Islam and Peace
Islam in 21st Century
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When Mr. Gell-Mann made his prize-winning
discovery in the field of physics, he was overcome
with the irresistible desire to make others aware of
its facts. He innovated a scheme for this purpose. In
the American city of Auspen he arranged a cabaret
show and invited the educated people. The show
started and gradually reached its peak. Then
suddenly some strange thing happened. In the
words of the reporter, “Near the end of the show,
physicist Murray Gell-Mann jumped up from the
audience, dashed to the stage and exclaimed, “Stop
everything! I have to explain to you the theory of
the Universe. I understood how everything works.”
After the discovery of a truth, one cannot help but
announce it to the world. Like a bursting force it
must come out of his existence and deluge the
surroundings. Discovery makes a man a da’i – the
caller of Truth. The case of Islamic da’wah is the
same. If we could truly and sincerely realize the fact
that tremendous opportunities are lying around us
for spreading the message of Islam in the world, our
body and soul would become restless to let this
message be out. With even sharper intensity, we
would behave like Murray Gell-Mann. We would
