Revisionists Hijack Islam
by Murad Ali Baig from The Times of India
Actually, many Wahhabi ideas were a heresy to the words and actions of the Prophet whose conquest of Mecca had been achieved without shedding a drop of blood through a year-long, almost Gandhian, campaign of patience and moral principles. Muhammad preached peace, except in times of actual combat, and the very word Islam means absolute submission to the will of a merciful god. The word jehad is rarely found in the Qur'an but is referred to 199 times in the Hadith that was written two centuries after the death of the Prophet. The Wahhabis interpreted jehad to mean a holy war even though it had actually meant a striving and Mujahideen was no holy warrior but only one who strives ... Muslim clerics must understand that the philosophy of revenge has made Islamic communities viewed with suspicion in almost all countries. They should go back to the words of their Prophet instead of following the words of the revisionists who have hijacked the faith.