Islam and Peace
Asian Muslims And Modern Challenges
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In their long history the Muslims have repeatedly
experienced such situations in various forms.
History shows, moreover, that the Muslim Ummah
has always emerged far more powerful and
consolidated after passing through the dangers and
challenges of the various phases of their history.
Now, what we must grasp is how such problems
and challenges were formerly faced by the Ummah.
The sole answer offered by history is that on each
occasion of adversity success was achieved through
the da’wah power of Islam.
The Mongols, barbarous and bloody in their
methods of warfare, succeeded in inflicting
extraordinary harm on Muslims in the middle of the
thirteenth century. They appeared invincible. But
then, miraculously, the daw’ah power of Islam
emerged and the Mongols were conquered.
Referring to this event, an orientalist observes: ‘The
religion of the Muslims had conquered where their
arms had failed.’
Muslims must rise today with the help of this
da’wah power of Islam. If they were to perform
their da’wah work properly, their condition would
