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THE GATEWAY TO EGYPT - LAND OF THE PHAROAHS

All of the Koran's 114 Chapters except one, begin with the phrase "Allah is merciful and compassionate”. Muslims believe that showing compassion and charity is doing service to God. Therefore, it is written in the Koran: "No man is a true believer unless he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. God will not be affectionate to that man who is not affectionate to God's creatures”.

Mohammed repeatedly forbade cruelty to animals, saying in the Hadith popular tradition, "Whoever is kind to the creatures of God is kind to himself."

Similarly, Mohammed taught "A good deed done to a beast is as good as doing good to a human being; while an act of cruelty to a beast is as bad as an act of cruelty to a human being."

The Koran (6:38) explains that such benevolence flows directly from God: "There is not an animal on Earth, nor a bird that flies on it's wings, but they are communities like you."

Extract from "A History of God"
by Karen Armstrong

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