A question for Muslims about a famous pro-Islam quote.?

Question

Here is a famous quote from a very intelligent and articulate man.


George Bernard Shaw:

"I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving the problems in a way that would bring the much needed peace and happiness. Europe is beginning to be enamored of the creed of Muhammad. In the next century it may go further in recognizing the utility of that creed in solving its problems."
(A Collection of writing of some of the eminent scholars, 1935).

My question is: With all his intellect and all his searching and all the great things he said about Islam, why did he refuse to become a Muslim? Did he know something we don't know?

Pure, please don't think out loud because you are wrong.

Of the billion plus Muslim population they produced only 9 Nobel prize winners, two in Literature and George Bernard Shaw Nobel prize is not on their list.

How would you NOT know if he did convert.

The world is used to hearing Muslims brag over and over again as they NAME DROP the names of the hand full of famous people who converted to Islam.

Yes I know of Ghandi's kind words of Islam.

For such an introspective and intensely spiritual person like Ghandi to learn so much about Islam and still not see the light? and refuse to convert to the only true path?

What did he know about Islam that made him decide it was not the true path?

Pure,

I am not angry at all. I was however some what annoyed that you would suggest that I was incorrect about George Bernard Shaw's status as a non-muslim.

It appeared that you simply blurted out something without giving it much thought.

I ask my question because I feel as if I have been manipulated by some Muslims.

How can one only point out positive words that someone speaks of your religion if your religion requires conversion as proof of your acknowledgment of it's truth as God's words.

These people where no doubt brilliant men who studied Islam in great detail and yet they refused chose a path away from Islam.

I simply want to know more than their mere quotes about Islam. What did they know that made them decide that Islam was beautiful but non the less the wrong path?

Answer 1

Shaw was a Socialist. Having visited the USSR in 1930s and met Stalin, Shaw became an ardent supporter of Stalinist USSR.

Even though he was an articulate-intellectual orator and playwrite of his time, that doesn't mean he had common sense.
This man was clearly a dreamer.





Please read what another great writer/thinker of that time said about Islam, His name is Hilaire Belloc, a man who has a sense of history. see links below.

Answer 2

God said in tne holy Quran that none can believe except with God's permission and that He places a blight in those who do not use their reason.

You can be a Catholic pope or a Christian patriarch or a Buddhist Dalai Lama all you want and acknowledge the true pristine message of Islam, and still not be a Muslim if you believe that there can be another means of salvation besides Islam or that there exists worldly gains which interest you more than God's Paradise of eternal abode.

I pray that God would simplify the affairs of His servants in achieving the ultimate enlightenment of knowing Him.

God knows best.

Peace & Love.

Answer 3

I thought he did convert.

Edit:

Why so angry?? The man said what he said...its not considered name dropping.

Edit 2:

I remember reading something about him converting.

I'm sorry you feel manipulated by Islam/muslims, I would like to understand why exactly? The only person who can answer your question is George Bernard Shaw himself.

Answer 4

Gandhi also said a lot of good things about Islam. Having a favorable opinion of ones religion and conversion are two separate things.

Answer 5

you can respect something without believing in it.

ok...i love and respect Jesus but i do not think of him as God or my personal savior because that is not part of my beliefs.

what do you mean what did he know that we do not? you can respect the Prophet's (pbuh) way of living without converting to islam. people have their own beliefs but why should that stop them from respecting others. its not necessary that one convert to a religion just for agreeing with it.

some of the other religions that promote peace and love, to me seem beautiful for their teachings. but do i believe in them? no. because truth doesn't have to be something that you like or agree with. in the eyes of those people, they saw the Prophet (pbuh) for the good he did but at the same time they had their own beliefs. i didn't chose islam because i liked it, i truly believe in it. in the same way they believe in theirs

maybe i'm repeating myself im not sure how to explain. no one can really answer why Ghandi, Shaw, or any other non-muslim, chose not to become muslim. everyone has their own beliefs.
sorry my answer grew. i wont talk any more :P

Answer 6

I have the highest utmost respect for Christianity, Judiasm, Buddhism, Hinduism. They are all great religions. But I am most comfortable with my own. To each his own.

Ghandi also respected Christianity too but he did not convert to that. You also think he knew something most christians didn't?

Answer 7

How do you know he didnt?? Should he yell around that he converted? I dont think so

Answer 8

He couldn't think of a name