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Islam Peaceful Religion
A LECTURE BY HADRAT MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD, KHALIFATUL MASIH V, SUPREME
HEAD OF THE WORLDWIDE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY DELIVERED AT THE
UNIVERSITE D’ABOMEY- C A L AVI COTONOU, BENIN, DURING HIS RECENT M O S T
SUCCESSFUL VISIT IN GHANA, BURKINO FASO, BENIN AND NIGERIA
Dear students and staff members at this university,
Assalamu alaikum warahmatullah.
I have been asked to shed some light on Islam as a peaceful religion. In view of the
shortage of time, I can only address this subject briefly.
Whenever one wishes to speak about Islam as a religion of peace, the question
naturally springs to mind that whereas there are so many religions in the world such
as Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc., when it comes to finding out
whether Islam is a religion of peace, why should Islam be the odd one out?
One reason for this is that a few years after the beginning of Islam, anti-Islamic
powers began a propaganda that Islam is a religion of extremism and violence and
wants to compel others into belief by means of the sword. This, of course, is
incorrect. In the beginning, the Muslims of Makkah suffered persecution but they
remained silent. Finally, they migrated to Madinah but there too the disbelievers
hounded the Muslims and forced upon them a battle to which I will revert later. The
proof against those opponents who allege that Islam was spread by the sword is that
although the disbelievers of Makkah raised all sorts of objections, yet history stands
witness to the fact that the people of Makkah themselves never complained that the
Muslims had used the sword against the disbelievers to compel them to change their
faith.
Secondly, what has given Islam a bad name is an ugly and awful image of extremism
presented, whether knowingly or unwittingly, by some Muslim groups and.................
Islam Peaceful Religion
A LECTURE BY HADRAT MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD, KHALIFATUL MASIH V, SUPREME
HEAD OF THE WORLDWIDE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY DELIVERED AT THE
UNIVERSITE D’ABOMEY- C A L AVI COTONOU, BENIN, DURING HIS RECENT M O S T
SUCCESSFUL VISIT IN GHANA, BURKINO FASO, BENIN AND NIGERIA
Dear students and staff members at this university,
Assalamu alaikum warahmatullah.
I have been asked to shed some light on Islam as a peaceful religion. In view of the
shortage of time, I can only address this subject briefly.
Whenever one wishes to speak about Islam as a religion of peace, the question
naturally springs to mind that whereas there are so many religions in the world such
as Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc., when it comes to finding out
whether Islam is a religion of peace, why should Islam be the odd one out?
One reason for this is that a few years after the beginning of Islam, anti-Islamic
powers began a propaganda that Islam is a religion of extremism and violence and
wants to compel others into belief by means of the sword. This, of course, is
incorrect. In the beginning, the Muslims of Makkah suffered persecution but they
remained silent. Finally, they migrated to Madinah but there too the disbelievers
hounded the Muslims and forced upon them a battle to which I will revert later. The
proof against those opponents who allege that Islam was spread by the sword is that
although the disbelievers of Makkah raised all sorts of objections, yet history stands
witness to the fact that the people of Makkah themselves never complained that the
Muslims had used the sword against the disbelievers to compel them to change their
faith.
Secondly, what has given Islam a bad name is an ugly and awful image of extremism
presented, whether knowingly or unwittingly, by some Muslim groups and.................
Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Kareem Al-Sheha
Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 122 | Size: 1.5 MB
“Terrorism” is of two kinds: terrorism that is evil based upon wicked tyrannical acts, and terrorism that is good and desired based on necessary and justified acts. The terrorism that is evil is injustice, double standards, tyranny, and aggression, in all the hateful connotations that these words imply. It targets women and children, civilians and noncombatants, trying to force defeat and difficult political decisions by spreading terror. This kind is what most people immediately think about when hearing the word terrorism. Often people associate it with what they have been preconditioned to picture by various government agencies and segments of the mass media. Muslims are routinely portrayed as terrorists even though many are either totally innocent of the charge or are more innocent than many of their antagonists who aggress against them. “Muslim terrorism” is a media and think tank byword, even though one would be hard pressed to find the equivalent term of Jewish, Christian, Hindu or Buddhist terrorism in usage. Certain institutions and individuals – with known agendas and backings – have been instrumental in fabricating and perpetuating misinformation, exaggeration, and previously disqualified and refuted misunderstandings and slanders.
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Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
The meaning of Islam
The misconception that Islam was spread by Force
The misconception that Worldly Gains were the Aim of the Islamic Conquests
Just War Theory and Practice in Islam
Islamic Principles Enjoin Mercy and Condemn Aggression
Islamic General Principles Champion Comprehensive Peace
Islamic Morals Promote Comprehensive Peace
Islam Enjoins Believers to Observe the Following
Moral Obligations and Recommendations to Promote Peace
Examples of Acts Prohibited in Islam which help Promote Peace
Conclusion
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73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama' atmuzaffertahir9
Introduction
It is commonly said that religions are more a cause of division than of unity, for mankind. It would therefore follow that if all religions are from One God, then surely He is to blame for the sorry state of our world? However, unsurprisingly, quite the opposite is true. God has always been a source of unity for man, and it is man that has repeatedly chosen to break away from this unity. The teachings of God has always provided a perfect guidance for a just and peaceful existence, when people estrange themselves from those teachings, the result is that they are no longer practiced, and that is when true faith leaves the hearts of people. It is through God's Mercy that He sends down reformers to re-establish the true faith in the earth, these reformers are invariably faced with opposition and enmity from those around them. History abounds with such examples.
A similar reformation was started by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) in Indo-Pak subcontinent in late 1800's. He established the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam and claimed to be the Promised Mehdi and Messiah for Muslims. His purpose in establishing such a movement was to reform and collect a party of servants of Allah dedicated to the service of mankind and bringing people closer to Allah. However, the religious divines of his time saw him as a threat to their beliefs and thus stepped up their opposition to his message. The greatest of opposition and persecution came from his fellow Muslims. Leaders of Muslim groups or Mullahs regarded Ahmadi Muslims to be out of the pale of Islam but their hostility did not stop there.
In 1953 the political expediencies of some Mullahs prompted to exploit the Ahmadiyya Muslim issue which resulted in the eruption of mob violence. This agitation was launched by Majlis-e-Ahrar which had no political career in Pakistan because of its anti-Pakistan stance during partition. They tried to use this issue to seek some political standing in newly established Muslim state by exploiting people's religious feelings a fact that was later established by Munir report. In 1974, seeing its grip loosening on the government, the party in power again staged a drama and exploited the same issue to turn the events in their favor. Being under tremendous pressure from King Faisal, according to The Guardian (UK) (9th Sept. 1974), Mr. Bhutto staged the Rabwah incidence and dumped the matter into the lap of national assembly which turned itself into a special committee. This committee invited the leaders of all the sects considered to be associated with the Islamic faith (72 in number) to hold a debate on the matter of Finality of prophethood (i.e. if a prophet could come after Muhammad, peace be upon him, or not) with the leadership of Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. The proceedings of these hearings were never made public. At the end of this pseudo-hearing all the leaders of 72 sects unanimously declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims, which the special committee adopted as an..
Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Kareem Al-Sheha
Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 122 | Size: 1.5 MB
“Terrorism” is of two kinds: terrorism that is evil based upon wicked tyrannical acts, and terrorism that is good and desired based on necessary and justified acts. The terrorism that is evil is injustice, double standards, tyranny, and aggression, in all the hateful connotations that these words imply. It targets women and children, civilians and noncombatants, trying to force defeat and difficult political decisions by spreading terror. This kind is what most people immediately think about when hearing the word terrorism. Often people associate it with what they have been preconditioned to picture by various government agencies and segments of the mass media. Muslims are routinely portrayed as terrorists even though many are either totally innocent of the charge or are more innocent than many of their antagonists who aggress against them. “Muslim terrorism” is a media and think tank byword, even though one would be hard pressed to find the equivalent term of Jewish, Christian, Hindu or Buddhist terrorism in usage. Certain institutions and individuals – with known agendas and backings – have been instrumental in fabricating and perpetuating misinformation, exaggeration, and previously disqualified and refuted misunderstandings and slanders.
-
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
The meaning of Islam
The misconception that Islam was spread by Force
The misconception that Worldly Gains were the Aim of the Islamic Conquests
Just War Theory and Practice in Islam
Islamic Principles Enjoin Mercy and Condemn Aggression
Islamic General Principles Champion Comprehensive Peace
Islamic Morals Promote Comprehensive Peace
Islam Enjoins Believers to Observe the Following
Moral Obligations and Recommendations to Promote Peace
Examples of Acts Prohibited in Islam which help Promote Peace
Conclusion
Islamic way of Life by Syed Moududi || Australian Islamic Library (www.austra...Muhammad Nabeel Musharraf
Visit Australian Islamic Library for a huge collection of Islamic Books and multimedia:
www.australianislamiclibrary.org
www.facebook.com/australianislamiclibrary
73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama' atmuzaffertahir9
Introduction
It is commonly said that religions are more a cause of division than of unity, for mankind. It would therefore follow that if all religions are from One God, then surely He is to blame for the sorry state of our world? However, unsurprisingly, quite the opposite is true. God has always been a source of unity for man, and it is man that has repeatedly chosen to break away from this unity. The teachings of God has always provided a perfect guidance for a just and peaceful existence, when people estrange themselves from those teachings, the result is that they are no longer practiced, and that is when true faith leaves the hearts of people. It is through God's Mercy that He sends down reformers to re-establish the true faith in the earth, these reformers are invariably faced with opposition and enmity from those around them. History abounds with such examples.
A similar reformation was started by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) in Indo-Pak subcontinent in late 1800's. He established the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam and claimed to be the Promised Mehdi and Messiah for Muslims. His purpose in establishing such a movement was to reform and collect a party of servants of Allah dedicated to the service of mankind and bringing people closer to Allah. However, the religious divines of his time saw him as a threat to their beliefs and thus stepped up their opposition to his message. The greatest of opposition and persecution came from his fellow Muslims. Leaders of Muslim groups or Mullahs regarded Ahmadi Muslims to be out of the pale of Islam but their hostility did not stop there.
In 1953 the political expediencies of some Mullahs prompted to exploit the Ahmadiyya Muslim issue which resulted in the eruption of mob violence. This agitation was launched by Majlis-e-Ahrar which had no political career in Pakistan because of its anti-Pakistan stance during partition. They tried to use this issue to seek some political standing in newly established Muslim state by exploiting people's religious feelings a fact that was later established by Munir report. In 1974, seeing its grip loosening on the government, the party in power again staged a drama and exploited the same issue to turn the events in their favor. Being under tremendous pressure from King Faisal, according to The Guardian (UK) (9th Sept. 1974), Mr. Bhutto staged the Rabwah incidence and dumped the matter into the lap of national assembly which turned itself into a special committee. This committee invited the leaders of all the sects considered to be associated with the Islamic faith (72 in number) to hold a debate on the matter of Finality of prophethood (i.e. if a prophet could come after Muhammad, peace be upon him, or not) with the leadership of Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. The proceedings of these hearings were never made public. At the end of this pseudo-hearing all the leaders of 72 sects unanimously declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims, which the special committee adopted as an..
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. Introduction of Islam.
Concept of Islam.
Importance of Deen in Human Life.
Difference between Deen and Religion.
Distinctive Aspects of Islam.
Islamic Beliefs & its Impact on Individual & Society and the Fundamental of Islam
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Muslim World and the Contemporary Challenges.
Rise of Extremism.
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Concept of Public Administration in Islam
Quranic Guidance on Good Governance
Concept of Governance and its Applications in the light of Quran, Sunnah and Fiqh.
Governance Structure in Islam i.e. (Shura, Legislation, Sources of Islamic Law)
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Procedure of Ijmah and Ijtehad
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5 C's
1. 1
5 C’s
1) COMPASSION:
Islam is generally associated with Jihad. But it is more due to its history than its
theology. It is interesting to note that while jihad in Islam is more historical than theological,
compassion, on the other hand, is more theological than historical. The very opening of Qur’an,
the holy book of Islam is with Bism Allahir Rahmanir Rahim i.e. I begin in the name of Allah
who is Compassionate and Merciful.
Thus it will be seen that Compassion is one of the names of Allah and it is among the most
popular names of Allah. Muslims always begin their name with this incantation i.e. ‘I begin in
the name of Allah who is Compassionate and Merciful’. A Muslim, who worships Allah has to
be compassionate in his own behavior else his/her worship would not be complete. There are
four key values in Qur’an which are repeatedly emphasized are: Justice (‘adl), benevolence
(ihsan), compassion (rahmah) and wisdom (hikmah) and compassion is one of them. Jihad, on
the other hand, is not value but an instrument to realize certain objectives.
The Prophet of Islam too is described in Qur’an as rahmat lil ‘alamin i.e. mercy of the worlds.
Since Prophet is messenger of Allah he too has to represent His virtues on earth. Allah is perfect
and so His Prophet has to be a perfect human being imbibing all the attributes of Allah. So other
believers (mu’minun) also must, with all their limitations, imbibe these virtues.
A believer, who is not compassionate within possible human limits, is no believer at all. A true
believer has to imbibe all those values represented by Allah and His Messenger. In other words
Qur’an and sunnah (Prophet’s sayings and doing) are binding on all Muslims and there is
complete consensus on it among all Muslim theologians belonging to all sects of Islam.
Prophet lived in such historical situation and socio-political conjunction that occasionally he had
to take to arms to defend himself and his community but this historical necessity cannot be
counted as obligatory or value-oriented. At the most it can be called necessity-oriented. Al-
Qaeda and some similar groups representing a miniscule minority among Muslims, are
projecting jihad as if it is central value and obligatory. It is total falsification of teachings of
Islam.
2) COMMITMENT:
Islam means "the way of commitment and submission to God. Islam is the
name of our religion, and Muslim is the person who practices our religion," said Dr. Muzammil
Siddiqi, Director of the Islamic Society of Orange County in California.
A kind, soft-spoken man in his mid-forties, Dr. Siddiqi has dark hair, a moustache, and a
generous beard with hints of gray whiskers. Spirit shines through his dark eyes.
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He greeted me very cordially when we met in his small, simple office in Garden Grove. In his
subdued tweed jacket and light shirt with the top button open, he seemed relaxed, truly happy.
While born in India, Dr. Siddiqi received his doctorate in comparative religions at Harvard
University. He was happy to relate to me the Islamic tradition of higher consciousness and
spirituality. We sat comfortably around his book-laden desk. I began my questions about higher
levels of consciousness.
Dr. Siddiqi readily understood. "Islam is a way of peace and perfection, and a Muslim is
a person striving toward that way. A Muslim is working toward peace in the full sense of the
word not just absence of war peace, meaning wholeness, completeness, being without any defect,
without any inadequacy, being perfect, being full. A Muslim is not claiming that he is perfect,
but he is striving, struggling within himself and with the society around him, to reach to that
goal, to that aim that he has before himself. Islam is a continuous struggle, a continuous work."
"Please continue," I urged.
"As a result of the devoted life in frequent prayer, devotional activity, simplicity, charity to
others, humility, patience, and constancy, the believer becomes more whole, more filled with
peace, love, compassion and awareness. These virtues, as they become living attributes in each
devotee, develop into a state of higher consciousness called fana."
He went on, "Always the highest thing that teachers and masters would work on in helping a
believer is what is called a state of fana. Fana means that you totally forget yourself. You forget
who you are. You feel that you are not doing an activity but rather that the action is being done
through you.
"So," he underscored, "in all your activities, you commit yourself completely to God. You give
yourself to God, and that’s what Islam means. Islam does not take its name from any person —
as Christianity takes its name from Christ or Buddhism takes its name from Buddha — or
Hinduism receives its name from the Indus River and Valley of India.
"You see," he leaned toward me, "the central basic point of Islam is consciousness of God."
3) CHARACTER:
The Holy Quran states: "Surely there is for you the best example in the
Messenger of Allah (Muhammad Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam), for whoever seeks the pleasure
of Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah often (much)."
(Surah Al-Ahzaab: 21)
Almighty Allah also says: "By the pen and that which they (men) inscribe. You are not, by the
grace of your Lord, possessed. And surely for you is a reward unceasing (unfailing). And surely
you are of great character."
3. 3
(Surah Al-Qalam: 1-4)
Good conduct and noble character are the most valuable and precious assets of any human
society. They are the treasures of pride for any individual. They build nations and make them
imitable among others. No human society can be humane without them. Nations and people
without good conduct and high character are nothing but a group of animals living with laws of
the Jungle. People of high character and good conduct are high in any society.
There are two levels of character; an ordinary and a superior level. An ordinary character is
based on this principle: "Do as you have been done by." Such a character might be termed a
`knee-jerk character', because whoever possesses such a character, offers only `reflex responses'
to treatment by others; i.e. breaking with those who break with him, wronging those who wrong
him, and harming those who harm him.
However, the higher level of character is based on a different principle. This higher principle is:
"Do as you would like to be done by." This principle is elaborated by our Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam) in another way: "Love for your brother what you love
for yourself."
Whoever possesses such a character deals with both, friends and foes, in the same manner,
irrespective of how this principle and way of thinking could easily change the behaviour of the
whole human society. This is the moral revolution which paves way for all other successful and
lasting revolutions and changes in society.
If all people could adopt this highly principled character, the enmity, antagonism, envy and
bloody confrontations would diminish from the human society. The person possessing this
character is reconciliatory, even joining with those who break with him. He is compassionate,
even to those who seek to harm him. He is forbearing, even towards those who wrong him. This
is the principle of ethics for the Muslim Ummah.
We all know that our Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam) was the Final Prophet.
He completed the principles of Islamic beliefs and teachings. He also came to accomplish the
principles of noble characters and human values, as he stated himself saying: "I am sent in my
mission to accomplish the principles of noble characters."
Our Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam), as a teacher of the best and highest
conduct and characters, was himself an embodiment of all noble qualities and values. The whole
of Makkah had witnessed his noble characters for forty years before he received revelations, and
called him Al-Sadiq and Al-Ameen. Friends and foes nobody could dispute his sublime
characters.
It is a fact that those who are closer to a person usually do not hold him in such high esteem as
those who are further away. However this does not seem to be true in the case of our prophet
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(Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam). History tells us that the closer one came to our Prophet
(Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam), the more one was taken by his fine qualities. The more the people
knew him, the higher the respect they paid to him. This is in no way an exaggerated claim. The
finest details of his characters and behaviours are recorded on the pages of history books.
4) CREATIVITY:
Muslims' skills in technological sciences were not confined to the building of
mosques, minarets, domes, barrages, dams etc., but their works demonstrated creativity, as well
as that sense of beauty, which characterized the Muslim scientist. Muslim scientists made use of
those sciences to bring comfort and delight to humans.
Islamic civilization scientists created a number of complicated mechanical inventions to perform
a number of functions. In addition to those tools operational efficiency, they had an aesthetic
function, which was by no means less significant than the operational one. Such and aesthetic
function could be noticed in some inventions,
Ibn Kathir reported that one of the Ummayad Mosque gates was called the Hours Gate, as there
were a number of clocks placed at that gate. Those clocks were invented by clockmaker and
engineer Mohammed Ibn Ali father of Fakhr Al-Din Ridhwan Al-Sa’ati. Those clocks were used
to show each hour passing during the daytime. One of those clocks had sparrows, a snake of
copper and a crow. When the clock strikes an hour, the snake gets out, the sparrows twitter, the
crow caws and a small copper ball falls down into a cup, therefore people know that an hour had
passed. Al-Jazari also made a clock similar to that clock.
Ibn Jubaryr described that clock saying “The original device was located on the right side of the
person who leaves the Ummayad Mosque from Jayrun gate. The description of the clock comes
as follows: The clock has twelve brass doors; each one rotates on the hour to show its back face
with the number of hour that has passed. Above each door there is a copper dome, each dome
rises after an hour has passed. At the sides of the copper doors two falcons throw copper balls
into a large copper cup to produce a ring. There is a semi-circular disc called the night circle that
contains 12 circular openings that get lit when the clock turns to show time at night.
5) CRITICAL THING:
Critical thinking is the ability to engage in reasoned discourse
with intellectual standards such as clarity, accuracy, precision, and logic, and to use analytic
skills with a fundamental value orientation that emphasizes intellectual humility, intellectual
integrity, and fair-mindedness.
Critical thinking is defined as reflective skepticism. Critical thinking is away to approach
problems and make decisions. By using critical thinking one can enjoy benefits throughout one’s
long life. Experience dictates that critical thinking is essential to both effective learning and
productive living.
5. 5
Mankind is going through the information age where ideas are plentiful. However what is
lacking is the ability to evaluate ideas in a constructive manner. People with reasoning skills
across a variety of situations will find jobs waiting for them. It is paramount to make the students
learn how to think critically so that they can become most marketable. Current jobs and future
jobs will be displaced by new technologies. The vital requirement for future jobs will be the
ability to think critically. Fluctuations in the job market means that tomorrow's workers in order
to survive should learn new skills. One should decide which skills are worth learning. Such
decisions require critical thinking. Critical thinking means "involving or exercising skilled
judgment or observation." Thinking is critical when it evaluates the reasoning behind a decision.
Evaluation means that critical thinkers examine the outcomes of thought processes for their
positive and negative attributes. But for thinking to be critical, evaluation must be carried forth in
a constructive manner (3).
Thinking includes problem solving, decision-making, critical thinking, logical reasoning and
creative thinking. Thinking involves the appropriate use of knowledge, and this ability is not
developed spontaneously (hastily). In America educators are emphasizing on enhancing critical
thinking. Critical Thinking is an academic "buzz" word.