Islam and Peace
Islam in India
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country responded to the ‘two-nation theory’. The
greatest religion for both communities became
Hindu-Muslim hatred. This poisonous form of
politics saw its culmination in 1947 when a wall of
hatred – a wall far stronger than the Berlin Wall –
rose between the two communities.
By the middle of the twentieth century, the
dissemination of Islam in this country had come to
a halt once again. The principal reason for this
interruption was Mr. Jinnah’s brand of politics
spewing bitterness and hatred all over again and
once again the heavens await the day when this
atmosphere of enmity and abhorrence for each
other among the Muslims and others will dissipate
and dissolve and the door for acceptance of Islam as
a religion of peace, tranquility and prosperity will
open once again as before.
Islam is a natural faith, free of all adulterations. By
sheer virtue of its own strength, it can make inroads
into the hearts of the people. The only barrier to its
natural acceptance by others is the atmosphere of
belligerence.
