Islam and Peace
Da’wah Explosion
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being pursued in different regions in one form or
the other.
Now in the last quarter of the 20th century another
revolution has occurred, but on a vaster scale. Over
the last few years there has been a rapid spread of
Dawah work. In any town or country, wherever
you go you will witness Dawah activity. Its increase
has been so great that it would not be an
exaggeration to call it a Dawah explosion.
Now let us compare the dawah of the last twenty
years to the jihad of 200 years. You will find a
significant difference between the two so far as the
result is concerned. During this prolonged and all-
out war Muslims unilaterally brought down
destruction upon themselves. Even after political
defeat Muslims had had great resources at their
disposal. But now they have lost all these in the
process of continuing militancy.
On the other hand, Muslims have lost nothing in
Dawah work. In fact, there have been positive
gains, for every day and everywhere people are
leaving their flawed, imperfectly preserved
religions to enter the fold of Islam, which has been
