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For many decades there has been a polemic between Muslim scholars, Christian priests and Jewish Rabis about whether the Christians and Jews would be admitted to paradise without having converted to Islam. Referring to the Qur’anic verse; “Those who believe (in the Qur’an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve”. (Albaqarah: 62) Judeo-Christian scholars along with some Muslim scholars attached importance to this interpretation, encouraged it and struggled to promote it among the educated class and internationally. Many conferences, debates, panels were organised to approve or disapprove this interpretation. As a result, either some Muslim scholar abandoned the it completely leaving the discussion ‘unresolved’, or some ended up disapproving it, or some other Muslims agreeing to it. We ask, those who approve it, do they have convincing evidences for it? Or was there a ‘political’ will behind this approval aiming at international harmony, and to stop the attacks on the sacred places of the three religions? Or, is there a coordinated scheme to halt westerners’ inclination toward Islam? In fact the in recent years there has been an increase in the number of Europeans and Americans converting to Islam to a ‘worrying’ extent. Whatever the reasons are, for us, there are clear truths which the Quran and the Tradition of the Prophet manifested. They are: nobody ascends to heaven without believing in God’s messengers, His divine books, the last prophet and the last religion -Islam-, and the Quran. For this reason we try to present and explain the definition of the verses and the traditions as a clear argument in this issue

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