a presentation by: naghma siddiqi, ph d. scholar, principal investigator, faculty of islamic studies...
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A Presentation by: Naghma Siddiqi, Ph D. Scholar, Principal Investigator,Faculty of Islamic Studies and Social Sciences, Jamia Hamdard
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Building Bridges
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• Divergence of views do exist between man and man.
• To live in harmony in pluralistic societies we have to find some guiding principles.
• Hatred, separatism, intolerance and violence divides communities.
• Love, Respect, Peace and Positivity unites communities.
Islam gives some guiding principles.
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Come to a Common Word
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Say: O People of Book, Let us come to a word common to us and you that we will
worship none but God
(The Qur’an, 3:64).
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Follow One, Respect All
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To you your religion and to me mine. ( The Qur’an, 109:6).
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Peace Today
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• Peace is summum bonum in the world.
• All positive achievements are possible only in an environment of peace.
• This is especially true for building bridges in pluralistic societies.
Can Islam give a practical model?
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Islam’s View On Peace
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• The very word ‘Islam’ (from the Arabic Silm) connotes peace.
• God is Peace. (Bukhari)
• Peace is the best.
(The Qur’an, 4:128)
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Motivation For Peace
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• God despises any disturbance of peace (fasad). (The Qur’an, 2:205).
• God is Gentle and loves gentleness in all things. (Bukhari and Muslim)
• God calls man to the Home of Peace. (The Qur’an, 10:25)
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Recompense (of Paradise) is for those who purify themselves. (The Qur’an, 20:76)
Paradise For Positive People
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Reconciliatory Approach
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• As regards the conciliatory versus the non-conciliatory approach, the Quran says:
“for reconciliation in best.” (4: 128)
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Enemy Is a Potential Friend
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‘Repel evil with good. And he who is your enemy will become your dearest friend.”
(The Qur’an, 41:33-34)
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Violence Versus Non-Violence
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God grants to gentleness (rifq) what he does not grant to violence (unf).
(Sunan Abu Dawud 4/255)
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Saving Instead of Killing
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‘Whoever killed a human being should be
looked upon as though he had killed all
mankind . And whoever saved a human
being should be looked upon as though
he saved all mankind (5:32),’
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Unlimited Reward for Patience (Sabr)
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Surely the patient will be paid their wages in full without measure.
(The Qur’an, 39:10).
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None of you can be a believer unless he
should desire for his fellow-man what he
desires for himself. (Bukhari)
Universal Principle
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As-Salaam-o-Alaykum
عليكم السالم
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The Prophet enjoined believers wish
peace on one another.
Wishing Of Peace
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