4. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY

4. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity ~ 153 ~ the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, being the last of the prophets, it became absolutely imperative to terminate, once and for all, the domination of superstitious beliefs. In theory, each of the prophets in turn had demolished such beliefs, but, in practice, people’s personal interests had kept them alive, so that superstition had not in fact been overthrown. God had, therefore, to send His special succour to the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, who, along with his companions, then brought about the intellectual revolution which universally uprooted such dogmas. It was at that stage that the concept of inequality was rooted out forever. In the address the Prophet made on the occasion of his last pilgrimage, he had this to say on the subject of ending polytheistic beliefs: No Arab has superiority over a non-Arab and no non-Arab has superiority over an Arab. No black man has superiority over a red and no red over a black. All are born of Adam and Adam was born of the earth.77