Prophet's Words make Muslims Intolerant

Sometime back I had written an article bringing out that intolerance against other religions is in- built in Islam leading to violent extremism by its adherents. This could be eradicated by none other than someone whom Muslims consider a part of Almighty Allah , just like Christians assumed Jesus Christ as son of God and he subtly altered and diluted the sacred Old Commandments . My article was not published by Hindustan Times, perhaps due to some kind of assumed blesphemy.
In todays( 17.12.2007) times of India a letter to the editor has been published reinforcing one of the basic facts based on which I had reached the above conclusion.
I quote
"I write this with reference to " Why The Devout Muslim Performs The Haj" ( Speaking Tree Dec 5) by S.Mazhar Nawaz. The writer quotes the Prophet that " Islam is built upon five pillars: testifying that there is no true God except Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah...."

Since in the Islamic concept , there is no true God except Allah, the tolerance of Islamic followers towards gods of all other religions of the world is the minimal and it creates a situation wherein it is Islam versus all other religions and their gods.Perhaps this is the reason the followers of Islam the world over are mostly intolerant and more prone to fundamentalism and violence."
- Radha Raman , Delhi

Submitted by R.K.Singhal