Jihad, Crusade and the True Believer

There is only One God and One Truth. All men are brothers.

God intended religion, all of them, to work for the betterment of its adherents. Their teachings are pure and good. It is the students, not knowing any better, who misunderstand and commit countless atrocities in its name. And more, they teach other students to do the same. Let us judge the religions based on the teachings of their Prophets and not be misled based on the limited understanding and misguided conduct of their students.

In fact, there are no Muslim terrorists. There are no Christian fanatics. There are only terrorists and fanatics at all levels in the religious hierarchy who hide under the guise of religion to justify their pillaging, rape and murder. Intolerance and self-righteousness never were regarded as virtues, much less taught by the Prophets.

In a time of great confusion and senseless violence that was the Crusades, a rebel monk actively opposed to the Pope's and the Crusaders' advocacy of a holy war met the Sultan in the field of conflict but they did not do battle. Both true believers and doers, they came to win each other's friendship and respect and demonstrated to Muslims and Christians everywhere in all times the highest ideals of the One True Faith.

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The Unity of all Religious Teachings

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, joy.

"O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console: to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."




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