Re: Islam and Modernity: An article in Dawn
he difference between other world religions and Islam is that it is the only order that is named and sanctioned by the Deity. Islam has been chosen for us by God, if you demonstrate other relgions have either been named by God and called the best way then we can speak. God is the Lord of all mankind and the Qur'an addresses mankind as well as just Muslims in parts, so when say something on behalf of or to humanity in a way that seem condescending take it up with God ... not us.
Talk about condescending...
Do you really not see how that is a belief only held by Muslims and is in no way subjective? It is soley based on faith.
Your "proof" of it being the only sanctioned religion is that it was chosen by and named by God? You're kidding me. Does that mean that the only pretty people are the ones who tell people they are pretty? (those are generally the ones that are ugly on the inside).
Perhaps it was the cleverness of the scripture's authors to put such non-intellectual, but appealing-to-the-uneducated masses type exclusivity. If one doesn't believe the scripture to be true, obviously the claims to be the best wouldn't be true either.