Islam and Peace
Islam in the Modern World
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Da’wah
is the real strength of Islam. It is through
da’wah
that Islam makes continuous progress. That
is why, in every age, believers have seen fit to
engage themselves in this task. Today, there are
greater opportunities than hitherto to make Islamic
da’wah
a success. The communication of the
message of God has certainly been going on in
every age. But now modern circumstances have
made it possible for this task to be performed with a
greater degree of efficacy than ever before, and on a
truly universal scale.
Today, opportunities to carry out
da’wah
work are
legion. But I shall cite only a few examples to
illustrate my point.
PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
Rationalists have habitually attempted to deny the
existence of God by asking, “If God created the
universe, who created God?” Now, as we are
nearing the end of the 20th century, it has become
possible to answer this question on a purely rational
level. This new possibility arises out of the big bang
theory, which has now gained general acceptance
among cosmologists. With the big bang theory, we
