Peaceful Coexistence in Islam
By Aiman Reyaz, New Age Islam
18 July, 2014
In the non-Muslim
world there is this question as to whether Muslims and non-Muslims can
coexist peacefully together? They base this question from the fact that
they get to see and know that in the Muslim world, non-Muslims are
treated very badly. The answer to the above question from the Quran and
the teachings of the Prophet is that they can, they should and they
must. But this is not a rhetorical statement. I need to back up this
claim, on what basis I say this.
To emphatically say
‘yes’ to the above question is based on the Islamic values. I will list
some of them that can be fully documented from the primary sources of
Islam. The first value is the value of Peace. It is not just rhetoric,
that Islam means peace...it is much deeper than that. Islam itself means
and demands to have peace with Allah, the Creator, resulting in inner
peace within oneself; with all the creations of Allah- whether it is
humans (Muslims or non Muslims) or animals or plants and even ecology,
through submitting oneself to the Will of Allah and following His
guidance sincerely and as fully as one can.
The second value is
the firm belief in Allah (God) who is the creator of everything in the
Heavens and Earth. This is not a mere dogma; because when we say that
God is one then the whole humanity is also one, coming from the same
source. The Prophet of Islam put it so beautifully: People (not just
Muslims) are the dependence of Allah and the most beloved among them in
the sight of Allah are those who are more beneficent to these dependence
of Allah
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