Importance of Understanding Context

as my viewpoint. This method is completely nonintellectual and non-academic. In the above passage, what is claimed to be my viewpoint is not my viewpoint at all. My point is that in this country, the position of Muslims is that of dayees, those who communicate the message of God to others while the position of nonMuslims is that of madu, to whom the message has to be communicated. In other words, the relationship between Muslims and others is not a relationship between communal rivals, rather it is a relationship between those who invite people to God (dayee) and those people who are to be invited to God (madu). If the relationship between two social groups is that of rivals and adversaries, then their relations will be established accordingly. In such a situation, one group might justifiably launch an agitation, for the law of the land permits them to peacefully launch such protests against the governments or other groups. An example of this might be a movement of workers against capitalists for demanding certain rights. What is right and what is wrong in this matter can be determined by the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah. Therefore, when we look at this matter in the light of Islamic teachings in this regard, we find that the status of Muslims is that of dayees and those of non-Muslims is that of madu. This relationship between dayee and madu is a very delicate one. This means that the status of the