Ideology of Peace
PEACE IN ISLAM
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the formula for the building of a healthy life, by
shunning hatred and violence. Through him a
revolution was set in motion, which made it
possible to construct a peaceful society by avoiding
war and confrontation. Although the Prophet of
Islam was compelled to wage several battles, they
were so brief that we might describe them as
skirmishes rather than full-scale war. It would be
quite correct to say that the Prophet of Islam
initiated a revolution which, although very great in
its scope and repercussions, was nevertheless
almost bloodless. He gave peace the status of a
complete ideology or system of life. He impressed it
upon his followers that violence was the way of
destruction, while peace was the way of
construction. He held patience to be the greatest
form of worship, implying as it does adherence to
the path of peace in the full sense of the word. He
held disturbing the peaceful system of nature (
fasad
)
to be the greatest crime.
The Prophet enjoined believers to greet one another
by saying
Assalamm-o-Alaikum
. This shows that
mutual relationships should be based on peace and
security. The Prophet told the believers that success
