Islam and Peace
Non-Violence and Islam
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many of the problems which are emerging in
modern times in western society. Now man
requires an ideology which delimits his freedom,
drawing the line between desirable and undesirable
freedom. And it is only Islam which can provide
him with such an ideology.
Now is the time for this ideology to be presented to
man, who is ready and waiting to accept it.
After the fall of communism (1991), much of the
world was and still is, faced with an ideological
vacuum. This vacuum can be filled by Islam alone.
In the present world the developed countries have
become economic or military superpowers, but the
place is vacant for an ideological superpower, and
that, potentially belongs to Islam.
There is only one obstacle in converting a great
potential into a reality in favour of Islam. And that
is the repeated recourse to violence by Muslim
movements in modern times. Such action has
presented Islam before the world in the guise of a
violent religion. For this reason the man of today
shies away from Islam. He fails to study Islam
objectively. If this barrier could be removed and
