The Ideology of Spreading Hate Through Religion

Apparently, teaching hatred and ignorance is not limited to Muslims’ mosques only; it’s happening in Christian churches as well. After hearing the insensitive remarks of Pat Robertson on the Haiti earthquake disaster last night, I encountered something similar today, in one way or another.

A friend of mine sent me a message on Facebook, trying to understand something that no sane man can accept. He said some of his friends wanted him to check out a “Bible study class” at the Bridge Church in Oak Harbor, Washington. He said something didn’t sound right when Pastor Rick Crawford said, “the reason why Muslims have homes with high ceilings is so they can do degrading, immoral things inside and Allah won’t be able to see because Allah can’t see through homes, only windows.”

I cannot believe he actually said that!

I have two comments on Crawford’s statement: first, nothing describes what he says other than the fact that he was trying to brainwash his church followers with incorrect information, which obviously aims to present Muslims as mean, immoral people who don’t even care about God in the first place. Secondly, it seems that Crawford has no knowledge whatsoever in the simplest teachings of Islam which proves that he didn’t study theology. It would be a disaster if he did!

Muslims believe that God (Allah) is closer to them than their own veins, which is something stated in Qaf Verse in the Holy Quran:

“And We [meaning God] have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.”

So if Crawford was right, how come Muslims believe that God cannot see them if they have high ceilings by the time they believe He’s closer to their souls than their own veins?!

Personally, I feel that religious worship houses- be it a mosque, a church or a temple- are no longer a place for worship. It seems to me that sheikhs and pastors, for instance, are competing on who brainwash as many people as they can to win this invisible religious war. Who’s the victim here? It’s me and you! So why go there in the first place when you can spare yourself from their poison?