target towards which the Muslim community must struggle. To conclude, Islam begins when one discovers God as the ultimate truth. This results in a spiritual transformation which leads to new thinking and new

should feel this in the depths of his heart and openly announce it through his tongue. Acknowledging God is in accordance with

oppression, how could they ever think of deposing those who ostensibly ruled as the vicegerents of God on earth or posed as His incarnations? This political evil, which the French historian, Henri Pirenne

until the coming of doomsday, anybody can at any time confirm how Islamic teachings were revealed from God, and

nature. This argument would have it that there is no necessity to assume the existence of an unknown God in order to explain these events, since known laws already exist to explain them. The best answer to

history of Kashmir. The law of nature and the experiences of history tell us that, in this world of God, all destructive activities come to a dead end, whereas there is no end to constructive initiatives

In the Quran God is referred to as: ‘the Source of Peace’. (Quran 59:23) The practical example of the Prophet Muhammad provides an incontrovertible proof of the value of this policy of avoidance and non-confrontation

thinking and to bring about an intellectual revolution in their minds based on tawhid, or the oneness of God. A hadith, contained in the Fath al-Bari, tells us that the Prophet observed that if the heart is in

should ever waste a moment’s time in lamenting and grieving over his losses. Instead, he should press God-given capabilities into service to reconstruct his life. It is quite possible that the very circumstances

whether directed against one’s own community or against another. It was revealed to Moses directly from God. According to Jewish tradition this injunction is in the nature of an absolute command. There is