09-15-2004, 05:09 PM
as salam alykom Anya
I tried searching today for the thread I told u about yesterday, but in vain Insh aAlalh I will still look.
However, I like to make an honest statement to u here. On this issue, our replies came from Islamic teachings and what Quran :
"O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, <b>and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another</b>. Verily, <b>the most honourable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has At-Taqwa [i.e. one of the Muttaqun (pious)</b>. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware" (Quran 49:13)
Now this is the teaching we all built our comments here on. Yet u can not say that it is the attitude of all Muslims towards all Muslims. We may face dicrimination among ourselves. But we are talking about how Allah and of course His Messenger (SAW) who was a practical application of Quran in terms of his moral and ethics of course evaluate people. Allah Say made u into nations and tribes, then specified who is the most respected in the eyes of Allah as the most pious. If people do other wise or mistreat people because of race, culture or whatever this is not Allah's or Prophet MOhamed's (SAW) fault it is theirs.