Islam and Peace
Islam: An Ideological Movement for a Peaceful Co-existence
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Q.
Do you think that the American culture or
Western culture in general is conducive for the
growth of Islam?
A.
Absolutely. I was talking to someone during a
recent conference on
Dajjal
and I mentioned that
those who call Western culture a manifestation of
Dajjal
should know that we need many more of
such
Dajjals.
You see, for first time in recent history
Western culture has caused great awakening. For
the first time religious freedom was granted and
religious persecution condemned. It is Western
culture that invented modern means of
communication. It is Western culture that
accomplished major achievements in science and
technology and therefore helped discover the ayat
(signs) of God hidden in nature. Books like Maurice
Bucaille’s
The Bible, the Quran and Science
became,
possible only after Western culture had unfolded
the proofs of God in nature and in science.
But today Muslims are stuck in those aspects of
Western culture that are demeaning, antithetical to
Islam. They should, instead, focus upon those
