Non-Violence and Islam
Non-Violence and Islam
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majority—who are not personally involved, neither
disown those members of their community who are
engaged in violence, nor even condemn them. In
such a case, according to the Islamic shariah itself if
the involved Muslims are directly responsible, the
uninvolved Muslims are also indirectly responsible.
It is Muslims’ religious and secular leaders who are
actually responsible for this violent approach on the
part of Muslims today. In modern times when
Muslims have had to undergo the experience of
defeat, almost all the religious, secular scholars
(
ulama
)
and intellectuals follow one single line, that
of awakening the spirit of
jihad
(in the sense of
qital
)
among Muslims. The entire Muslim world
reverberates with such slogans as
jihad
is our way
and
jihad
is the only solution to our problems!’
The entire world has witnessed a great number of
large and small movements in violent response to
the problems faced by Muslims.
If you go to Palestine, you will hear the youth
singing a song no doubt taught to them by their
elders:
