Page 42 - Islam Denounces Terrorism

40 Islam Denounces Terrorism

"You are sons of Adam, and Adam came from dust. Let the peo-
ple cease to boast about their ancestors." (Sunan Abu Dawud, Book
41, Number 5097)

During his final sermon, the Prophet (pbuh) called on Muslims in
these terms:

"There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab and for a
non-Arab over an Arab; nor for white over the black nor for the
black over the white except in piety. Verily the noblest among
you is he who is the most pious." (The Prophet Muhammad's Last
Sermon; http://www.stanford.edu/ ~jamila/Sermon.html)

3- JUSTICE: Almighty God commands justice

God issues this commandment to believers in the Qur'an: "...You
who believe! Be upholders of justice, bearing witness for God
alone, even against yourselves or your parents and relatives.
Whether they are rich or poor, God is well able to look after
them. Do not follow your own desires and deviate from the
truth. If you twist or turn away, God is aware of what you do."
(Qur'an, 4:135)

The commands that our Prophet (pbuh) issued among Muslims
and his just and affectionate attitude toward people of different
religions, languages, races and tribes, as well as the way he treat-
ed everyone equally, making no distinction between rich and poor
as God revealed in the Qur'an, represents an excellent example of
the conception of democracy.

Democracy Will Come About When People Are
Living by the Moral Values Commanded by God

As we have seen, in the essence of Islam, there is intellectual free-
dom, freedom of faith and expression. Some people assume that democ-
racy entered the history of humanity with the ancient Greeks. However,
it is God Who teaches democracy to people. From the time of the Prophet