Islam Creator of the Modern Age
4. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
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the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him,
being the last of the prophets, it became absolutely
imperative to terminate, once and for all, the
domination of superstitious beliefs. In theory, each
of the prophets in turn had demolished such beliefs,
but, in practice, people’s personal interests had kept
them alive, so that superstition had not in fact been
overthrown. God had, therefore, to send His special
succour to the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be
upon him, who, along with his companions, then
brought about the intellectual revolution which
universally uprooted such dogmas. It was at that
stage that the concept of inequality was rooted out
forever.
In the address the Prophet made on the occasion of
his last pilgrimage, he had this to say on the subject
of ending polytheistic beliefs:
No Arab has superiority over a non-Arab and
no non-Arab has superiority over an Arab. No
black man has superiority over a red and no
red over a black. All are born of Adam and
Adam was born of the earth.
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