Islam Rediscovered
11. Non-Violence and Islam
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under no circumstances is violence acceptable to the
modern mind. Nazism and Fascism too have been
rejected on similar grounds. Modern man,
therefore, disapproves of both religious and non-
religious extremism, because they lead man
ultimately to violence.
But Islam is a religion of nature. It has held violence
as inadmissible from the outset. Islam has been an
upholder of peace, not violence, from day one.
In the past, Islam played a great role in the
development of humanity, as a result of which
human history entered a new age of progress and
development. The time has come today for Islam to
play a great constructive role, leading human
history once again into a new age of progress.
What is called scientific or technical progress is the
result of the discovery of some of the great secrets
of nature. But if nature and its mysteries have
always existed in our world, why has there been
such a long delay in their discovery? Why could not
the scientific advancement of the last few hundred
years have been made thousands of years ago?
