A short article on Islam and other religions

Islam Compared to other Religions

One thing gaining great popularity and importance in the present day religious world is the idea of homogeneity of religions. The essence of this idea is that all religions are true, all of them lead to God and all of them are equally successful in helping one to attain welfare and salvation in the after-life. The argument advanced in support of this idea is that whatever be the mode of prayer as long as one believes in God, its value and importance is the spirit and not the form. Therefore, the mode of worship one adopts is immaterial. All that really matters is the object of worship. What we have to take into account in worship is that in whose remembrance is the worshiper lost, whose manifestations is he eager to witness and whose pleasure is the craving to win. If the Hindu, the Muslims, the christian, the parse and the Buddhist worships God in their own way and their ultimate goal is none else but Allah, then however different their apparent modes of worship and ritual are, they would still be worshiping him only. All of them be seeking Allah in their worship and as such all of them would be on the right path.
this idea determines the status of all religions. So it dose of Islam  It holds Islam as a true religion but it does not regard Islam alone as the true one. It regards other religions as being equally truthful and upright. Is this position acceptable to Islam? It is a question which must be answered. It concerns the position of Islam and its answer will have far-reaching effect. This situation makes it clear that the proper knowledge of Islam would not be attained unless we know Islam;s own decision in regard to this concept. The need for this knowledge becomes all the more essenrail when we see that some persons contend that the purpose and history of prophet hood mentioned in the Quran do not go against this viewpoint. They maintain that to an extent the Quran endorses this concept. It admits that Allah raised prophet in every nation and all the prophets and their religions were sent by him. It even says that in their essence each of these religions was Islam. In these circumstances one should not deny that whichever religions is adopted and whoever prophet is followed, it will be worship of Allah and would be sufficient for salvation in the hereafter. Hence it is not necessary that everybody should obey the Quran
and Islam.