Muslims. God will surely assist Muslims if they devote themselves to the task of changing the image of Islam—which, at the moment, is that of a religion of violence—to that of a religion of peace. At present

Muslim countries. The best use of these resources would be to utilize them for the image-building of Islam, and the Universal Peace Centre should be designed to fulfil this very purpose.

times and, as a matter of tradition, people introduced it into Islam. Modern science has provided the scientific foundation by which Islamic tazkiyah, based on the mind, can once again be revived. Modern

the Prophet of Islam and his companions were faced with all the problems and hardships in Makkah, as the Muslims of modern times have allegedly been, facing. Yet when the Prophet of Islam asked his companions

contrast, the very same words from the preface of my book, which the Faran perceived as exemplifying what it called ‘nobility, sincerity and love for the truth’, were understood in a diametrically opposite

different mindset. My reference here is to the review of this book of mine that appeared in the Jamaat-e-Islami’s magazine Zindagi. The magazine quoted the very same lines from my preface as the Faran did, but

Mughal reign and who insist on dwelling upon slights (imagined or otherwise) to the Islamic psyche. In the present context, the paths along which the Muslims are directed by popular leaders can only lead

the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable.’ On September 2,

to distort Islam in the eyes of others, especially their adversaries. Communal violence is one of the most talked of subjects these days, and discussion thereon are dominated by the fact that the brunt

that the brutalities of Adolf Hitler and Chengiz Khan pale into insignificance when compared with what the police inflict on innocent Indian citizens. At face value, this would appear to be correct. But

announcement, with this army of 10,000 people, and then fight the Quraysh and capture Makkah. Instead, what he did was that in complete secrecy he made preparations for the journey and travelled along with

war. All his successes are practical examples of this very sunnat of peace. As indicated above, in Islam peace is the general rule while war is a rare exception, to be resorted to only when it becomes an

Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was signed, the Prophet had been preaching for twenty years and the message of Islam had spread throughout the Arabian peninsula. In every tribe, there were people in whose hearts the

fear of arousing their ire, many who realized the truth of Islam were unable to proclaim their faith. They knew that their public acceptance of Islam would have amounted to a declaration of war against the

provide astonishing proof of the veracity of Islamic beliefs.They are such as to have thoroughly shaken the human mind. The ancient Arab opponents of the Islamic creed of monotheism so tortured the believers

appear dwarfish in comparison. 1. The most important scientific discovery of modern times from the Islamic point of view is that of methodology. Up to the beginning of the 20th century, for an argument to

PROPHET IN the year 610, in Mecca, the Catholic scholar Waraqa ibn Naufal said to the Prophet of Islam, “I wish I could be alive at the time when your people expel you from your tribe.” His prediction