Islam and Peace
Islam in 21st Century
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There is no question of so much and so obvious
contradictions existing in a divine Book.
The case of the Bible has adversely affected the
psyche of modern man. He has become indifferent
towards all religious books. Nevertheless, his soul
and nature craves for religion. Religion is the only
solace for man’s inner self and his external life. He
is disgusted and rebellious towards interpolated
religions. But his whole existence is crying for the
true and unadulterated religion of God. At this
juncture, if he is exposed to Islam he will accept it as
avidly as someone dying of thirst will accept a jug
of water.
FAILURE OF MATERIALISTIC RELIGION
As stated earlier, the notion of treating religion as a
sanctified subject does not exist anymore. Today it
is as exposed to enquiry and evaluation as any
other subject. For unbiased study and analysis of
religion, certain new approaches have come into
effect such as Higher Criticism, Textual Criticism,
Historical Criticism etc. This investigative attitude
applied to religion led to the studies which revealed
