Ideology of Peace
PEACE IN ISLAM
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towards restoring a state of peace and security. It
should be treated as a matter of the greatest of
urgency, as if all of humanity were under attack.
EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE OF VIOLENCE
The Quran states:
“Each time they kindle the fire of war, God
extinguishes it.” (5:64)
This verse of the Quran shows the creation plan of the
Creator for this world — a plan based on the
principle of peace. This means that whenever one of
two opposing sides is intent on fuelling the fire of
war, the other should attempt to extinguish it by
resorting to some peaceful strategy, so that violence
may be prevented from spreading. It should never
happen that if one side indulges in violence, the other
follows suit. The proper and most desirable way of
leading one’s life in this world is not to counter
bombs with bombs, but rather to defuse them. And
this should be done at the very outset. If we are
imbued with the true spirit of Quranic teaching, we
should realize that countering a bomb with another
