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Albert Einstein had at the time of Dandi March (Salt Satyagrah) said about Gandhi.
"Generations to come, it may be, will scare believe that such a one as this even in flesh and blood walked upon this earth".
And that too without a penny in his pocket. When Gandhi came to India for the first time from South Africa, he came penniless by donating all his wealth for the welfare of people. Again Albert Einstein had spoken about Gandhi :
"Can any one imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money bags of Carnegie"?
And when Mahatma declared his salt movement against the British Empire in 1930 by his Civil Disobedience and no-tax movement, the world renowned Time Magazine declared him the "Man of the year- 1930" !
Principles of Islam
One of my friend-clients of Bombay Mr. Nomanbhai Contractor, a Reformist Bohra Muslim had discussion with me about the Koran and had pointed out, in a list in detail about some of the Ayats of Koran with reference to the decisions of Delhi High Court and Calcutta High Court holding such Ayats "seditious" (which was stayed by the Supreme Court). Nomanbhai in his letter had pointed out such Ayats, Suras etc. in detail. The English versions of such Ayats and Surahs are verified and compared with those given in Koran by Marma Duke Pictroll (New York American Library) and Koran Majid (Gujarati Edition by Taj Publishers, Mumbai) as are follows :
1. "Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo ! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (Surah 9, Ayat 5 Al-Tauba Repentance.)
2. O ye who believe ! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not come near the Inviolable Place of Worship after this their year. If ye fear poverty (from the loss of their merchandise) Allah shall preserve you of His bounty if He will. Lo ! Allah is Knower, Wise. (Surah-9, Ayat-28 Al-Tauba Repentance.)
3. And when ye go forth in the land, it is no sin for you to curtail (your) worship if ye fear that those who disbelieve may attack you. In truth the disbelievers are an open enemy to you. (Surah-4, Ayat-101 Al-Nisa, -Women)
4. O ye who believe ! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him). (Surah 9, Ayat-123, Al-Tauba Repentance.)
5. Lo ! Those who disbelieve Our revealation, We shall expose them to the Fire. As often as their skins are consumed. We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they may taste the torment. Lo ! Allah is ever Mighty, Wise. (Surah-4, Ayat-56, Al-Nisa, The women.) .............
-And more
Mahammed Ali Jinnah said -
"We maintain that Muslims and Hindus are two major nations by any definition or test as a nation. We are a nation of a hundred million, and what is more, we are a nation with our own distinctive cultures and civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, names and nomenclature, sense of values and proportion, legal laws and moral codes, customs and calendars, history and traditions, aptitudes and ambitions: in short, we have our own distinctive outlook on life and of life. By all the canons of international law, we are a nation."
"It is extremely difficult to appreciate why our Hindu friends fail to understand the real nature of Islam and of Hinduism. They are not religions in the strict sense of word, but they are, in fact, different and distinct social orders, and it is a dream that the Hindus and the Muslims can ever evolve a common nationality. This misconception of one Indian nation has gone far beyond the limits and is the cause of most of our troubles and will lead India to destruction, if we fail to revise our notions in time...
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