Dawah Thinking

Dawah Thinking A certain Kashmiri Muslim who is associated with our dawah mission, told us over the phone that on September 23, 2010, a programme had been organized by the government with the theme, ‘Public Interaction’. Senior Officers of the Indian army and local Muslims were present on this occasion. The chief guests were Mr Gurdeep Singh, General Commanding Officer (G.C.O) and Brigadier Anil Pandey. This member of our mission said that, a Kashmiri Muslim, who attended this function, criticized the government for having commercialized the problem of Kashmir. He maintained that the concerned persons were only engaged in political trading in the name of Kashmir. Upon hearing this, the member of our mission who was present on the occasion said to the complaining Muslim, ‘We have also started fruitful trading’ (as per the Quran, 61:10-11). After saying this, he and his companions started handing out the English translation of the Quran and other dawah literature as gifts to those present. They gave copies of the English translation of The Prophet of Peace and other such books to General Gurdeep Singh and Brigadier Anil Pandey. General Gurdeep Singh later made the observation in his speech that in recent years, the Kashmiris had staged a great agitation on the issue of Quran burning. Consequently, in its wake, 17 youths had been killed. Then General Gurdeep Singh took the Quran in his hand and said, “You engage in violence in the name of the Quran. Now tell me which verse of the Quran commands you to engage in violence?” At this, the entire Muslim audience remained silent. When one is oriented towards dawah, one will avail of all such opportunities to do dawah work. On such occasions, one will gift the book of God to God’s servants. On the contrary, one who is not so oriented will consider all such dawah opportunities merely as a stage in “politics”. Hence he will bring only the gift of hatred not of love. The Modern Age: the Age of the Madu There was no concept of global tourism in ancient times. For in those times the means of travel and communication we have nowadays simply did not exist. But now we live in the modern age of communication, and with an in-depth knowledge of geography,