Peace in Islam

Terrorism in the Name of Islam

Submitted by naghma on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:17

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Peace in Islam

In the present time, Muslim fundamentalists are responsible for actions resulting from hatred and marked by violence taking place in the name of Islam. A justification of what they are engaged in is presented in the following couplet by the famous poet Iqbal: To every vein of falsehood every Muslim is like a surgical knife. (Shikwa Jawab-e-Shikwah).

On Islam and Jihad

Submitted by naghma on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:10

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Peace in Islam

At the very beginning of the Qur’an, the first invocation reads: “In the name of God, the most Merciful, the most Beneficent.” Throughout the Qur’an, this verse is repeated for no less than 114 times. Even one of God’s names is As-Salam (Peace). Moreover, the Qur’an states that the Prophet Muhammad ‘may peace be upon him’ was sent to the world as a mercy to mankind (21:107).