The True Jihad
Conclusion
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themselves so thoroughly that they had no need to
wage war to attain justice.
Japan’s
industrial
cities,
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were
destroyed by atom bombs in
1945. After the holocaust, Japan
abandoned
violence
and
adopted a peaceful course that
it termed a “reverse course” for
its
national
development.
Consequently, within forty
years, without any return to
militarism, Japan became a
great economic superpower.
Violence and peace both have wide connotations.
Violence is a concomitant factor in everything
from personal hatred to all-out war, whereas
peace is marked by every positive virtue from
tolerance to love. Peace is synonymous with
normalcy, and normalcy provides all such
opportunities as favour the growth of a healthy
environment. All kinds of achievements are
possible in an ambience of peace. While peace is a
Japan
abandoned
violence and
adopted a
peaceful course
which helped it
become a great
economic super
power.
