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          undertaken by Palestine against them. It is unwise to
          think that one can use violent force against someone
          and the other party will not retaliate with its full might.
          The devastation Palestine faces today is actually the
          repercussion of its past actions.

          This is not a religious matter, but a political one. If you
          have doubts whether Islam commands the killing of Jews
          and  holds  that  Jews  are  aggressors,  let  me  clarify  that
          Islam makes no such sanctions.

          Islam is a religion of peace in the fullest sense of the
          word. The Quran calls its way:

                  ‘the paths of peace’. (Quran 5:16)

          The Quran believes that:

                  Reconciliation is best. (Quran 4:128)

                  God  abhors  any  disturbance  of  peace.
                  (Quran 2:205)





             20   How can we eliminate all terrorists

                   from the world? Can there be an

                   everlasting peace?

             errorism is a phenomenon that results from the misuse
          Tof freedom by human beings. God bestowed freedom
          upon mankind in order to put us to the test in this world.
          It is the misuse of this God-given freedom which creates
          all kinds of problems in society. Since we cannot abolish
          this freedom, we cannot establish an ideal system. It is


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