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Global Peace – An Islamic Perspective ACET– Global Peace Project

4 “Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war”. Albert Einstein

4 “It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it”.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

4 “Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves”. William Hazlitt

4 “The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace”. Silvia Cartwright

4 “If we practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and

toothless”. Mahatma Gandhi

It is clear that peace is considered vitally important across the globe, by both notable individuals

and everyday citizens. Despite this common goal, the push for obtaining peace comes from

such a variety of people that the differences in opinions on how to create and maintain peace

can make it difficult to understand. To begin working towards peace on a global level, it is
important to think about these different perspectives and look at where they connect in order

to make peace a more workable reality. In the following section, the definition of peace will

be considered in terms of Liberalism and Realism, two of the most prominent philosophical

viewpoints. This is a starting point from which to explore the definition of peace.

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