Non-Violence and Peace-Building in Islam

leads Muslims into confrontation with other communities, it can easily escalate into communal violence. If Muslims are to put an end to both their internecine differences and their violent conflicts with other communities, they have to completely abandon the ‘Islam of pride’ and, instead, adopt the ‘Islam of humility’. If they do not agree to do this, they must stop accusing others of being wrong, because whatever others may be doing to Muslims is the price Muslims are paying for their own corrupt understanding of Islam, which, in this age of their degeneration, they continue to cling to. 4 Reform Yourself Instead of Confronting Others The Quran tells us (4:79): Whatever good befalls you, it is from God: and whatever ill befalls you is from yourself. Elsewhere, the Quran says (42:30): Whatever misfortune befalls you is of your own doing—God forgives much—[…]