A great advantage of the non-violent method is that by following it no part of one’s time is wasted. The opportunities available in any given situation may then be exploited to the fullest extent.
The very word ‘Islam,’ from the Arabic silm, connotes peace. According to a tradition of the Prophet, ‘Peace is Islam’. This means that peace is one of the prerequisites of Islam.
While peace is a boon for human society, violence is a curse. Peace fosters a high level of human culture and helps it to flourish, whereas violence breeds a jungle culture. Peace elevates humanity to the level of civilized social existence, whereas violence causes a descent into barbarism. Peace brings the good elements of a society into prominence, while violence does the very opposite.
Scholars have defined peace thus: “Peace is the absence of war.” Peace is generally studied as the antithesis to war. But this is an extremely limited concept of peace. The truth is that peace relates to the entire spectrum of human life. In itself, it is a complete ideology.
