Non-Violence and Islam
Non-Violence and Islam
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monotheism could be brought to light for all
humanity. In modern times this revolution has
reached its culmination. There were two main aims
of this
izhar ad-din.
One, that the system of religious
persecution be put to an end, so that a propitious
atmosphere could be created for the performance of
da‘wah
of the true religion. In ancient times this task
could only be performed in a very adverse
atmosphere. The second purpose was to rally all
arguments in support of God’s true religion, so that
all other religions might be shown to be totally
lacking in the sound base of arguments. Both these
tasks have been performed on a large scale in
present times. A brief mention of these is made
here.
In ancient times the monarchical system prevailed
all over the world. And individualistic system like
monarchy could be established by force alone. That
is why a coercive system of governance was
established by the monarchs. They inevitably
crushed any sign of intellectual or religious freedom
found among their subjects. This state of affairs
posed a permanent obstacle to the general
development of human thought or to the spreading
