Muqadimah Ali Syariati dalam bukunya: Hajj

As a person who is "knowledgeable about religion" and whose field of study

is "the history of religions", I reached the following conclusions as a

result of my study and research of the historical evolution of each faith

whereby I compared what the faiths were in the past and what they are now

as well as a comparison in the differences between the "truth" and the

"reality" of the faiths. My conclusion is not based on personal religious

feelings nor prejudices:



If we study and evaluate the effectiveness of each religion in terms of

the happiness and evolution of mankind, we will discover that there is

no prophecy which is as advanced, powerful, and conscious as the prophecy

of Mohammad (PBUH) (i.e. Islam and it's role in man's social progress,

self-consciousness, movement, responsibility, human ambition and struggle

for justice; Islam's realism and naturalness, creativity, adaptability

with scientific and financial progress and orientation toward civilization

and the community). Contemporaneously, we will discover that there is no

prophecy which has deteriorated and been transformed into a completely

different representation as much as the prophecy of Mohammad (PBUH)!



It seems that some power composed of all physical facilities as well as

knowledgeable advisors, openly or secretly has hired a group of the most

educated and intelligent philosophers of history, social scientists,

sociologists, social psychologists, politicians, human scientists,

theologists. orientalists, experts in Islamic studies, Quranic interpreters

and people who are familiar with Islamic literature, the social relations of

Muslims, the traditions of Muslims, the personalities of Muslims, the

weaknesses and strengths of Muslims, the interests of Muslims, the socio

economic behavior of Muslims, the roles of special people ... to completely

change the Islamic doctrine through the pursuit of cautious and scientific

research of Islam and Muslims!



As far as I know, from the practical and conceptual point of view, the most

important pillars of the Islamic doctrine which motivate the Muslim nation

and makes it's citizens conscious, free, honorable and socially responsible

are:TAWHEED, JIHAD, and HAJJ

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