Page 97 - Islam Denounces Terrorism

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War Cannot Be Waged for the Purpose of Spreading the

Rules of Islam to be Introduced by A Muslim Leader

According to the Qur'an, a Muslim leader must be someone who
also embraces Christians, Jews, atheists, communists, agnostics, Bud-
dhists and people who adhere to other beliefs and ideological systems
in the community he leads. He must implement complete freedom of
ideas. He must allow people complete liberty.

Conflict, slander and hypocritical people appear where there are

no freedoms. He must prevent that and do what the Qur'an requires.
As stated in the verse "You who believe! Be upholders of justice,
bearing witness for God alone, even against yourselves or your par-
ents and relatives." (Qur'an', 4:135) every believer has a responsibility
to maintain justice without regard for individuals, beliefs or origins,
even if that works against himself.

War Cannot Be Waged to Eliminate

Those Regarded as "Enemies"

How can there be enemies in Islam? Islam is a religion that
requires all people to be equal and brothers. According to Islam, no
matter what someone's colour, language, religion, race, citizenship or
social standing, he is worthy of respect simply for the fact that he is an
entity with soul. As all the revealed religions say, human beings are

brothers as we are all the children of the Prophet Adam (pbuh). This
principle of brotherhood is a requirement of religious belief.

Islam is opposed to all fascist-type ideologies and ideas and Dar-
winist/materialist philosophies that are based on racial superiority
and divide people into false categories such as "advanced" and "prim-
itive." It therefore engages in an intellectual and rational struggle
against these conflicts that these ideologies bring with them, and has
no room for them within itself.