Islam and Peace
Non-Violence and Islam
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shirk,
thus making it possible for a serious dialogue
to be held between the two on religious matters.
In modern times if Muslims abandon the path of
violence and fully adopt the path of non-violence,
this will be for Muslims like reviving the sunnah of
Hudaybiya. And they will start receiving those
great benefits which Islam and Muslims had gained
after the event of Hudaybiya in the first phase.
PEACE AND JUSTICE
One great problem for Muslims is that peace does
not necessarily guarantee them justice. This has
caused Muslims to become violent and to neglect
opportunities for
dawah.
In modern times Muslims
want a peace which brings them justice. But
according to the law of nature, this kind of peace
can never be achieved, that is why Muslims the
world over are in a state of physical and mental
unrest. Distressed in their minds, they have become
violent in their thinking and in their actions.
‘The truth is that peace does not automatically
produce justice. Peace in actual fact simply opens
up opportunities for the achievement of justice. At
