i don't want to be merely a critic.
there are things we can also learn from islam.
so for instance, its injunctions about kind speech, pardon, alms, hospitality and even healthcare are as sweet and appealing as lokum.
"Kind speech and pardon are better than almsgiving, followed by annoyance, and God is rich and clement."
"They will ask thee what they are to expend in alms: say, "Whatsoever good ye expend it should be for parents and kinsmen, and the orphan and the poor, and the son of the road; and whatsoever good ye do, verily, of it God knows!""
"Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;"
“There is no disease that God Almighty has created, except that He also has created its treatment.”
and its quirky restriction on image creation has led to many of the world's great contributions to architecture and design.
at one point, islam was more advanced and tolerant than christendom.
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