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or war, is a wholly defensive action. Aggressive qital or offensive war is completely forbidden in Islam. Furthermore, if one is faced with an aggressive attack from another community, even then all possible

of a legitimate war in Islam is that it should be an open affair. To engage in secret military actions is definitely not legitimate in Islam. And so, proxy war is regarded by Islam as illegitimate, because

resorting to hijacking and taking people hostage. All such tactics are completely illegitimate in Islam. Those who engage in such actions undoubtedly have no fear of being held to account by God. Otherwise

solved only by polygamy, whether we choose to consider it legal or not. THE ISLAMIC WAY The solution to this problem in the Islamic shari’ah is the giving of permission to men, under special conditions, to

to marry more than one woman. This principle of polygamy as enshrined in the Islamic shari’ah is designed, in actual fact, to save women from the ignoble consequences mentioned above. This commandment

both a proper and a natural solution to women’s problems. The permission to practice polygamy in Islam was not given in order to enable men to satisfy their sexual urges. It was designed as a practical

friendly group or the opponents group, in all cases is worthy of respect. According to the teachings of Islam, human beings are to be respected despite their differences. Even where antagonism is displayed, we

adopt the way of avoidance of conflict and continue to show respectful behaviour. In the eyes of Islam, all human beings are equal and deserve our respect.

Solidarity and Islam Solidarity means “unity of feeling and action among different individuals.” Thus defined, it is a spirit truly worth fostering and, in this, religion has a major role to play. In fact

solidarity will naturally ensue, I should now like to present the Islamic viewpoint on this subject. Religion, as summed up in Islamic teachings, is basically a matter of loving God and wishing other human

mercy.” (90:17) This is basic to the teachings of all religions and sums up the principal tenets of Islam. It is quite apparent that when human relationships come under the influence of such teachings, solidarity

in history, these reduced distances to the barest minimum and made it possible for a preacher of Islam to make the entire world his arena for dawah work or conveying God’s message to people. This was an

that a time would come when the message of Islam would reach into every house in the world: “To every home, big or small, God will bring the message of Islam.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 23814) 5. In the

the Introduction to my book Aqliyat-e Islam, first published in 1978, I wrote: “In the Free World, extraordinary new possibilities for dawah have opened up. However, this exception is the Communist world

visual reminder of the day when according to Islam, all men will be assembled before God. On the score of wanting man to be intolerant of the devil, Islam is quite positive, and the casting of stones at

figures of ‘Satan’ gives physical expression to this striving to ward off evil. Perhaps the greatest Islamic imperative is that man should be steadfast in his covenant with God, even at the cost of life and

material expression of his adherence to this covenant is the symbolic sacrifice of animals in Mina. Islam has always set a great value upon social harmony. In order, therefore, that all discord should be

said: “How fortunate are those two eyes that have seen the Prophet! By God, if only we could have seen what you saw and shared in your experiences!” Nufair said that he was impressed by the man’s words; he

circumstances? By God, many of whom God cast into Hell came to see the Prophet, such as did not accept what he said, or believe in his mission.”The cure for anger is silence Abdullah ibn Abbas records the

(AHMAD, MUSNAD) Dealing with matters in a tactful manner Abu Sufyan, who had not yet accepted Islam was standing by the roadside with the Prophet’s uncle Abbas, when Sa’d ibn Ubadah, the Commander of

to Ethiopia. There, when they introduced Islam in the court of King Najashi, their leader, Jafer bin Abi Talib, laid emphasis on the payment of Zakat: “He (the Prophet) ordered us to worship God, establish

left after providing for his own needs – ‘what you can spare.’ (2:219) There are two forms of Zakat, or spending for the sake of the Lord: (i) Charity and (ii) what is called the ‘goodly loan.’ Those that

Islam’s sources. Once they understand that Islam does not sanction violent activism, the perpetrators of violence will leave it of their own choice. I have presented a complete ideology of peace for life

life and given the Islamic perspective on issues like jihad, establishing peace in Kashmir and Palestine, the search for Truth, the existence of God, the purpose of life, mind-based spirituality, and the