The True Jihad
Non-Violence and Islam
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Today no religion but Islam can lay such positive
claims to acceptance, for it is Islam and Islam alone
which fulfils all these conditions. Individually, there
are many men and women today who, after having
studied Islam, have acknowledged these unique
qualities in Islam. Some have acknowledged them
in theory while others have gone ahead and
accepted Islam in practice.
THE TRUE JIHAD THROUGH DA‘WAH
ACTIVISM
Islamic activism in respect of its
method is based on non-violence
and in respect of its target is
based on
da‘wah. Da‘wah,
in fact,
is another name for a peaceful
struggle for the propagation of
Islam. It would be true to say
that Islamic activism in fact is
da‘wah
activism.
The task of
da‘wah
is no simple
one. It enjoys the status of a key factor. If this task is
fully performed, all other objectives will be
Dawah proves
Islam’s
ideological
superiority.
And without
doubt nothing is
greater than
this. (10:32)
