Islam Rediscovered
11. Non-Violence and Islam
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atmosphere of freedom for its functioning. For the
first time in human history, science (human
knowledge) could be developed freely without the
intervention of religion. And advancing gradually,
it culminated in the attainment of the modern age.
But today, man is again facing an even greater
problem. That is, despite the extraordinary progress
made in the field of science and technology, human
beings are confronted with various kinds of
problems, without there being any solution in sight.
All these problems have resulted from not knowing
the limit of freedom.
Modern man aspired to freedom as the highest
good, but once having reached this goal, he was
unable to set reasonable limits to freedom. In
consequence, unrestrained freedom descended into
anarchy and lawlessness. This is the actual cause of
many of the problems which are emerging in
modern times in western society. Now man
requires an ideology which delimits his freedom,
drawing the line between desirable and undesirable
freedom. And it is only Islam which can provide
him with such an ideology.
