The so-called Indian Mujahedeen
have used in their notorious e-mails certain Qur'anic verses to justify killing
of innocent civilians. These are the same verses that enemies of Islam’s
pacific and humane philosophy have been traditionally using for centuries to
demonise Islam. Muslims who go berserk and want to simply smite all and sundry
in their crazy stupor also routinely use these verses to justify their
fanaticism and probably also to brainwash the still-not-so-crazy to their cause.
New Age Islam urges Indian
Ulema to come out with explicit, unequivocal statements that the Qur'anic
verses like the following - “Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers in fight,
smite at their necks"- are now obsolete:
they were meant for a specific situation during the Prophet’s life and do not
apply today.
Also, they must clarify that the
Muslim perception and belief that they alone are worthy of going to Heaven is
total nonsense, according to Muslim precepts. Muslims are no better or worse
than any other community. Islam has as much failed to create a New Man or for
that matter a New Woman as any other reformist religion or philosophy.