Non-Violence and Islam
Non-Violence and Islam
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adopted the path of confrontation instead of
peaceful migration, the history of Islam might
have been buried right there in Makkah shortly
after its inception.
3. After the emigration, his antagonists took the
unilateral decision to wage war against him.
Consequently such bloody encounters as those of
Badr and Uhud took place. Then the Prophet
made a 10-year peace treaty known in history as
Sulh-al-Hudaybiya, by accepting all the
conditions of his opponents. This has been called
a ‘clear victory’ in the Qur’an. It is this peace
treaty, paving the way for peaceful constructive
activities which ultimately made possible the
conquest of Makkah and the whole of Arabia.
4. By the end of the pious caliphate, a bloody
encounter took place between the Banu Hashim
and the Banu Umayya. This stopped the advance
of Islam for a period of ten years. What set this
process in motion once again was the voluntary
withdrawal of Hasan ibn Ali (d. 50 A.H.) from
the battlefield. This was undeniably a practical
form of non-violent activism. This peaceful move
