Islam and Peace
Islam: An Ideological Movement for a Peaceful Co-existence
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them. I would go so far as to say that even then we
do not have the right to call non-Muslims
kafir.
In the Qur’an, God declared the Makkan
munkirin
as
kafirs.
It is God who called them as such but it is
not right for humans to judge people by such labels
since only God knows who is a
munkir
and who is
not. So, our job as Muslims is to keep the work of
dawa
and leave it to God to see whether they are
kafir
or not.
In short, whether Western people or any other
people do not see Islam as truth we do not have the
right to call them
kafir.
In essence, we cannot
perceive them as the “other;” it is not permissible
for us to view them as such.
Q.
What is the situation of Muslims in India? We
hear of continuing disturbances between Muslims
and Hindus as well as about the violent clashes
which come would perceive as the persecution of
Muslims at the hands of Hindus and Indian
government. How do you respond to that?
A.
The situation of Indian Muslims today is better
than Muslims in any other place in the world. The
