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A Presentation by: Naghma Siddiqi, Ph D. Scholar, Principal Investigator, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Social Sciences, Jamia Hamdard. Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate. Through Islam and Peace. Through Islam and Peace. Islam and Peace Project
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A Presentation by: Naghma Siddiqi, Ph D. Scholar, Principal Investigator, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Social Sciences, Jamia Hamdard Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Through Islam and Peace
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Building Bridges • 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.
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Come to a Common Word • 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).
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate • To you your religion and to me mine. ( The Qur’an, 109:6). Follow One, Respect All
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Peace Today • 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?
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Islam’s View On Peace • The very word ‘Islam’ (from the Arabic Silm) connotes peace. • God is Peace. (Bukhari) • Peace is the best. • (The Qur’an, 4:128)
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Motivation For Peace • 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)
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Paradise For Positive People • Recompense (of Paradise) is for those who purify themselves. (The Qur’an, 20:76)
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Reconciliatory Approach • As regards the conciliatory versus the non-conciliatory approach, the Quran says: • “for reconciliation in best.” (4: 128)
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Enemy Is a Potential Friend • ‘Repel evil with good. And he who is your enemy will become your dearest friend.” (The Qur’an, 41:33-34)
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Violence Versus Non-Violence • God grants to gentleness (rifq) what he does not grant to violence (unf). (Sunan Abu Dawud 4/255)
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Saving Instead of Killing • ‘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),’
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Unlimited Reward for Patience (Sabr) • Surely the patient will be paid their wages in full without measure. • (The Qur’an, 39:10).
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Universal Principle • None of you can be a believer unless he should desire for his fellow-man what he desires for himself. (Bukhari)
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate Islam and Peace Project • A Faculty of Islamic Studies and Social Science, Jamia Hamdard, Sponsored Research Project. • Research I Publish I Disseminate material on Islam and Peace. • To participate: • Fill Peace Questionnaire attached. • Contact us at info@islamandpeace.org I 9810117359 • Visit us at www.islamandpeace.org.
Through Islam and Peace Islam and Peace Project Research I Publish I Disseminate • Wishing Of Peace • The Prophet enjoined believers wish peace on one another. As-Salaam-o-Alaykum السلام عليكم