This is an often repeated concept. However if it is true, then are the following also true?
I did not hate Mein Kamf, it is the people who misuses it...
I did not hate the Marquis de Sade's Justine, it is the people who misuses it...
I did not hate the Das Kapital, it is the people who misuses it...
Why isn't the book or set of teachings responsible for the errors or crimes of those who follow it?
Let me give a simple example. There is a common law, that when driving if you run into someone from behind it is your fault. But we all know there are many cases where it is not your fault. Someone in front of the car in front of you ran into another car. This called the car in front of you to be wrecked, and then your car.
We accept this as a consequence of having the law and perhaps the idea that more good than bad comes from it. But nobody will say only good comes from it....
Yes, a very wise point of view, I agree
If it is the people who do the evil and not the book that suggests it, then WHY ARE BOOKS BANNED? Muslims would like to argue that the Koran is without fault, but people may be flawed. Nothing can be the fault of the book. But they are the first in the world to ban books of all sort.
Here is a story about 420 books that Saudi Arabia has banned.
http://www.thenational.ae/world/saudi-arabia/saudi-bans-books-at-fair-in-wide-ranging-crackdown
Censorship and Persecution in the Name of Islam
http://www.aina.org/news/20070108191217.htm