Postby STOP! » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:24 pm
“O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as friends and protectors; they are but friends and protectors to one another.” 5:51
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Allah (SWT) prohibits the Muslims to take the Jews and the Christians as their friends and protectors. Because
they are only friends and protectors to one another against Islam and have a
strong enmity against the Muslims.
This ayah is more applicable in present times because we see that
throughout the long Judeo-Christian history the relationship between the
Jews and the Christians has not been good and it is quite understandable
as the latter not only hold the former responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus
(AS) but also resent their slander that Jesus (AS) was born out of wedlock.
Today, however, all this has changed. The Jews have gradually eroded the
Christian society dividing them into different factions, most of which support
them. Protestant Christians, in general, and among them Evangelical
Christians, in particular, provide massive financial and political support to
the Jews to the extent that these Christian conservatives are sometimes
often referred to as Christian Zionists for their blatant bias.
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“And if any amongst you takes them as friends and protectors, then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allah (SWT) guides not those people who are the wrongdoers.” 5:51
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Allah (SWT) warns the believers that if they take them as friends and protectors then they will be counted as one of them and surely they will have wronged themselves and He will not guide such wrongdoers.