Peace & Conflict

• Peace

  Oh you who believe! Enter into peace (Islam) wholeheartedly
• Peace

  Most Gracious are those who work on the earth in humility and when the ignorant address them, they say "Peace"
• Peace

  Truly it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts find peace
• Peace

  For them will be a home of peace in the presence of the Lord
• Peace

  Prophet Muhammed- An amicable settlement is best
• Peace

  The Qur'an described Islam as "Dar As Salaam" meaning the "House of peace"
• Peace Making

  If two parties among the believers fall into a quarrel, make ye peace between them
• Peace Making

  But if the enemy inclines towards peace, do thou also incline towards peace and trust in Allah
• Importance of Justice in Peace Making

  Allah commands justice
• Importance of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

  But if a person forgives and makes recompense his reward is due from Allah
• Importance of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

  If two groups of believers fight, you should try to reconcile them
• Importance of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

  Good and evil cannot be equal... repel evil with what is better
• Importance of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

  Prophet Muhammed- He forgave people and brought reconciliation where there were disputes among others
• Importance of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

  Prophet Muhammed- He forgave those who exiled him in Makkah instead of taking revenge
• Islamic Relief

  Raises awareness of the challenges faced by children who live in conflict zones
• Islamic Relief

  Supports refugees from conflict with medical care and food
• Islamic Relief

  Provides orphans with clothes, education and fundraising
• Islamic Relief

  Building hospitals and providing clean drinking water
• Salaam Peace

  Community engagement programmes in London to change the perception of Islam
• Salaam Peace

  Bringing people together from diverse backgrounds through sport, homework clubs, mentoring schemes and community activities
• Peace Making

  Be a community that calls for what is good, urges what is right and forbids what is wrong
• Conflict

  Self-Defence- Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress
• Conflict

  Prophet Muhammed- The strongest among you is not the one who can defeat another in fighting, but the one who can control his anger
• Conflict

  Greed- And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly
• Conflict

  Self-Defence- Permission is given to fight to those that have been wronged
• Conflict

  Forgiveness- If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah
• Conflict

  Forgiveness- If you believers have to respond to an attack, make your response proportionate
• Pacifism

  Struggle in the way of Islam
• Pacifism

  If anyone kills a person - unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land - it is as if he kills mankind
• Pacifism

  It is obligatory for one to listen to and obey unless these orders involve disobedience to Allah
• Pacifism

  If an act of disobedience to Allah is imposed, he should not listen to or obey it
• Pacifism

  Love for all, hatred for none
• Pacifism

  Muhammad Ali, a famous Muslim, refused to fight in the Vietnam War
• Humanism + Pacifism

  Human life is more valuable and war is a waste of Human Resources
• Humanism + Pacifism

  Humanists think war fought over religion are ridiculous
• Humanism + Pacifism

  Many Humanists were conscientious objectors during the two World Wars and helped set up the United Nations
• Pacifism Charities

  The Almadiyya Muslim Community organise rallies and non-violent protests to highlight issues showing how Jihad is misunderstood by non-Muslims
• Pacifism Charities

  The Arab Spring protects in 2011 against the lack of democracy were based on pacifism and passive resistance.
• Just War Theory

  And why should you not fight in the cause of Allah
• Just War Theory

  And those who, being weak and ill-treated