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jeff
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Posted: 22 March 2005 at 6:56pm |
Dear Muslim friends: First of all, let me clarify my background, but please read my entire post. Many would consider me a Christian, but I am no longer comfortable with that identification, but I do consider myself a follower of Jesus. My purpose for this post is to apologize to you. I am sorry for the way that I have treated followers of the Islam faith. I would love to apologize for Christians in general, but that would be rather arrogant, and therefore the apology must only come from me and only me. As a Christian I have been judgmental, arrogant, narrow minded, and bigoted towards people who think and believe differently than myself. I have especially acted like this towards Muslims and for that I want to apologize. I have had no right to act better than anyone else or act as though I have everything figured out. So I want to ask for your forgiveness for the way in which I have treated and rejected Muslims. My interest now is to be open to people of other faiths and see what they have to teach me about faith and life. I am interested in finding areas of commonality, rather then division. And frankly, I am interested in learning about how people from other faiths understand and view God, life, and the world. Have a good week. -Jeff |
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Yusuf.
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That was very nice. All people of faith should work together, not against each other. We have our share of narrow minded people too. Salam |
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M_Hafez
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salmualkyom actually i don't know what happened to say that but i think it's ok all muslims here in this wonderfull site are kind.
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IslamicGirl
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Heya Jeff... I don't know what the apology is about, i haven't been here long enough, only my 2nd day actually. I know i've introduced many topics briefly.. but if you search on the Internet in the search engines, I found there are websites that highlight similaities between the two religions. |
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rami
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Bi ismillahir rahmanir raheem Hi Jeff, That a very moving post, your intention is noble. I think though rather than apologise to muslims you should seek the forgivness of God/Allah as he is the most gracious and most forgiving. as he has said "my mercy overshadows my wrath". The aim of seeking forgivness from those you have wronged is to ultimately find the accptance and forgiveness of Allah. |
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Rasul Allah (sallah llahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "Whoever knows himself, knows his Lord" and whoever knows his Lord has been given His gnosis and nearness.
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