Ideology of Peace
PEACE IN ISLAM
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principles of Islam, peace is the rule, while war is
only a rare exception.
Peace is something that can be opted for in all
circumstances, whereas the decision to wage war
should be taken only in times of emergencies for the
purpose of defence, when it becomes inevitable, and
that too at a time when all peaceful strategies for
avoiding confrontation have failed.
PEACEFUL PERSUASION, NOT COERCION
On the subject of
jihad
, the Quran addresses the
believers thus:
“Do great
jihad
with the help of the Quran”.
(25:52)
As we know, the Quran is a book, an ideological
book. It is not a gun or a sword. Therefore, ‘
jihad’
by
means of the Quran can only mean conveying the
ideas of the Quran to the people. This implies that
we should struggle peacefully to make the ideas of
the Quran understandable by presenting them in
the form of logical arguments.
