| Famous Quotes |
| Islamic jihad is a positive and continuous process. It is at work in the entire life of a believer. |
| Whenever the Prophet had to choose between two courses, he would always opt for the easier course. |
| Now, a peaceful course of action is not just one of the possibilities: it is the only feasible and result-oriented option. |
| As seen during the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet adhered to the principle of peace even in extreme emergencies. |
| Migration or hijrah of the Prophet Muhammad is a clear example of abandoning violent solutions in favour of peaceful solutions. |
Far from
being an armed struggle, jihad is a peaceful struggle. |
| The entire life of the Prophet is a practical demonstration of his peace-loving policy. |
| According to the Islamic shariah, peace is the rule in matters of jihad, while war is the least desirable option |
| Countering aggression with aggression is a hard option, while countering aggression with patience and forbearance is an easier option. |
| The truth is that Islam’s being a peaceful religion shows that it is an eternal religion. Had it been a religion of violence, it would not have stood the test of time. |
| ‘Jihad’ essentially is a peaceful struggle. One form of this peaceful struggle is dawah (communication of the message of God) |
| The position of peace in Islam is sacrosanct, while war in Islam is allowed only in exceptional cases when it cannot be avoided. |
| The goal of the Islamic mission is to make people realize the existence of the one and only God and to strive to bring about a revolution in their hearts and minds. |
| Targeting non-combatants even in defensive war is unlawful. |
| “God grants to gentleness what he does not grant to harshness.” |
| —The Prophet Muhammad |
| Islam believes in turning one’s enemy into a friend through peaceful means, instead of declaring him an enemy and then waging war against him. |
| According to Islam we can become martyrs, but we cannot court a martyr’s death deliberately. |
Quranic commands to do battle were always specific to particular
sets of circumstances, and were not meant to be indiscriminately applied at the will of individuals. |
| Peaceful circumstances produce a propitious environment for Islam, while violent circumstances result in antagonism towards it. |
| War brings nothing but death and destruction. Whereas peace fosters benign creativity. |
| The Qur’an states that the prophets were sent to the world as a mercy to the people (21:107). |
| Those who seek to please God will be guided by Him to “the paths of peace”. (16:5) |
| The Qur’an sets patience above all other Islamic virtues. Its reward is “beyond measure.” |
| Violence is the way of destruction while non-violence is the way of construction. |
| The truly desirable revolution is that which permits gradual and beneficial changes. And this can be achieved only on the basis of non-violence. |
| Jihad with the Quran means an ideological struggle to conquer peoples’ hearts and minds. |
| Had the Prophet and his companions adopted the path of confrontation instead of peaceful migration, the history of Islam might have been buried shortly after its inception. |
| All the precious books and the classical literature of Islam are a result of the peaceful activities during the time of the tabi‘un and their succeeding generations |
| The Prophet forbade any uprising against political institutions. The resulting absence of strife permitted the uninterrupted propagation of Islam. |
| “The religion of Muslims has conquered where their arms had failed.” |
| According to the teachings of Islam, war is to be waged not against the enemy but against the aggressor. |
| Izhar ad-din signifies intellectual and ideological dominance, not political dominance. |
| The latest scientific developments now uphold age-old religious truths. |
| The coercive and oppressive political system was destroyed by the revolution brought about by the Prophet and his companions which set in motion a process of intellectual liberalization. |
| The advent of the modern scientific age has made possible the global propagation of Islam for the first time in world history. |
| A peaceful world is like a paradise on earth. It is only in such a world that we can meet and establish contact with God, the Creator of Man and the Universe. |
| According to a hadith, a time was to come when God’s words would enter all the homes in the world (Musnad, Ahmad). |
| Only under a normal relationship between the da‘i and the mad’u, can the message of Islam be conveyed in a propitious atmosphere. |
| The time has come today for Islam to play a great constructive role, leading human history once again into a new age of progress. |
| The Muslims have been unable to join the main-stream in modern times, it is because they are so easily provoked and so ready to resort to violence. |
| Let Muslims once renounce violence and they will be welcomed, as brothers, into the main-stream. In all institutions ranging from the social to the educational, the equality of their partnership will be assured. |
| Islam played a key role in disassociating religion from science. This paved the way for great progress to be made in the field of scientific investigation. |
| A dawah mission cannot afford wars and violent confrontations. |
| In the present world the developed countries have become economic or military superpowers, but the place is vacant for an ideological superpower, and that, potentially belongs to Islam. |
| If you behave properly with those holding divergent views from you, then you deserve to be credited with having an excellent character. |
The ability to be tolerant of the actions, beliefs and opinions of others is a major factor in promoting world peace.
—The United Nations |
Peace in actual fact simply
opens up opportunities for the achievement
of justice. |
| Violent activities breed hatred in society, while non-violent activities foster love. |
| Muslims themselves must show the rest of the world that Islam is a religion of peace. |
Forbearance
is a great enabling factor in collective human development. |
| In this world, unity is achievable only by learning to unite inspite of differences, rather than insisting on unity without differences. |
The root cause of most of our problems is traceable to our deviation from the peaceful model of nature. |
Human beings should follow the example of the stars and planets which remain in continual motion in their orbits, without ever colliding with one another. |
| Peace is essential for a better way of living—peace of mind, peace in the family and peace in nature. |
| Japan abandoned violence and adopted a peaceful course which helped it become a great economic super power. |
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