Over the years, the world has seen Islam being touted as a weapon to ror. once again, with the Indian mujahideen owning up to be the hand behind the recent serial bomb blasts at Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, Muslims in the country have come under the scanner.sadly, in this entire uproar, the peace loving Muslims who believe in unity, are often the target of much hatred. In an attempt to spread awareness about Islam and clear misconception, a together to distribute free copies of the holy Quran to non-Muslims to help them understand Islam better.
Dawood, a civil engineer and the leader of the group says,”a number of people question us about the reason for doing this, we have been assuring them that is not an attempt to convert people or instigate one religion against the other. On the contrary we want people to understand that Islam is a peace-loving religion and jihad means peaceful struggle and not violence as portrayed by many.”
The four friends-Dawood, Noor ul imran, Imran Hussain and Abubakar al ateeq decided to give away free copies of the English translation of the holy Quran at city centre because they felt that their religion was grossly misunderstood.
Noor ul imran, also an engineer says, “We usually have spare time on weekends, so we thought that instead of whiling away time watching films or television, we could do something useful. So we bought copies of the holy Quran and gave them away to the non-Muslims in the city.”
These friends have already given away about 3,200 copies of the holy Quran.”We are not forcing anyone to buy anything. We just sit in the designated place and when people come forward and ask for a copy, we hand it over to them. Many ask for a copy, and they accept it with the reverence that a holy book deserves. To date, we have not received any flak or negative comments from anyone at all. In fact, people come to us and begin discussing about other aspects of our religion, “says dawood.
Like many other, he is deeply hurt that that so many dastardly acts of violence took place in the name of religion. “No religion says that we must hate each other-in fact every religion preaches peace and goodwill towards the other.
But then, how have non-Muslims in Chennai reacted to this Endeavour? ”Thankfully, unlike other places that we have read about, chennaities are very open minded and do not judge you by the standards that other do. People are curious about Islam and wish to know the accurate facts and not theories. Which have been generated over the years, “he says.
Imran says that they wish to do this on weekdays too, but their work does not permit them to do so. “We just want people to know more about the religion and not just accept rumours spread by those who have little or no knowledge. We are peace loving and wish to convey this to all the people of our state and country,” he adds.
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