The True Jihad
Non-Violence and Islam
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rejected on similar grounds. Modern man,
therefore, disapproves of both religious and non-
religious extremism, because they lead man
ultimately to violence.
But Islam is a religion of nature.
It has
held
violence
as
inadmissible from the outset.
Islam has been an upholder of
peace, not violence, from day
one.
In the past, Islam played a great
role in the development of
humanity, as a result of which
human history entered a new
age
of
progress
and
development. The time has come
today for Islam to play a great constructive role,
leading human history once again into a new age of
progress.
What is called scientific or technical progress is the
result of the discovery of some of the great secrets
of nature. But if nature and its mysteries have
always existed in our world, why has there been
The time has
come today for
Islam to play a
great
constructive
role, leading
human history
once again into
a new age of
progress.
