English book · The Error of Political Islam

LINGERING DOUBTS

English book, p. 463

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

LINGERING DOUBTS naturally endowed with commendable traits like good manners and compassion. Such qualities can be found in anyone involved in a movement. But these are personal attributes that should not be attributed to the movement itself, nor do they hold any ideological significance. In the same way, some qualities develop only as part of group identity or movement ethics, while a person’s personal life becomes empty of serving others. Yet, under the “service to humanity” department, they appear active in collective programs alongside others. 2. At times, people find it difficult to recognize the flaws in a movement that claims to work for the religion because they see that some benefits are indeed resulting from it. They think that if a movement benefits the religion, it cannot possibly be flawed. Its usefulness, in their eyes, serves as proof of its correctness. However, the truth is that there is no necessary link between the two. It is entirely possible for an effort to bring some benefit to the religion while still being fundamentally flawed. In Europe, for instance, some Christians have provided extremely highlevel scientific arguments in favour of God’s existence—arguments that no Muslim scholar has been able to match thus far. Yet, despite this, no one would claim that this is what God ultimately

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