Islam and Peace
Limits of Tolerance
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behaviour, your mind will fully retain its
equilibrium and, without wasting a single moment,
you will continue to carry out your duties in the
normal way. The policy of tolerance or forbearance
enhances your efficacy, while intolerant behaviour
reduces it.
Tolerance is not an act of compulsion. It is a positive
principle of life, expressing the noble side of a
man’s character. The existence of tolerant human
beings in a society is just like the blooming of
flowers in a garden.
ISLAM: A TOLERANT RELIGION
So far as Islam is concerned, it is an entirely tolerant
religion. Islam desires peace to prevail in the world.
The Qur’an calls the way of Islam ‘the paths of
Peace’ (5:16). The state of peace can never prevail in
a society if a tolerant attitude is lacking in the
people. Tolerance is the only basis for peace; in a
society where tolerance is absent, peace likewise
will be non-existent.
Peace is the religion of the universe. Peace should,
therefore, be the religion of man too, so that, in the
