{"id":1011,"date":"2010-11-24T11:53:42","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T06:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mohamediqbalp.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/24\/the-dalai-lama-calls-islam-one-of-the-great-religions\/"},"modified":"2010-11-24T11:53:42","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T06:23:42","slug":"the-dalai-lama-calls-islam-one-of-the-great-religions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2010\/11\/24\/the-dalai-lama-calls-islam-one-of-the-great-religions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dalai Lama calls Islam one of the great religions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dalai Lama Tuesday hailed Islam as one of the great <a id=\"KonaLink0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"kLink\" style=\"text-decoration:underline!important;position:static;\" href=\"http:\/\/iqsoft.co.in\"><font color=\"blue\"><span class=\"kLink\" style=\"color:blue!important;font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:13.2px;position:static;border-bottom:1px solid blue;background-color:transparent;\">religions<\/span><\/font><span style=\"position:relative;\" class=\"preLoadWrap\" id=\"preLoadWrap0\"><\/span><\/a> of the world, saying true jihad was about fighting &#8220;negative emotions&#8221; within oneself.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters (D. Litt) <br \/>degree from Delhis Jamia Millia Islamia university, the Tibetan <br \/>spiritual leader said that some mischievous elements were bringing a bad<br \/> name to Islam.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI defend <a id=\"KonaLink1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"kLink\" style=\"text-decoration:underline!important;position:static;\" href=\"http:\/\/iqsoft.co.in\"><font color=\"blue\"><span class=\"kLink\" style=\"color:blue!important;font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:13.2px;position:static;\">Islam<\/span><\/font><\/a>,\u201d<br \/> the Dalai Lama said, \u201cwe should not generalize Islam due to few <br \/>mischievous people. Such mischievous people are there among Hindus, <br \/>Jews, <a id=\"KonaLink2\" target=\"undefined\" class=\"kLink\" style=\"text-decoration:underline!important;position:static;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prokerala.com\/news\/articles\/a183626.html#\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/iqsoft.co.in\"><font color=\"blue\"><span class=\"kLink\" style=\"color:blue!important;font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:13.2px;position:static;border-bottom:1px solid blue;background-color:transparent;\">Christians<\/span><\/font><\/a><span style=\"position:relative;\" class=\"preLoadWrap\" id=\"preLoadWrap2\"><\/span>, Buddhists, and all religions\u201d.  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIslam is one of the very important religions for many centuries, in <br \/>the past, present and future it is the hope of millions of people,\u201d he <br \/>said. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome Muslims in this country (India) told me genuine Islam <br \/>practitioner must extend love and compassion to all creatures. If a <br \/>person creates bloodshed they are not Muslims,\u201d he said adding, \u201cthe <br \/>meaning of jihad is a struggle within ourselves against all negative <br \/>emotions like anger, hatred, attachment, that creates problem in the <br \/>society\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He said though he received similar honour from many universities <br \/>around the world, he was particularly honoured to receive it from a <br \/>renowned Islamic institution of higher learning in India. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Indo-Asian News Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dalai Lama Tuesday hailed Islam as one of the great religions of the world, saying true jihad was about fighting &#8220;negative emotions&#8221; within oneself. Speaking after receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters (D. 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