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Only Love Can Defeat Terrorism

believers as it was for Muslims. During his lifetime, everyone
on the Arabian Peninsula— Christian, Jew or pagan—was
treated justly, with no discrimination.
Our Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him

peace) pleasing attitude, in conformity with the Qur'an, sets
an example for those of different religions and shows how
they should behave to one another. His justice brought about
compromise between people of different races. In many of his
addresses, even in his Farewell Sermon, he made it known
that no one's race or class endowed him with any superiority.
This lay only in godliness, as Allah has revealed in the Qur'an:

Mankind! We created you from a male and female,and made
you into peoples and tribes so that you might come to know
each other.The noblest among you in Allah's Sight is the one
with the most piety. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (Surat
Al-Hujurat:13) The hadiths on this subject say:
You are sons of Adam, and Adam came from dust. Let the
people cease to boast about their ancestors. 44

These genealogies of yours are not a reason to revile
anyone. You are all children of Adam. No one has any
superiority over another, except in religion and taqwa
[Allahliness]. 45

OUR PROPHET (may Allah bless him and
grant him peace) ALWAYS FAVORED
PEACE
Our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)

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