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Only Love Can Defeat Terrorism

unaware of the one evident truth that will bring him
happiness and inspiration, both in this world and the next.

Because all his life, he has been educated in radical ideologies,
in the context of the idea that life is a battleground in which
only the strong survive, where violence and oppression are
the only means of survival. Anyone resorting to terrorism, no
matter what his religion, race, or nation, must understand

that he is acting under the influence of a misleading
philosophy, that in the final analysis stems from materialist
and Darwinist thinking, though it sometimes masquerades as
a religious idea.
Those who resort to secular terrorism are unaware that
Allah and the hereafter really do exist, that this world is

merely a place of trial and that only those who believe and
carry out their religious obligations devoutly will be saved.
Those who resort to allegedly "religious" terrorism are far
from understanding Allah's commandments against evil and

the value of human life, such as that "… If someone kills
another person—unless it is in retaliation for someone else
or for causing corruption in the earth—it is as if he had
murdered all mankind. And if anyone gives life to another
person, it is as if he had given life to all mankind." (Surat Al-
Ma'ida: 32)

At this point, a great responsibility falls on all true
believers, no matter what their religion. Jews must not ignore
the statements of the Torah ,calling mankind to peace and
love, and they must call on all other Jews to oppose terrorism,

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