Islam Rediscovered
11. Non-Violence and Islam
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only ensured justice, but set Islam upon a much
more solid footing.
The Muslims of the present day have to understand
this secret of nature. Only then will it be possible for
them first to find peace, then ultimately their
desired goal of justice.
CONCLUSION
In October 1997, I met a 36-year old European, Leon
Zippo Hayes, who was born in the city of
Christchurch in New Zealand. After having studied
Islam, he has changed his religion. His Islamic
name is Khalilur Rahman. Passing through Muslim
countries he is going to perform Hajj by land.
During the conversation he said that in modern
times Muslims are engaged in bloody war at many
places, at some places with others and at other
places among themselves. This had led him (like
many others) to conclude that perhaps Islam was a
religion of violence. Later, he studied the Qur’an
with the help of translations, and when he reached
this verse in the Qur’an: ‘Whoever killed a human
being should be looked upon as though he had
