Exam style question on Racial Harmony (R.E)

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Racial Harmony

“Nothing does more for racial harmony that religion.”

I agree with this statement because religion promotes a lot of racial harmony within other religions. In Galatians 3:26-28, Jesus tells his people that no matter whom or what you are; you are all equal in Jesus Christ. In the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), Jesus taught that Christians should love their neighbours, that meant people of all races. Jesus was referring to the Christian that helped the Jewish man, which is an important example as they didn’t get along at the time. Jesus also treated a Samaritan woman as his equal, and also had a black African man help him to carry his cross. People, who believe strongly in Christianity, see this as a good example to follow. As there are many good Christians in the world, it is likely that they all agree with racial harmony, and try to create it amongst other religions.

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The Qur’an teaches that all races are equal in the eyes of God. There are many sayings in the hadith that promotes racial harmony. In the Prophet Muhammad’s final sermon, he said that every Muslim is a brother to every other Muslim, and that there should be no racism. He also led example, his first prayer was led by a Black Muslim, whereas Muhammad was Middle Eastern, so showing he was promoting racial harmony. It is important for Muslims to follow this lead because it is the teachings of the Qur’an and the example of Muhammad.

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