The True Jihad
Non-Violence and Islam
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with the help of translations, and when he reached
this verse in the Qur’an: ‘Whoever killed a human
being should be looked upon as though he had
killed all mankind (5:32),’ he said that he was so
moved that he could not believe that it was there in
the Qur’an.
This incident is broadly indicative of the thinking of
non-Muslims on Islam. On
seeing the actions of Muslims,
people today find it hard to
believe that Islam may be a
religion of peace. But if
Muslims stop engaging in
violent activities and give
people the opportunity to
appreciate Islam in its original
form, then certainly a great
number of people would
realise, as they never had
before, that Islam was a
peaceful religion and they would rush to it, saying
that it was exactly the religion which their souls had
been seeking all along.
The Muslims
have been unable
to join the
mainstream in
modern times, it
is because they
are so easily
provoked and so
ready to resort to
violence.
