8/20/2017 (/1) Do the Hindus respect the Quran?
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I can speak only for myself. I don't respect Quran for three reasons
1. If Quran is this perfect , why is it so easily misinterpreted? Countless arguments over every
single point. Violence happens all over the world based on this book. Yet people would simply
say Quran is misinterpreted or misunderstood. People are dying and you are worried about a
book. I don't think I can respect that book.
2. It's free. As a part of popularising islam you will get free quraan from various sources. If it's
really valuable as it says , give it to people who actually values it. No one gives away diamonds
without ulterior motives. It applies to other religious books too.
3. It's an instruction manual. I am a person who like suggestions if asked for advices. But telling an
adult what to do, what to eat, what to wear and what not to sounds extreme to me. I am not a big
fan of extremism or rewards after death.
I don't respect many mythological books in hinduism too. But they don't claim to be perfect and the
question is not about them. So I guess it's ok.
Also this doesn't mean I don't respect muslims. I respect people irrespective of their religious beliefs.
Edit :
For all the people who want me to read Quaran :
My father wanted me to learn about other religions. So he took me to his friend who was/is a muslim
scholar. They were nice people. I was 11 or 12 years old then.
I wanted to make my dad proud. So I decided to give a sincere effort to learn Quran. I had good
impression about that uncle and his family .
Uncle told me the great things about being a muslim just like the comments in this answer. Honestly I
believed them. He was a homeo doctor who helped a lot of poor people. He gave zakat as per Quran. He
never used the intrest of his deposits from the bank. He gave them away. His wife used to love me. She
made my favorite food whenever I went there. There was no way one could dislike them. He used to take
classes about Quran in various parts of the world.
In one of the beginning classes itself , uncle told me about the defects of polytheism , ie hinduism . He told
me muslims are forbidden to do that becuase Quran says so. He told me why Islam got the highest
conversion rates. People from christianity and hinduism fails to find the true God and reach the ultimate
path of God which is Islam. At this point I started to feel uncomfortable.
He taught me namaz, importance of praying 5 times, becoming clean before praying and all things which I
don’t remember exactly as I was hardly 12 . Then the rules on dressing, eating and it went on. When the
classes continued, instead of feeling nearer to God as he claimed I felt the opposite. He told me why I
should convert to Islam. Though seeing the freedom that his 6 year old girl got I decided I would never do
that. It was forceful devotion. A muslim scholar is teaching a 12 year old kid to hate other religions based
on a book. Then you say it’s misinterpretations. Why I should respect a book which even a highly
educated doctor can’t interpret properly.
I was extremely religious back then , borderline superstious because of my mom. Still no one asked me to
go to temple, worship the specific God. I got choices. I liked the Durga goddess and Ganesha and my
brother had different choices. We were not dictated by rules. That instruction manual sucked for a 12 year
old and for an adult it’s completely ridiculous. So eventually I stopped going there and decided that Quran
is not my cup of tea even for reading . I had other reasons too which is not significant here.
Respect should not be demanded but earned
You are not asking me to read Quran because it is a perfect piece of literature, are you? You want me to
reach your religious conclusion that you already have and then you tell me I am brainwashed? . Have you
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read all other religious books before you decided to become a muslim? Have you read all the books of
atheists who strongly believes there is no God but Science? Do you respect atheists?
As for the people who says knowledge is free. No it’s not. No meal is free in this world. Free education is
funded by tax payers’ money.
You are giving free Quran because you want people to join Islam. You believe it’s the only right path. Then
you will be furious if someone insulted it. If you are giving free Qurans to everyone, you should be tolerant
enough when people criticize it. Quran or any other religious books should not be given to people who are
not asking for it.
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