This is a very interesting article written by Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad. You can check the original source here. Happy reading!

“Each one is born on the imprint of Islam, then his /her parents
bring him/her up as a Jew, Magii or Christian.” (Hadith: Sahih)

A human being undergoes two stages of life – one without using his/her intellect in the childhood and the other using intellect when grown up. In childhood, parents influence the most their religious rituals and other customs. The above saying of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) indicate this phenomenon of religion. After the downfall of Islamic civilisation and the isolation of religion from the efforts towards the material development of Western civilisation specially after the Renaissance, religion lost its importance in the daily living of humanity. Secularism and existentialism have taken the place of religious ideology.

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