The True Jihad
Non-Violence and Islam
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Muslim community had tried to pose a threat to the
political institutions, certainly all this constructive
work would have been left undone. That is why the
Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him,
expressly prohibited any clash with political
institutions. This avoidance of strife guaranteed that
non-political constructive work would continue to
be performed without any break.
In every society there are always two systems side
by side, one political and the other non-political.
The latter is established through various non-
political
institutions.
According to the scheme of
Islam, non-political institutions
established at the social level
have always to remain stable.
In this way there is a
continuing endeavour—even
when the political institutions
have become corrupt, or keep
changing—to
keep
Islam
firmly established at the level
of the non-political system.
There is no
aggressive or
offensive war in
Islam. Islam
allows only a
defensive war and
that, too, only
when there is no
other option.
