care who lives in Palestine.

But, a just society is a requirement which respects its every member.

European Jews came as political refugees and evicted and subjugated the locals, tyrants always lose, no matter what, no matter how strong they feel they are... there's God & He is just.
June 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
17. "Say [Prophet], ‘Disbelievers: (109:1) I do not worship what you worship, (109:2) you do not worship what I worship, (109:3) I will never worship what you worship, (109:4) you will never worship what I worship: (109:5) you have your religion and I have mine.’" (109:6)
June 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
16... who wish to reject it do so.’" (18:29)

Tolerance and pluralism are a defining trait of Islam, nowhere does The Quran describe that more than in the small Surah (chapter 109) 'Al-Kafirun' (The Disbelievers):
June 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
15. There is no need of unnecessary arguments; let people decide what they want:

"To us our deeds and to you yours, so let there be no argument between us and you" (42:15)

"Say, ‘Now the truth has come from your Lord: let those who wish to believe in it do so, and let those...
June 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
14... Whoever follows the right path follows it for his own good, and whoever strays does so to his own loss: I am not your guardian.’" (10:108)

"You (Prophet) are not there to force them, so remind, with this Quran, those who fear My warning." (50:45)
June 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
13... and to Him we shall return.’ (42:15)

"If they do not believe you, [Prophet], say, ‘I act for myself, and you for yourselves. You are not responsible for my actions nor am I responsible for yours.’" (10:41)

"Say, ‘People, the Truth has come to you from your Lord...
June 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
12... what they desire, but say, ‘I believe in whatever Scripture God has sent down. I am commanded to bring justice between you. God is our Lord and your Lord –– to us our deeds and to you yours, so let there be no argument between us and you –– God will gather us together,...
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
11... outcome of all events." (22:41)

The duty of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is to call people to the correct faith; it is their own free will to follow him or not:

"So [Prophet] call people to that faith and follow the straight path as you have been commanded. Do not go by...
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
10... have been destroyed. God is sure to help those who help His cause –– God is strong and mighty –– (22:40) those who, when We establish them in the land, keep up the prayer, pay the prescribed alms, command what is right, and forbid what is wrong: God controls the...
June 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
9... the matters you differed about." (5:48)

Allah (SWT) accepts the worship and good deeds of all of His creation:

"If God did not repel some people by means of others, many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where God’s name is much invoked, would...
June 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
8. "We have assigned a law (Sharia) and a path (Minhaj) to each of you. If God had so willed, He would have made you one community, but He wanted to test you through that which He has given you, so race to do good: you will all return to God and He will make clear to you...
June 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
7... will truly be wrongdoers." (60:9)

Allah (SWT) has given a different law and a path to different communities; those laws, and especially the methods, may look very different from each other, but the common theme in all of them is to do good and repel evil:
June 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
6... you out of your homes: God loves the just. (60:8) But God forbids you to take as allies (wali – protector) those who have fought against you for your faith, driven you out of your homes & helped others to drive you out: any of you who take them as allies...
June 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
5... of severing the ties of kinship: God is always watching over you." (4:1)

Deal kindly with all human beings, except those who try to abuse you:

"He does not forbid you to deal kindly and justly with anyone who has not fought (Qitaal) you for your faith or driven...
June 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
4. "People (O mankind), be mindful of your Lord, who created you from a single soul (Nafs – being) and from it created its mate, and from the pair of them spread countless men and women far and wide; be mindful of God, in whose name you make requests of one another. Beware...
June 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
3... you should recognize one another. In God’s eyes, the most honoured of you are the ones most mindful of Him: God is all knowing, all aware." (49:13)

Allah (SWT) commands us to maintain the bonds of humanity (ties of kinship: we all belong to a single family):
June 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
2. Mankind had a single ancestor; In the eyes of Allah (SWT) all human beings are equal until they commit a sin or do a good deed:

"People (O Mankind!), We created you all from a single man and a single woman (from male and female), and made you into races and tribes so that...
June 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
31. For those who say stoning to death is prescribed for pre-marital sex & flogging is prescribed for illicit sex while married, The Quran does not make any distinction between the 2.

Word 'zana' in The Quran encompasses both illicit sex while married or single. For both the punishment is flogging.
June 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There's a reason, DNA ancestry tests are tightly state-regulated in Israel.

Very few people get permission.
June 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Well, well, well.
June 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It was done by an Israel - Eran Elhaik.
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM