ASSIGNMENT 2

ISLAMIC STUDIES
M. ARSHMAN ARSHAD
BBA02173027

QUESTION:

Terrorism; How Islamic values of brotherhood

discourages terror and enhances tolerance among the
modern society?
ANSWER:
Islam means the religion of peace. A person following Islam will find
that he or she is surrounded by noble teachings, the aim of which is to
establish peace between man and Allah, the Creator of all; between
man and man; and between man and the rest of Allah’s creation.
How does such a religion deal with the issue of terrorism? And what
does the word terrorist mean? Dictionaries will define a terrorist as one
who systematically uses violence and intimidation to achieve political
ends – or one who controls or forces others to do something by violence,
fear or threats.
All these definitions are covered by two words in the Holy Qur’an, the
sacred book of Islam: Fitnah and Ikrâh.
In the Holy Qur’an, God begins to deal with the issue of terrorism by
teaching Muslims never to become terrorists in the first place. Two of
the very first verses of our Holy Book say: ‘Al-Fitnatu ashad-du minal
qatl’ – meaning that in the sight of Allah, ‘persecution, or making
people constantly fear for their lives, is much worse than killing’. And
also: ‘Lâ ikrâha fid-dîn’ – ‘There shall be no compulsion in religion’, that
is to say, that no one has the right to force others into complying with
their demands or compelling others to follow their line of thinking.
Allah Almighty warns the believers again and again that they should
never abandon Him, the source of all goodness. Allah Almighty reminds
us that it is those who have abandoned Him and thrown away all good,
and divested themselves of every shred of human decency, that are the
ones who will eventually resort to terrorizing others, forcing them into
complying with their demands. The believers are repeatedly reminded
that they would lose Allah Almighty’s love and His favors if they ever
began to behave in that way.
But Islam does not content itself with these injunctions strongly
forbidding Muslims from ever becoming terrorists. It also makes sure
that the believers are made into highly moral, excellently behaved
people, by inculcating those lofty human values that can turn them into
people who sincerely love humankind without distinction of religion,
race or social status. Islam no doubt encourages the logical and rational
discussion of views with people of all creeds in a calm and dispassionate
way, with the only aim that truth prevail over error and falsehood. But it
also reminds us that it is error and falsehood as such that are to be
hated and detested.

Islam, a religion of mercy, does not permit terrorism. In the Quran,

ALLAH has said:

ALLAH does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly
with those who have not fought you about religion and have not
driven you out of your homes. ALLAH loves just dealers. (Quran,
60:8)
The Prophet Muhammad used to prohibit soldiers from killing
women and children, and he would advise them: {...Do not betray, do
not be excessive, do not kill a newborn child.} And he also said:
{whoever has killed a person having a treaty with the Muslims shall
not smell the fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance is found for a
span of forty years.
Also, the Prophet Muhammad has forbidden punishment with fire.
He once listed murder as the second of the major sins, and he even
warned that on the Day of Judgment, {The first cases to be adjudicated
between people on the Day of Judgment will be those of bloodshed.}
Muslims are even encouraged to be kind to animals and are forbidden
to hurt them. Once the Prophet Muhammad said: {A woman was
punished because she imprisoned a cat until it died. On account of
this, she was doomed to Hell. While she imprisoned it, she did not give
the cat food or drink, nor did she free it to eat the insects of the
earth.}
He also said that a man gave a very thirsty dog a drink, so God forgave
his sins for this action. The Prophet was asked, “Messenger of God,
are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?” He said: {There is a
reward for kindness to every living animal or human.}
As we know that some Muslim groups are conveying wrong messages
to other Muslims in the world. Like if someone want to take place in
jannah he or she have to bomb that place or something. This messages
are not related to Islam. Islam is the religion of peace. At the end, I want
to say that Terrorism has no religion. If someone is doing terrorism in
the name of islam then he or she is not a muslim as in Quran Allah
Almighty said that:
“Whoever slays a soul, unless it be for a manslaughter or for mischief in the
land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though
he kept alive all men.” (Surah al-Mā’ida 5:32)

“One murder is equal to the killing the whole of humanity”