The True Jihad
Peace in the Quran
~ 37 ~
Islam believes in
turning one’s
enemy into a
friend through
peaceful means,
instead of
declaring him
an enemy and
then waging
war against
him.
with whom one is at war, for the purpose of
destroying the enemy, and in the process killing
oneself deliberately, is totally un-Islamic. This can
in no way be termed
‘shahadah’
(martyrdom).
According to Islam we can become martyrs, but we
cannot court a martyr’s death deliberately.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ENEMY AND
THE AGGRESSOR
Under the scheme of the divine trial of human
beings, man has been granted
freedom by God. Due to this
freedom, enmities may develop
between people (20:123), which
sometimes lead them to war. But
Islam makes a clear difference
between enmity and war.
Believers do not have the right to
wage wars against their enemies.
What the believers have to do as
regards their enemies is far from
waging war. Their duty is to
peacefully convey to them the
message of Islam. The Quran
