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There is No Terror in Islam
Those who emerge today and carry out acts of terrorism in the
name of Islam and those who back such acts, representing a tiny minor-
ity in the world of Islam, stem from Darwinist, atheist and materialist
ideologies, not from Islam itself. Failing to understand the essence of
Islam, which is essentially a religion of peace and justice, they foolishly
make it a tool of barbarism, which is simply an outcome of their social
and cultural structure. The origin of this barbarism is Darwinism and
materialism, and is the benighted initiatives of people who are devoid
of love for their fellow human-beings.
It is a fact that, for the last few centuries, Muslims in all corners of
the Islamic world, have been subjected to violence by some Western
forces and their allies. The colonialist European states, local oppressive
regimes or colonialists backed by certain Western circles have caused
great suffering to Muslims at large. However, for Muslims, this is a sit-
uation that has to be approached and responded to from a purely
Qur'anic stance.
In no part of the Qur'an does Allah command believers to respond
to violence with violence. On the contrary, Allah commands Muslims to
"respond to evil with goodness":
A good deed and a bad deed are not the same. Repel the bad with
something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone
else, he will be like a bosom friend. (Surah Fussilat: 34)
It is no doubt a legitimate right of Muslims to react against this cru-
elty. However, these reactions should never turn into a blind hatred, an
unjust enmity. Allah warns about this in the following verse:
... Let not the hatred of a people [who once] obstructed you from the
Sacred Mosque lead you to transgress. Help one another in benevo-
lence and piety, and help not one another in sin and transgression…
(Surat Al-Ma'ida: 2)
Consequently, carrying out terrorist acts against the innocent peo-
ple of other nations under the pretence of "representing the innocent
nations in the world", is by no means compatible with Islam.