The True Jihad
Non-Violence and Islam
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There is only one obstacle in
converting a great potential into
a reality in favour of Islam. And
that is the repeated recourse to
violence by Muslim movements
in modern times. Such action has
presented Islam before the world
in the guise of a violent religion.
For this reason the man of today
shies away from Islam. He fails
to study Islam objectively. If this
barrier could be removed and
Islam once again brought before
the world as a non-violent
religion, or as a peaceful social
system,
then
once
again
humanity would accept it,
recognising it to be the voice of
its own nature.
Modern man is in need of a new religion or a new
system, based on peace. It should be free from
superstitious beliefs, and should provide the
answers to deep psychological questions. Its
principles should not clash with scientific realities.
In the present
world the
developed
countries have
become
economic or
military
superpowers,
but the place is
vacant for an
ideological
superpower,
and that,
potentially
belongs to
Islam.
