Today, a series of recent tragic developments have given Islam a bad name, causing many people to imagine that Muslims as a whole are bad people who have no respect whatsoever for human life and peace. It is true that behind these developments as well as the mounting anti-Islamic sentiments the world over are the hands of sinister politicians, personal interests, international politics and so on. Yet, simply to state the problem is not to solve it. We must recognize that many people now see Muslims as their enemies, and that Islamophobia, based on erroneous claims, has rapidly escalated throughout the world. These are among the various problems that we are now suddenly afflicted with, and we must seriously consider possible solutions to them.
Respected friends! We generally take great interest in describing or recounting our problems but focus little attention to their solutions. For this we must clearly understand what Islam really is, what it has forbidden us from, what it teaches us to do, and what path we must adopt so that we can succeed in solving our the challenges that we are faced with. In this context, we must examine if the great personages we claim to follow and in whom we have faith have left behind any guidance for us applicable to such a situation as we are faced with today.
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