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lions, was the purpOse for which the criticisms of other
religions in the
Satyartha Parkas*
were intended.
If it is really and insistently claimed that these inter-
pretations and beliefs of the Quran is the only meaning of
its teachings and that no other interpretation of moral and
spiritual basis, divorced absolutely from all clannish, racial,
cultural and formal elements, prejudices and restrictions is
neither valid nor possible, then these beliefs and the teachings
responsible for them are really inimical and hostile forces
against social security and peace and to human progress. From
that standpoint viewed, the
Satyartha Prakash is far,
far less
objectionable as a scriptural book than the Quran, as actual
events in history show. To say that a "scripture" the
religious beliefs of whose professed faithful followers have
been, are and must continue to be a source of insecurity
of life and woe to mankind in India or elsewhere, and not
of Love and Truth that know of no theological and other
prejudices and limitations.; to say that such a "scripture"
is a "Book of God" is to speak downright lie, rank
blasphemy. It is immaterial whether the name of such a
"scripture" is the "Gita", the "Satyartha Prakash", the
"Bible" or the "Quran" or any other. The only important
test is the pure Divine quality and truth finding direct,
clear expression in it.
And them, are they "hooligans" ? Who are these Musal-
man leaders who are today a source of many a retrograde
problem in India, whether from - within the Muslim League
or from without it ? They all have a Hindu ancestry, from
the virtues and scruples of which they have made them-
selves completely free. The Musalmans who have
massacred so mercilessly and brutally so many Hindu
men, women and children, and defiled and violated the
honour and life of womanhood of the world, through
vigorous expressions of their "Islamic beliefs" in East
Bengal, were all Hindus till a few years ago. And they
have been made such cruel enemies of the Hindus I Is it
to get things. done this way that God sent His Religion ?
Is it to spread this "glory" of sinful profanation and
destruction that the prophet preached the Quran ? Will
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