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Islam and peace
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (2009) says that Islam preaches peace and harmony. Quoting from Quran and other Islamic texts, he stresses that the very meaning of the term Islam is peace. For Islam all human beings, Muslim or non-Muslim are human beings and should be treated as such. He argues that certain Muslim scholars have interpreted Islam and concepts like jihad, kafirs, etc. wrongly by justifying war against West, terrorism and even suicide bombings. According to Khan, Mohammad the prophet of Islam fought very few and small wars and that too in self defense. He always looked for peace and reconciliation and made alliances even with the enemy.
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The occasions on which the Prophet actually faced armed confrontation were very few and far between. And these took place because of offensive action on the part of the Quraysh tribe. The Prophet was compelled to engage in some skirmishes with them for the first time in the field of Badr in the second year of his emigration. After this battle, their armies met again at Uhud in 3AH, at Khaybar in 7AH and at Hunayn in 8AH. Save these four very short battles, he did not enter into any major conflict with the Quraysh or their allies. It should be emphasized that each of the four battles – Badr, Uhud, Khaybar and Hunayn – lasted for only half a day. Indeed, the Islamic revolution through which Islam made a peaceful entry into Arabia in the eighth year of Hijrah, starting from the city of Makkah, incurred so little loss of life that it may be rightly regarded as a peaceful rather than a violent revolution. |
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