DawahThinking
AcertainKashmiriMuslimwho is associatedwithour dawahmission,
told us over the phone that on September 23, 2010, a programme
had been organized by the government with the theme, ‘Public
Interaction’. Senior Officers of the Indian army and local Muslims
were present on this occasion. The chief guests were Mr Gurdeep
Singh, General Commanding Officer (G.C.O) and Brigadier Anil
Pandey. This member of our mission said that, a Kashmiri Muslim,
who attended this function, criticized the government for having
commercialized the problem of Kashmir. He maintained that the
concerned persons were only engaged in political trading in the
name of Kashmir. Upon hearing this, themember of ourmissionwho
was present on the occasion said to the complaining Muslim, ‘We
have also started fruitful trading’ (as per the Quran, 61:10-11). After
saying this, he and his companions started handing out the English
translation of the Quran and other da
wah
literature as gifts to those
present
.
They gave copies of the English translation of
The Prophet of
Peace
and other such books to General Gurdeep Singh and Brigadier
Anil Pandey. General Gurdeep Singh later made the observation in his
speech that in recent years, the Kashmiris had staged a great agitation
on the issue of Quran burning. Consequently, in its wake, 17 youths
had been killed. Then General Gurdeep Singh took the Quran in his
hand and said, “You engage in violence in the name of the Quran.
Now tell me which verse of the Quran commands you to engage in
violence?” At this, the entire Muslim audience remained silent.
When one is oriented towards
dawah
, one will avail of all such
opportunities to do
dawah
work. On such occasions, one will gift the
book of God to God’s servants. On the contrary, one who is not so
oriented will consider all such
dawah
opportunities merely as a stage
in “politics”. Hence he will bring only the gift of hatred not of love.
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