Ideology of Peace
PEACE IN ISLAM
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means extremism. The way of extremism is
wrong, whatever the circumstances, for it goes
against the spirit of religion. Indeed, it is proneness
to extremism which at times culminates in war and
violence. Those who suffer from extremist
tendencies remain dissatisfied with the path of
moderation, since this strikes them as being far
from the ideal. That is why they so easily incline
towards violence, and are ever ready to open
hostilities in the name of achieving their objectives.
Moderation, which is the opposite of extremism, is
closely interlinked with peace. When people
possess the virtue of moderation, they necessarily
think in terms of peace and will engage in their
struggle in a peaceful manner. Where there is
moderation there is peace, and vice versa.
In stark contrast to this, an extremist attitude very
soon leads to confrontation and violence.
Extremism
and
violence
are
obviously
interconnected. That is why extremism is held in
religion to be abhorrent. It would not be wrong to
say that violence is another name for extremism and
that moderation is to refrain from extremism.
