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Islam is fundamentally a religion of peace according to the document. It condemns violence and extremism and instead promotes peace, harmony, and mercy for all. The practical example of the Prophet Muhammad showed he never engaged in acts of terror or misconduct and instead showed mercy. While some extremists have misrepresented Islam as promoting violence, the Quran and Hadith emphasize peace, kindness, and establishing a "house of peace." According to Islam, peace is the rule while war is only an exception justified through self-defense, and even then Muslims should avoid war if the outcome is uncertain.

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Islam is fundamentally a religion of peace according to the document. It condemns violence and extremism and instead promotes peace, harmony, and mercy for all. The practical example of the Prophet Muhammad showed he never engaged in acts of terror or misconduct and instead showed mercy. While some extremists have misrepresented Islam as promoting violence, the Quran and Hadith emphasize peace, kindness, and establishing a "house of peace." According to Islam, peace is the rule while war is only an exception justified through self-defense, and even then Muslims should avoid war if the outcome is uncertain.

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Submitted by:

Huma mirza BBA173008

Submitted to:
Sir Mushtaq Ahmed

Course:
Major World Religions

Date of Submission: 30 October 2020


Islam As the Religion of Peace and Prosperity

Islam is the religion of peace and mercy for all creatures. But, now-adays, some extremist has
spread misconception about the Islam, that as, it is the religion of sword for terror. But the actual
fact is that, Islam is the religion of peace and it condemns extremism and violence. Islam
promotes the peace, calm, harmony, any tranquility in society.

Islam is a peaceful religion, its best examples, we can see, in the practical life of Holy Prophet
(SAW). He was the Messenger of Allah (SWT) to convey the message of honesty, piousness,
peace, mercy, integrity, and love. He had never done any activity which indicate act of
terrorizing, misconduct, racism and violation against humanity. Even though, he showed the
mercy on animals, insects and plants. The world knows him, as a 'Rahmatul-lil-Aālamyn'(Mercy
into the world). From the life of Holy Prophet (SAW), it is concluded that Islam is the religion of
peace and humanity. It did not spread by the forced of sword, rather, it spread by its golden
quality.

Islam is a religion of peace in the fullest sense of the word. The Qur’an calls its way ‘the paths of
peace’ (5:16). It states that God abhors any disturbance of peace (2:205).

In fact, the root word of Islam is ‘silm’ which itself means peace. So, the spirit of Islam is the
spirit of peace. The first verse of the Qur’an breathes the spirit of peace. It reads:  In the name of
God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

This verse is repeated in the Qur’an no less than 113 times. It shows the great importance Islam
attaches to such values as Mercy and Compassion. One of God’s names, according to the Qur’an,
is As-Salam, which means peace. Moreover, the Qur’an states that the Prophet Muhammad
PBUH was sent to the world as a mercy to mankind. (21:107)

A perusal of the Qur’an shows that most verses of the Qur’an (and also the Hadith) are based on
peace and kindness, either directly or indirectly. The ideal society, according to the Qur’an is Dar
as-Salam, that is, the house of peace (10:25).

Islam attaches great importance to peace. In fact, Islam cannot afford not to be in a state of peace
because all that Islam aims at spiritual progress, intellectual development, character building,
social reform, educational activities, and above all Missionary work can be achieved only in an
atmosphere of peace and harmony.

According to Islam, peace is not simply an absence of war. Peace opens doors to all kinds of
opportunities that are present in any given situation. It is only in a peaceful situation that planned
activities are possible. It is for this reason that the Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him)
went to great extents to establish peace at all costs.

According to Islam, peace is the rule and war is only an exception. Even in defensive war we
have to see the result. If the result is doubtful, Muslims should avoid war, even in a defensive
situation. Stray acts of aggression are not enough for Muslims to rush into war. They have to
assess the whole situation and adopt a policy of avoidance when war is not certain to achieve a
positive result. This can be seen from the examples given in the articles of this section as was in
the case of the battle of the trench. In this event there was clear-cut aggression on the part of the
antagonists, who traveled as far as 300 miles from Mecca to Medina only to attack the Muslims.
But the Prophet got a trench dug in order to prevent an armed confrontation and thus avoided
engaging in a defensive war.

Thus, Islam is a religion of peace in the complete sense of the word. Every teaching of Islam is
based on the principles of peace and avoidance. Any deviation from the model is a deviation
from Islam and is due to misconceptions. We should, therefore, understand the ideology of peace
given in Islam and base our actions upon this ideology so that peace will prevail in the world.

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