success in every endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is at all possible. ISLAMIC PACIFISM A Practical Model Of Peace SOME years ago, American forces organised a military operation

there was much talk about him. Lessons contained in any incident or event are always of interest. What one learns from this event is that militancy is clearly no option at all for anyone—for an individual

the ‘Osama phenomenon’. Osama is dead, but his ideology is still alive, and acts of terror continue. What is the lesson from this? As mentioned earlier, violence is no option at all—for anyone, individual

the only and complete truth to which others must be ‘invited’. Kindly comment on this. According to Islam, God is one and also religion is one. According to the Quran, God Almighty sent His prophets to every

different paths. This state of affairs compels the seeker to compare and then take a final decision. Islam lays down the principle that the basis for such a decision should be history. It considers the historical

Chattopadhyay realized that there was only one exception in this matter and that was of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, who was born in 570 CE in Makkah and died in 632 CE in Madinah. Dr. Chattopadhyay

endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is possible. THE IDEOLOGY OF PEACE IN ISLAM SCHOLARS have defined peace thus: “Peace is the absence of war.” This definition is absolutely correct

of a peace ‘bomb’ is based on love, while that of a violence bomb is based on hatred. According to Islam, peace is therefore not just an absence of war; peace opens doors to several different opportunities

justice. It is for this reason that the Quran says ‘reconciliation is the best’ (4: 128). According to Islam, the only practicable formula for obtaining peace is:  ‘Ignore the problems, avail the opportunities

Wahiduddin Khan, born in 1925, in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Islamic spiritual scholar who is well-versed in both classical Islamic learning and modern disciplines. The mission of his life has been

Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Peace award for promoting peace in Muslim societies. He has been called ’Islam’s spiritual ambassador to the world’ and is recognized as one of its most influential Muslims1 . His

Peace and Spirituality based in New Delhi. CONVERSION VERSUS DAWAH ONE of the readers of Spirit of Islam wanted to know the difference between conversion and Dawah (calling people towards God). According

essentially brought the same message to mankind. But to what end? It might seem that a recital of the facts relating to the life and mission of the Prophet of Islam would have sufficed. But there was a very good

guidance, a blessing which exalted them above all other creatures. It was so that the Prophet of Islam and his ummah (followers) might learn valuable lessons from the ways in which these prophets dealt

circumstances and the situations in which they found themselves. In the Quran(6:90), the Prophet of Islam is thus addressed:  ‘These are whom God guided aright, so follow their guidance.'  Every one of them

is omnipotent, while man has not one iota of power. What if one questions the very propriety of God having created man as a powerless creature? What if one claims that it was not fair of God to have put

Prophet of Islam. God has shown us special mercy: He has made supplication sufficient to ensure that we receive. If a person makes a real, earnest supplication to God, then he will find what he seeks. Since

compensation for his helplessness. In this way God gives unto man from his own presence. The Prophet of Islam put it this way: “No prayer is ever rejected.” These words of the Prophet Jesus express the same truth:

early period of Islam, wherever Muslims spread, they established large centres of learning in the form of madrasas'. This opened up a new chapter in the history of humankind, inspired by Islamic teachings,

this respect, Islamic culture can be termed as an ‘iqra culture’ or what can be called an ‘educational culture’. This makes education and learning an integral and central part of Islamic culture. The Madrasa

Revolt of 1857 was a product of this thinking, but it failed in its objectives. This led the ulema or Islamic scholars to realize that it was pointless to seek to counter the British through military means.

According to Islam Ultimate Reality is another name for God. The Islamic concept of God is based on tawhid, or the oneness of God and He alone is the Creator and Sustainer of everything. Islam stresses duality—there

conversion? According to my study, conversion is alien to Islam. The Islamic concept is based on marifat, which means self-realization. According to Islam, the reality of God is a matter of self-realization

present in Islam. Islam teaches that everyone must try to discover Reality on their own, because without discovery and self-realization, there is no conviction. Conviction is very important in Islam.  On the

UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOODA Comprehensive Principle ACCORDING to Islam, all human beings have been created by one and the same God, and therefore belong to one great brotherhood. So far as their earthly origin

a diversity of stature, skin colours, languages and other racial characteristics. The teaching of Islam in this regard is that despite differences of colour, language, culture etc., people should harbour

willingly come to one another’s assistance, like members of the same large family. The teaching of Islam with regard to universal brotherhood is that despite differences of colour, language, culture etc

Khanam is an author, editor, translator, public speaker and former professor of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Among her books are ‘A Simple Guide to Sufism’ and ‘A Study of World’s

used to his physical absence. In spirit, he is not just with me, but with all the CPS missionaries. What a visionary he was! Before his death he had recorded a message to guide our response in the situation

no more, what should be your reaction? You should immediately exclaim, Maulana is no more, but God is still alive!” In the same video, Maulana goes on to advise his disciples thus: This is what Abu Bakr