Islam Rediscovered
Preface
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the practices of Muslims. Taking a scientific
attitude, you have to see Islam in the light of the
Islamic scriptures and not judge it by Muslim
conduct.
For surely, if you want to know what democracy is,
you will examine the ideology of democracy as
established by its champions. You will not form an
opinion about the democratic system merely on the
basis of observing some self-styled democratic
nation. Everyone who wants to know what Islam is,
should follow this scientific method while trying to
form his opinion on Islam.
We are living in an age of information. This is the
age of the knowledge explosion. Today, everyone
wants to know more and more about everything,
including religion. The result is that, on the subject
of religion, people are far better informed than ever
before. But there is a difference. About other
religions, people generally know what is enshrined
in their religious books. Whereas the case of Islam is
the opposite. Their information about Islam is
derived from unauthentic sources. The reason for
this lies with the Muslims and not with anyone else.