The True Jihad
Non-Violence and Islam
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Idolatry is another name for a
religion of superstitions. In ancient
times
this
shirk
(idolatry)
dominated the minds of the
people, having rendered the
progress and development of
science impossible. The Prophet
and his Companions made great
sacrifices to put an end to this
superstitious system. In this way
the age of science had its
beginnings. The changes wrought
by it influenced the course of
history over the centuries.
The scientific revolution, which was in actual fact a
by-product of the Islamic revolution, gave us
modern communications. The advent of this new
age made it possible for the first time in human
history for the propagation of Islam to be carried
out on a universal scale. According to a
hadith
a
time was to come when God’s words would enter
all the homes in the world. (
Musnad
, Ahmad) This
was indirectly, a prediction of the modern age of
communications.
The advent of
the modern
scientific age
has made
possible the
global
propagation of
Islam for the
first time in
world history.
