THE TRUE JIHAD THROUGH DA‘WAH ACTIVISM

~ 94 ~ of progress. Interaction will also facilitate the task of da‘wah on a large scale. The natural result of this vast interaction of Muslims and non-Muslims will be that everywhere dialogue on Islam will be started, formally as well as informally. In modern times, because of the extremist and violent attitude of Muslims, serious dialogue between Islam and non-Islam has almost come to an end. Now when peaceful interaction between Muslims and non-Muslims takes place in a normal atmosphere, serious dialogue will ensue on its own. The beginning of serious dialogue between Islam and non-Islam is, without doubt, a very great success from the point of view of da‘wah. The Qur’an describes Sulh alHudaybiyya, in the early period of Islam as a ‘clear victory’. It was a ‘clear victory’ in the sense that it established peace between the Violent activities breed hatred in society, while non-violent activities foster love. Muslims themselves must show the rest of the world that Islam is a religion of peace.