Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was perhaps the first head of a government, who was secure enough to initiate the Madinah pact, one of the first Pluralist documents in the history of mankind that respected and accepted God’s intentional diversity to remain intact.
The society was pluralistic during his time, and a hundred years later pluralism vanished and was vanquished giving root to the mono-religious society. The nature of Islam and the writings after that time lost the universal message, the writigns were not reflective of the society that Prophet Muhammad envisioned.
I sincerely hope, that the Saudi King will pave the way to make the land of the prophet to once again become a beacon of pluralism, that Islam was and I pray that God help the King achieve it. Amen.
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Mike Ghouse
www.WorldMuslimCongress.com
www.FoundationforPluralism.com