Re: What is religion?
yup everything in the religious books should be followed word for word without really using our minds and differentiating what will promote religious harmony with other religions/beliefs and what will actually do harm. Saying that a person will go to hell because they don't believe the same things as you do......yea I think that would do it in terms of causing fights and killings. Yup that's what God wants us to do.
Respect my beliefs and I will respect yours, it can't just be one way.
Peace indopak
As Muslims we are required by our faith to respect you as individuals whether you are Muslim or non-Muslim, we are not allowed to create jest of anyones faith lest we should expect people to jest with ours. However, we are also required to enjoin good and use reason and compassion to bring people closer towards mutual understanding. We do not expect anyone to change their faith nor are we allowed to say such and such will go to heaven or hell, that is God's decision. What we are allowed to say is ... that in the Qur'an God says this about those who do this ... to accept whether that was or was not God is based on two things:
1) Reason and Reflection
2) Guidance and an open heart seeking guidance
You can take up the challenge of the Qur'an ... by ignoring it or by saying it okay for us and not okay for you ... is it not unfair to say anything regarding it until one is qualified to do so? We subject the Qur'an to scrutiny it tells us to do this, so why can we not subject other religious scriptures to the same level of scrutiny?