Hare Krishna to all,
I have a question but please don't consider me anti-muslim. Today in the whole world, we see that there is a growing hatred for muslims and this is also not baseless. ALL terrorists (whether it be ISIS, BOKO HARAM, TALIBAAN, Hijbul Mujahiddin , Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas and many more) have same religion (ISLAM) and same goal (JEHAD). Even in bhavishya puran, the prediction on prophet mohammad and his followers is also same. In every country or even in a locality if muslims are half or more,it can not be peaceful and sercure to other religions. Even their festivals are festivals of animal slaughtering only.
Abdelrahman al-Rashid, a Muslim and the managing director of Arab news channel Al-Arabiya, stated that "It is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims".
QUESTION : What do you think- whether it is true that islam can not survive with other religions and because Practically it is absolutely correct. Muslim majority areas are hell for others.
Please give me unbiased and practical (not so called secular)answer with Srila Prabhupad's opinion.
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HARE KRISHNA PARAG PRABHU,
These may be answers to your points:
1. Wining quiz does not show that he is the follower of Bhagavad Gita As It Is. It's a competition. That's all.
2. Pakistan has an ISKCON temple, consider its actual position there. We also have ISKCON temple in bangladesh. You can search what happened there in few months.
3. Indradyumna Swami Maharaj has preached in Baku, Azerbaijan, Russia, a communist country where *****[Muslims will kill you if you preach about Bhagavad Gita or Hindu scriptures]***. But you can preach anything in non muslim areas.
4. Again translating hanumaan chalisa is not a proof that he is devotee of Shri Ram or Shri Hanumaan.
For 5 and 6 : EXCEPTIONS are everywhere but negligible.
7. LORD CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU converts Pathanas to Vaishnavas. If we think even to preach among them, we have to think again.
QUESTION : What do you think- whether it is true that islam can not survive with other religions and because Practically it is absolutely correct. Muslim majority areas are hell for others.
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
As far as Srila Prabhupada is concerned, he was on the spiritual platform. He saw everyone at the level of soul. So he even converted muslims into Krsna devotees.
Regarding the rest, unfortunately whatever you have mentioned is true. There is a lot of pressure on the moderate muslim to follow the radical muslim, atleast to keep quiet about the activities of the radical muslim. What can be done?
The problem there is the same as here - people have not read their scriptures. Like us, even if we read, we are not able to understand sanskrit and need a translation and commentary. We are fortunate that pure devotees have translated our texts, whereas they are not so fortunate. They cannot understand their scriptures whihc is written in persian. They also need translation - whihc is done by vested interests. Taht is the entire issue.
Any religion whihc teaches anything apart from - Love God, establish relationship with God, be devout - is not a true religion and should be rejected. It is not possible to love God and hate His children. So the moment we are taught to love God, the rest is a by product.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
Quoting the Vedic scripture Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya, Srila Prabhupada writes,
“Association is very important. It acts just like a crystal stone, which will reflect anything which is put before it.”
He also writes that one should strictly avoid association with persons not interested in Krishna consciousness. Unfortunately, television and news means association not with saintly people but with those in the darkness of passion and ignorance.