The religion We Need we got it 14 centuries ago.
Allah had Mention it in the Holy Qur`an: "I chosed Islam for you as your
religion".
All the prophets that came before the last Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) came to
delivered the message of Islam.
The Qur`an has all the answers to solve all our problems in this world and
the hereafter.
Is a pity most of mankind did not understand the message of the Holy Qur`an,
that`s why people are more confuse about Islam.
We all know that the religion of Allah is only One, and that is Islam
notting else but Islam.
Let us read the Qur`an then we will find the answer to our todays problems.
This Stan Chu llo is a big joker. We got the religion we need long time ago.
I think (a) is missing from his name between the
S & T. to make it (Satan Chu llo).
There will be no one who will come with new religion.
Dont be afraid, dont be ashame, come let us read the Qur`an to know the
meaning of our existing.
O Allah! Confer Your grace on us through the Magnificent Qur`an; make it for
us a Book of instruction and evidence,light, guidance and mercy;
Grant us the honour of reciting it day and night and make it an argument and
proof for us, O Lord and Sustainer of all the worlds, through the gracious
instrumentality of Muhammad, Your Prophet,-
May Allah shower blessings and peace on him.....Ameen!!!!!
Allahummasalli alaa saidina Muhammadin wa alaa alli Muhammadin.
Samba Goddard
(Pulo)
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 2:06 PM
Amadu Kabir Njie forwards:
> The Religion We Need
> This Day (Lagos)
> April 26, 2000
>
> By Stan Chu Ilo
>
> Lagos - Three significant religious events took place within the past
> few weeks in some parts of the world, which provide the basis for this
> reflection, as they draw the lines of the authentic religious beliefs
> and practices demanded in our complex world today.
>
> The first event was Pope John Paul 11's pilgrimage to the Middle East
> as a prophet of a new humanity and an apostle of peace; building
> bridges of friendship between Israel and the entire Arab world, and
> amplifying in a concrete way the close affinity between the three
> prophetic religions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
>
> The second event took place in the obscure corners of Kanungu in
> Uganda, where over 320 Ugandans, members of the Movement for the
> Restoration of the Ten Commandments, perished in the hellish inferno
> they set against themselves to quicken their ascent into Heaven.
> Reports have it that their leader, Joseph Kibweteere had taught his
> adherents that the world was coming to an end this year, and encouraged
> them to sell their property and enter into the new ark of Noah (his
> Church), which will protect them, and carry them to heaven, in the
> event of the imminent calamitous end of the world. Whether these
> hapless adherents were under a spell or hypnosis or a mass hysteria is
> yet to be proved by a distraught Ugandan Police Force.
>
> The third event was the amputation in Zamfara State of one Bello
> Jangedi for stealing a cow. The question that immediately comes to mind
> is what is a common thread that runs through these three religiously
> motivated events. It is obvious that there is no point of convergence.
> The fact that man is a religious animal, and that his ontology and
> psychology cannot be fully explained and appreciated in isolation of
> his religion, makes it difficult for one to give a common meaning and
> explanation to the diverse and often strange religious practices among
> people.
>
> It must be admitted, that one of the reasons for religion is that man
> finds himself in a helpless situation. Thrown into a world whose origin
> and ultimate destiny he does not know; frightened by the prospect of
> death and annihilation, man binds himself to God in religious acts,
> rites, beliefs and practices. Man is thus oriented to God through
> religion, not only because he is a spiritual being, but because in God
> he finds fullness of life, the source of his being and the sustenance
> of his life.
>
> This search for God has become a passion for some, a puzzle for
> others,but a necessary adventure for all. At times this search has led
> to untoward acts verging on violence, fanaticism, fetishism and even
> satanism. The history of the 20th century cannot be complete without
> mentioning the various religious aberrations that have some times
> legitimated violence and war, divisions and unwholesome inhuman
> practices. Some examples immediately come to mind: Christian Science, a
> Christian movement, founded by Mary Baker Eddy, late in the 19th
> century rejected chiropractic treatment, vitamins, nutrition, drugs as
> well as immunisations for its worshippers. This is because, they
> believe that what our five senses tell us about pain and suffering are
> false and mortal beliefs - the spate of deaths that followed this
> unscriptural practice led to the demise of this movement.
>
> Charles Manson who founded the Process Church in America had preached
> that Christ and devil are no longer enemies. Thus by killing for satan,
> his followers would be doing a noble mission for Christ. He therefore
> launched a bloody war in 1969 against the Caucasians in America. How
> xenophobia can help bring about the growth of God's kingdom remains a
> puzzle that Manson is yet to solve. In November 1978, the eccentric,
> Rev. Jim Jones, who led a strange Christian movement, moved his
> followers to drink cyanide on a mountain in Jonestown, Guyana. That
> mass suicide which destroyed over 900 souls represents the highest
> number of religion - inspired mass death in recent times.
>
> The Black Muslim group,started in America in 1913 by Timothy Drend (who
> changed his name later to Noble Drend Ali),and promoted in the 60's by
> Malcolm X, encouraged racial hatred through what it called 'social
> separation' This was an euphemism for violence against Whites. Indeed
> the 'black muslims preached that the whiteman's day of destruction was
> coming, and that there would be no hell for blacks, since their
> sufferings through slavery, colonialism and racism were hell enough.
>
> The moslem Shiites have also proved to be an avant - garde zealous
> group in the promotion of Islam; a zeal that has resulted in deaths
> even against their fellow moslems. In Kashmir, once a year, young
> Shiahs parade through the streets of Srinagar, scourging their bodies
> with knives and chains. This self- mutilation ritual laments the
> martyrdom of Hussain, Ali's son and Prophet Muhammed's (PBWH) grandson,
> who was massacred in an attempt to restore the seat of Islam to Medina.
> All these acts by various religions are aimed at pleasing God winning
> his favours and dwelling with him forever after death. However, there
> seems to be a somewhat tenuous link in all these that cut across all
> these religious acts: the search for God. But can one really find God
> without loving his fellow men and women?
>
> The measure of the true value of any religion is to what extent it
> promotes the peace and happiness of humankind. Religious practices are
> considered good if they enhance the quality of life of people, promote
> sound morality in society and project the ideal of love. Sometimes,
> some of our religious acts do not approximate to these ideals. Indeed,
> the religion that we need in the new millennium is a religion that
> promotes a culture of life, and an attitude of compassion to everybody,
> especially the neediest, who are placed at the very margin of the good
> things of life.
>
> Such a religion must sustain all men and women in a network of love and
> must cast our traumatized world in a rich mosaic of peace, justice,
> brotherhood, solidarity, mutual acceptance, equality and freedom. These
> values can unite humanity in future because they are incarnated in all
> religions, but are sadly distorted by their adherents. We are plunging
> into anguish and fear, violence and hatred, desperation and selfishness
> in our country because we have not allowed these values to crystallise
> in our national structures.
>
> Many people of diverse religious persuasions - Mahatma Gandhi (Hindu),
> Mother Teresa (Christian) and Anwar Sadat (moslem) had realised these
> values in their lives and helped change our world. The greatest
> challenge facing Nigerians today is to purge themselves of their
> untoward and self-serving religious hypocrisy, which sometimes leak
> through the veneer of religiosity to expose the farce of a facile
> civility and the face of a false tribal chauvinism.
>
> It is these values of peace, reconciliation, justice, fraternity and
> love that Pope John Paul II promoted in the Middle East. How the
> amputation of Bello Jangedi's arm in Zamfara State, and the mass
> suicide in Uganda can project and promote these values, remain a puzzle
> to many discerning minds.
>
> Rev. Fr. Ilo is of the Catholic Secretariat, Lagos
>
>
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