A Lesson From History

2. The Call to God and Unity ~ 52 ~ name of Islam, but in fact nothing is more unIslamic in the world of God than this lamentable disunity. The call to God is basically the title of the Islamic mission to convey the message of God to nonMuslims. (The technical nomenclature for the same task to be carried out among Muslims is reform or islah). In case one is extending the message of Islam to a non-Muslim, he will neither explain the implications of aamin bil sirr or aamin bil jahr, (i.e. pronouncing aamin in prayers loudly or silently), nor will he touch upon peripheral issues on which there is no consensus among Muslim sects. In a controversial situation, the only option for the Muslim will be to present to his addressee the principal tenets of Islam, like belief in one God, or tawhid, Prophethood, the life hereafter and human equality. In short, the general call to Islam entails the popularisation of the purely basic teachings of the religion. It is an accepted fact that there is no contradiction in the fundamentals of religion. On the contrary, there are considerable differences among the people of