There is an unfortunate and incorrect stigma that Islam is an intolerant faith. So to wrap up my Quranic Quotes of the Week series, I’d like to give 10 examples of how the Quran REALLY instructs believers to view and treat those of other religions.
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Quranic Quote of the Week #9: Neither Their Meat nor Their Blood
“Devote yourselves to God and assign Him no partners, for the person who does so is like someone who has been hurled down from the skies and snatched up by the birds or flung to a distant place by the wind. …
“We have made camels part of God’s sacred rites for you, … so invoke God’s name over them as they are lined up for sacrifice. … It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches God but your piety.” (Quran, 22:31, 36–37)
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