Islam Rediscovered
11. Non-Violence and Islam
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times, because of the extremist and violent attitude
of Muslims, serious dialogue between Islam and
non-Islam has almost come to an end. Now when
peaceful interaction between Muslims and non-
Muslims takes place in a normal atmosphere,
serious dialogue will ensue on its own. The
beginning of serious dialogue between Islam and
non-Islam is, without doubt, a very great success
from the point of view of
da’wah
.
The Qur’an describes
Sulh al-Hudaybiyya
, in the
early period of Islam as a ‘clear victory’. It was a
‘clear victory’ in the sense that it established peace
between the believers in
tawhid
and believers in
shirk
, thus making it possible for a serious
dialogue to be held between the two on religious
matters.
In modern times if Muslims abandon the path of
violence and fully adopt the path of
non-violence, this will be for Muslims like reviving
the
sunnah
of Hudaybiyya. And they will start
receiving those great benefits which Islam and
Muslims had gained after the event of Hudaybiya
in the first phase.
