Islam and Peace
Towards a Non-Violent World
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disrupt and stop it completely, but between
tolerance of the procession and communal riots.
A procession is little more than a nuisance of a
temporary nature. So one should simply bear with
it so that riots resulting in human death and
destruction do not ensue.
After December 6, 1992, surprisingly few communal
riots have taken place. The credit for this goes to
our mission. Had the people’s minds not been
prepared by our mission, terrible riots involving
great numbers of people would have ensued
subsequent to December 6.
When there is violence, at whatever level and in
whatever field, the basic question is at all events of
the individual. And an individual is always
governed by his thinking. That is why, if we have to
make a non-violent world for a peaceful society,
there is only one way, and that is by using
educative methods to convert people’s thinking
from violence to non-violence, and to enable them
to seek the solution to matters of controversy
through peaceful means. They must learn to
understand the value of tolerance and avoidance as
