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Just for the sake of a comparative approach, we can explore if Christianity can be categorized as a “Religion of Peace.” Is Christianity a "Religion of Peace"?Īs the Christian conservatives/evangelists are at the forefront of spreading Islamophobia in USA and Europe, for the sake of a comparative reason, let’s see what Jesus (p) himself asserted: "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." Yet, these days there are people who would like to identify Islam and the Prophet Muhammad as violent or symbol of violence." Even the recent, organized torching of Muslims in India by a Hindu mob does not make Hinduism a burning example of violence and barbarism.
The Spanish Inquisition and the Crusade did not make Christianity violent and barbaric. The European colonization that ravaged, exploited and dehumanized various parts of Asia and Africa, including the Muslim world, did not make Europe any less civilized. The virtual decimation of the Indian people in the United States did not make the country barbaric or uncivilized. However, the ‘wild, wild West’ did not earn the United States a reputation for violence the two World Wars - the most violent and the worst killings in human history - did not earn the West in general and Europe in particular a reputation for violence either. "All killing, fighting, war and even administration of law and order involve some type of violence. I wrote in an earlier article " Toward understanding Muhammad: Some issues in peace and violence": In the context of the discourse based on political correctness, the very framing of the question needs scrutiny. AHA does not delve into what it means that a religion is “Religion of Peace”.
‘Religion of peace’ connotes, rather, that Islam can countenance a state of permanent, peaceful coexistence with other nations and peoples who are not Muslims.This position, I shall argue, is no more than the result of an objective application of principles of Islamic Jurisprudence which no jurist or activist, medieval or modern, has claimed to reject. Sherman Jackson posed: “‘Religion of peace’ does not imply that Islam is a pacifist religion, that it rejects the use of violence altogether, as either a moral or a metaphysical evil. This expression “Religion of Peace” emerged as some politicians in the aftermath of 9/11 who wanted due to political correctness to distinguish the “radical terrorism” from the broader Muslim community, and some Muslims (including prominent leaders, such as Malaysia’s former PM Mahathir) echoed that Islam is not a religion of terrorism, but a Religion of Peace.īut what does it mean for a religion to be a "Religion of Peace"? Does it mean that the adherents of its people are never asked to take a stand that requires fighting or engaging in war? Or, does it mean that its ultimate goal is peace and in everything it does it aspires peace? As Prof. In my humble view, the very framing of the question is problematic. What does it mean by "Religion of Peace"? In this article we examine the commentary of AHA on the issue whether Islam is a “Religion of Peace” or not. Thus, it is not surprising that even though AHA seems to have no fascination for any institutional religion, when it comes to Islam as the nemesis, the anti-Islam forces can be comfortable bed-fellows. In the contemporary world, Islam is identified as the nemesis of modernity, progress and peace, a view that is deeply and vigorously upheld by, among others, the Christian conservatives.
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These values are Judeo-Christian at their core and include the concepts of freedom of speech, a free press, free markets and a strong military to protect and project those values.” But recently the same title surfaced a few days on PragerU, a conservative site dedicated to bring short-videos “to explain and spread … ‘Americanism’ through the power of the Internet.” The site promotes “values that have made America and the West the source of so much liberty and wealth. Rather much discussion and debate has taken place on this theme. Is Islam a Religion of Peace? That was the title of a recent presentation by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (AHA), available through PragerU. 6 So, are their no reformist voices within Islam?.2 Is Christianity a "Religion of Peace"?.1 What does it mean by "Religion of Peace"?.
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