diwana
March 26, 2014, 2:23am
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Re: If Islam is such a great religion, why did we fail to produce great muslims
At no point did I say King didn’t care about his religion, he was a Christian minister, of course he cared about his religion! Show me where I’ve said that about King or any of the other people I mentioned. I also didn’t say they never mentioned their religion. What I said was they didn’t push it to the FOREFRONT of their agendas. Martin Luther King campaigned for black people in America, ALL black people not just Christian black people.
People seem to be fixated on the religion aspect of the original question and ignoring the global appeal aspect. The ACTIONS of these people has won the respect and admiration of people all over the world. People of other faiths don’t say what a great Christian Martin Luther King was, they say what a great man he was. His actions resonate not just with Christians but non-Christians too. The fact that he was a Christian has little, if any, bearing with non-Christians.
Do you think a white atheist living in America admires Muhammed Ali because he’s a Muslim? No of course not, he admires him because of what he achieved with his life.
Faith was important to King, Mandela, Ali and the others to varying degrees but what I’m trying to get across was the IMPACT their actions had on the world, why they are considered to be so inspirational, the reason they are admired by SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE is not because they were a Christian, Muslim, Hindu etc but because of what they ACHIEVED.
Why this seems to be so difficult for certain individuals to grasp is beyond me. If they want to sit there twisting what other people say on here, if that’s what makes them happy, so be it.
Most people are going by the title and if you choose to ignore this fact, for trying to be politically correct then it is you who are talking out of context.
In case you missed it, religion is placed on the question for the seemingly lack of “great Muslims”.