Islam Rediscovered
11. Non-Violence and Islam
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modern communications. The advent of this new
age made it possible for the first time in human
history for the propagation of Islam to be carried
out on a universal scale. According to a
hadith
a
time was to come when God’s words would enter
all the homes in the world. (
Musnad
, Ahmad) This
was indirectly, a prediction of the modern age of
communications.
One outcome of the modern scientific revolution is
that we have at our disposal a number of new
arguments in support of Islamic beliefs. Prior to this
revolution the
da‘is
of Islam could resort only to
traditional arguments in support of the truth of
Islam. But today it has become possible to measure
up Islamic realities by the highest standards of
human knowledge and to establish its authenticity
by purely logical arguments.
In ancient times the study of religion could be done
only as something sacred and as a matter of dogma.
That is why established and unestablished religions
had not academically been distinguished from one
another. In modern times, owing to the influence of
the scientific revolution the study of religions can be
