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A Presentation by Naghma Siddiqi, Ph D.
Scholar, Principal Investigator, Faculty of
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Building Bridges

• Divergence of views do exist between man and
  man.
• To live in harmony in pluralistic societies we
  have to find some guiding principles.
• Hatred, separatism, intolerance and violence
  divides communities.
• Love, Respect, Peace and Positivity unites
  communities.
• Islam gives some guiding principles.

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Come to a Common Word
Say O People of Book, Let us come to a word
common to us and you that we will worship none
but God (The Quran, 364).
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To you your religion and to me mine. ( The
Quran, 1096).
Follow One, Respect All
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Peace Today

• Peace is summum bonum in the world.
• All positive achievements are possible only in
  an environment of peace.
• This is especially true for building bridges in
  pluralistic societies.
• Can Islam give a practical model?

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Islams View On Peace

• The very word Islam (from the Arabic Silm)
  connotes peace.
• God is Peace. (Bukhari)
• Peace is the best.
• (The Quran, 4128)

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Motivation For Peace

• God despises any disturbance of peace (fasad).
  (The Quran, 2205).
• God is Gentle and loves gentleness in all
  things. (Bukhari and Muslim)
• God calls man to the Home of Peace. (The
  Quran, 1025)

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Paradise For Positive People
Recompense (of Paradise) is for those who purify
themselves. (The Quran, 2076)
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Reconciliatory Approach

• As regards the conciliatory versus the
  non-conciliatory approach, the Quran says
• for reconciliation in best. (4 128)

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Enemy Is a Potential Friend

• Repel evil with good. And he who is your enemy
  will become your dearest friend. (The Quran,
  4133-34)

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Violence Versus Non-Violence

• God grants to gentleness (rifq) what he does
  not grant to violence (unf). (Sunan Abu Dawud
  4/255)

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Saving Instead of Killing
Whoever killed a human being should be looked
upon as though he had killed all mankind . And
whoever saved a human being should be looked upon
as though he saved all mankind (532),
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Unlimited Reward for Patience (Sabr)
Surely the patient will be paid their wages in
full without measure. (The Quran, 3910).
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Universal Principle

• None of you can be a believer unless he should
  desire for his fellow-man what he desires for
  himself. (Bukhari)

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Wishing Of Peace
The Prophet enjoined believers wish peace on one
another.
As-Salaam-o-Alaykum
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