{"id":833,"date":"2023-05-01T13:32:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?p=833"},"modified":"2023-05-01T13:32:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:32:55","slug":"what-does-the-quran-teach-about-religious-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"What Does the Quran Teach About Religious Diversity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Session 32. There are many people whom have a dim view of religious diversity. They tend to view diversity as the devil\u2019s work. Frank Peretti is a best-selling Christian fiction writer. There is a common thread in his novels: everybody who is not a follower of Jesus Christ has a demon attached to their soul. That demon feeds them thoughts, and then those thoughts guide their behavior. \u00a0This sort of exclusivist sentiment is quite prevalent in religious communities around the world. Does the Quran support the view? Does it say that only followers of the Prophet Mohammad are rightly guided and saved by God? In this presentation, we will examine this question with the aid of Rumi\u2019s insights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3908\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/03-03-2023.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3908','http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/03-03-2023.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/03-03-2023.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?powerpress_pinw=833-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/03-03-2023.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"03-03-2023.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session 32. There are many people whom have a dim view of religious diversity. They tend to view diversity as the devil\u2019s work. Frank Peretti is a best-selling Christian fiction writer. There is a common thread in his novels: everybody who is not a follower of Jesus Christ has a demon attached to their soul. That demon feeds them thoughts, and then those thoughts guide their behavior. \u00a0This sort of exclusivist sentiment is quite prevalent in religious communities around the world. Does the Quran support the view? Does it say that only followers of the Prophet Mohammad are rightly guided and saved by God? In this presentation, we will examine this question with the aid of Rumi\u2019s insights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3909\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/03-03-2023.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3909','http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/03-03-2023.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/03-03-2023.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?powerpress_pinw=833-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/03-03-2023.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"03-03-2023.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lectures","category-quran-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}