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**Immonnaornach** · 06-30-2011, 01:31 AM

It's not their religions which will save them no. Islamically other religions are false/ corrupted and there is saving path in them. However, people who are ignorant of Islam may be saved, as how can you be expected to become Muslim without being given an accurate representation of Islam.

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Assalam alykum,

Thank you for your post. I confess to having read all but one of the aforementioned authors in your citation. Even though most of my life I have been a Christian, I also studied other religions extensively (except Islam until I was in my fifties!!), including different versions of Christianity. I have also met many good and sincere people, including the Shin Buddhist authority Taitetso Unno and Benedictine monks, etc. I recognized that they were following what light they understood. The result of it is that I am more favorably disposed towards these faiths, whose scriptures I knew quite well at one time. A saying of Muhammad (SAWS) is: "Wisdom is the believer's straying camel; he takes hold of it wherever he finds it." As such there is indeed much truth and wisdom in the religions. When I read Schuon, I recognized that his grasp of world religion was genuine, and I enjoyed Understanding Islam tremendously. Sorry to digress--old age.

Ashadu an la ilaha illa 'llah
Ashadu ana Mohammedan rusulu 'llah

06-30-2011, 01:31 AM	#6
Immonnaornach Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 394 Senior Member	It's not their religions which will save them no. Islamically other religions are false/ corrupted and there is saving path in them. However, people who are ignorant of Islam may be saved, as how can you be expected to become Muslim without being given an accurate representation of Islam. Citation Assalam alykum, Thank you for your post. I confess to having read all but one of the aforementioned authors in your citation. Even though most of my life I have been a Christian, I also studied other religions extensively (except Islam until I was in my fifties!!), including different versions of Christianity. I have also met many good and sincere people, including the Shin Buddhist authority Taitetso Unno and Benedictine monks, etc. I recognized that they were following what light they understood. The result of it is that I am more favorably disposed towards these faiths, whose scriptures I knew quite well at one time. A saying of Muhammad (SAWS) is: "Wisdom is the believer's straying camel; he takes hold of it wherever he finds it." As such there is indeed much truth and wisdom in the religions. When I read Schuon, I recognized that his grasp of world religion was genuine, and I enjoyed Understanding Islam tremendously. Sorry to digress--old age. Ashadu an la ilaha illa 'llah Ashadu ana Mohammedan rusulu 'llah
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