The True Jihad
Non-Violence and Islam
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had begun to deteriorate, where were these tens of
thousands of traditions? All of them existed in the
memory of the religious scholars, whose names are
mentioned in the books as chains in the link of
authorities who have handed this legacy down to
us. Had they adopted the principle of violent
activism and clashed with the ‘oppressive’ rulers,
they would all have been slaughtered by them and
the entire legacy of traditions, instead of finding a
place on the pages of books, would have been
buried along with them in the graveyards. It is by
the miracle of having adopted non-violence instead
of violence that the precious sources of traditions
have survived in book form and, till today, adorn
our libraries.
POLITICAL REVOLT UNLAWFUL
Despite the blatant perversion in the Muslim rulers
after the pious caliphate, the Muslim
ulama
did not
lead an insurrection against these corrupt
individuals. For about a period of one thousand
years they remained detached in this matter and
continued to engage all their efforts in non-political
