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16/07/2008

Strengthening the Pacifist Islam

By Sumanto al Qurtuby

The principle of unity asserted that human soul is sacred and therefore must be preserved by all mankind. Quran said: …that whosoever killed a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saved the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. (QS. 5:32)

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From all of articles, idea, and etc that I’ve read. I’m just wondering that your articles isn’t objective.Trying to defend western and understand Islam as a retarded philosophy…But You have proved that Islam is actually a peaceful religion.

If you think all religion is right,what would you convert into more liberal religion such as Christian, Judaism, and Hinduism that can permit U to drink,and anything U like.
soon or later all Muslim will convert into these religion due to your opinion

#1. Posted by Nakane on 22/07 at 05:15 AM

no doubt that there are some truth from the articles that have been written by jil.honestly you forgot about one thing, there are some divine secret beyond our understanding in al quran and al hadist. what we are doing about those case is sami’na wa ato’na. what you people do is sami’na wa asoina. there is no different between jil and bani israel.

#2. Posted by lukman el junaid on 05/12 at 02:25 AM

I am disappointed in the comments that have been posted already in response to this article.  There seems to be a knee-jerk reaction by some Muslims whenever Jews are discussed.

In truth, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) did live alongside many Jews in Medina.  Only one of the tribes turned against the Muslims.  That one tribe did not then nor does it now speak for all Jews.

Jews, Christians and Muslims are all ahl al-kitab.  We all have our revelations from God.  Only by working together, as one family of devoted monotheists, can there be peace among us.

It is true that there are things beyond our understanding in al-Quran and in the hadith, but an incomplete understanding does not grant one license to feel or express hatred.  If Islam is to mean peace, then Muslims must fight against their cultural bias against the Jews and Christians.  Remember we are all part of God’s world and have all received his messages sent down to his many prophets (peace be upon them all.)

Thank you, my friends and brothers at JIL, for speaking out for peace and understanding.

Salaam.

#3. Posted by Jonathon Popphan on 17/12 at 05:05 PM

If Muslims do NOT speak for peace then peaceful Muslims will have no choice but to leave Islam for religions that do.

As for those Muslims who wish to drink, many go right ahead and do so…without any need to convert to another religion. They simply cease practicing their own.

As to Muslims who wish to convert, many go ahead and do so without feeling any need to take up drinking. After all, both Hinduism and Xtianity have had teachings on temperance and there are groups within each that avoid alcohol and treat it as repegnant. Even Jews can substitute grape juice for wine.

But if a Muslim is punished and attacked for practicing pacifism, and sees only anger and violence in their co religionists, how long before they despair and leave?

#4. Posted by Karen Mercer on 20/01 at 05:20 PM

Thank you for an interesting article. I am a Christian, and, while I have known individual pacifist-leaning Muslims, I was unaware of any pacifist movement within Islam. I wondered, if there was such a movement, what its theological basis might be.

Both Christianity and Judaism directly share the prophetic tradition of justice, righteousness and peace and, as you rightly point out, Jesus also took a generally non-violent position. But I hadn’t considered the Muslim concept of unity as a basis as well.

It would be overly optimistic to expect that the differences between the three religions might disappear. But, in the fight against violent solutions, we can certainly be “co-belligerents”, people who may not in all senses be allies, but who participate alongside each other in the same struggle.

For that reason, I think that Nakane really misses the point of your article, which is sad. Surely to refuse to act justly merely because those we dislike are fighting for the same cause - or out of fear that some of our people might defect to the other party - is in itself an act of injustice unworthy of Muslim, Jew or Christian.

#5. Posted by Peter Green on 02/08 at 01:20 PM

Let me deliver my opinion & questions :
What is wrong with conversion into other religion, whatsoever the religion is, when during your conversion, you do it basically upon your willingness and conscience, meaning that you convert into it with all the fibres of your heart?
Conversion into other religion, in my opinion, is the basic human right given by GOD, and you will not commit a crime to do that if it’s done without any compulsion or constraint.
And, what’s wrong with GOD’s creation called Bani Israel???,....Don’t you know that Bani Israel is one form of creation done by Allah the Almighty?,.....
Are you angry with Allah knowing the fact that Allah has created Bani Israil???
My brother, all human beings are created equal, be it Javanese, Arabic, Jewish, Anglo-Saxon,.....
To the eyes of Allah the Almighty, He only values men based on anybody’s good conduct and his/her submission to Allah. Allah has no feeling of discrimination at all upon humans, be it based upon race, sex, rank, profession, or whatever you may name.
My closing remark is, I fully agree with the idea of pacifism in Islam. There is no other way but promote pacifism.
Peaceful co-existence among nations of the world can only be achieved by pacifism.

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