Islam recognizes only piety and knowledge as the touch-stones of superiority

Feb 1, '13 10:37 AM for everyone Religion strongly opposes every discrimination based on color, race or class, because it regards all human beings as God's creatures and every country as God's country. According to it, all enjoy God's love and kindness equally and as such, all are equal. According to the teachings of Islam, no man can be superior to another man on the basis of his color, race, descent, language or class. Islam recognizes only piety and knowledge as the touch-stones of superiority .Allah says: "Man, we have created you from a male and a female, and we have divided you into nations and tribes, so that you may get to know one another. Surely the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah is he who is most pious."(Surah al- Hujurat, 49 :13) Thus the role of religion in a world that has not yet been able even to solve the color problem, the question of class apart, is quite clear. Anyhow, it cannot be denied that every kind of religious thought or belief cannot produce the de-sired results. Like every other intellectual movement, religion also requires correct guidance. Otherwise it assumes the form of superstition, monasticism, escape from positive life and pseudo-agnostic negative tendencies, the examples of which can even now be seen in the West, where people have become fed up with a mechanical life. It is only in such an atmosphere that for want of correct knowledge, religion is regarded as an obstructive factor.