Islam and Peace
Islam in the Modern World
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an ideological super power on a universal scale. But
there is one necessary condition which is
indispensable to the achievement of this goal. We
shall have to adopt the same strategy in modern
times as that adopted by the Prophet of Islam in the
19th year of his prophethood.
This historical strategy has come to be called the
Hudaybiyya principle. This entails putting an end
to the kind of controversies which create tension
between the
da’i
and the
mad’u.
Without a normal
atmosphere, free of friction, no
da’wah
action can be
set in motion. Today the same controversial
situation has come to exist between
da’i
and
mad’u
as was found between the Prophet and his hearers
after the emigration. We must, therefore, follow the
same Hudaybiyya principle as the Prophet did. This
is the demand of the times, and in this lies the secret
of all Muslim success.
