Islam and Peace
Non-Violence and Islam
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They should take into account the fact that, in the
wake of the scientific revolution, which is itself the
direct outcome of the Islamic revolution, it has
become possible to begin ail serious and beneficial
dialogue between Islam and non-Islam, the result of
which will necessarily be in favour of Islam. Now,
this being so, the need of the hour is for Muslims to
put an end unilaterally to all violent activities
against
madu
(addressee) nations, so that a normal,
amicable relationship may be allowed to grow
between
dayee
and
madu.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
1. Since direct argument cannot be applied to
religious beliefs pertaining to the unseen world,
these can be supported only by indirect or
inferential argument. Educated people had
therefore come to believe that religious realities
belonged only to the domain of dogma, and that
they were not academic or scientific realities. But
after the breaking up of the atom the science of logic
has undergone a change, and it has been accepted
that inferential argument too, in its nature, is as
valid and reliable as direct argument. It has
