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Monday, July 4, 2011

Human rights in Islam


The word Islam means “Peace acquired by submitting will to almighty GOD”. The root word of Islam is “Salam” which means “Peace”. Whenever any  Muslim meets another Muslim, he or she greets each other with the Islamic greetings, “Assalamu Alaikum oa Rahmatullah” the means “May peace, mercy and blessings of Allah (GOD) be on you” and the reply comes “Oa Alaikum As-salam oa Rahmatullah” the means, “May peace, mercy and blessings of Allah (GOD) be on you too”. In every meeting Muslims greets each other with a greetings of peace. Muslims as a whole, they are peace loving people.


There are some allegations that Islam is a merciless religion, it says it’s follower to kill people, kill animals etc etc. Lets see, what Islam tells us about human rights. In Islam, it is strictly prohibited to kill any innocent human being.

Allah says in the Qur’an “If anyone kills any innocent Human being, unless it be for murder or creating corruption in the land, it is as though he has killed the whole of humanity and if anyone saves any human life, it is as though he has saved the whole of humanity”.  It doesn’t says that specifically about Muslims or the Arabs. It is telling about the whole humanity weather it is Muslim or non-Muslim. So in Islam, every human being has got honor and right to live peacefully.
People says, Muslims are terrorist, they kills non Muslims as they are Kaafir (non believer).  Allah says in the Qur’an, when the war of Badar took place “Kill the enemies (Kaafirs)” immediately after that verse Allah Says, “If the enemy seeks peace, don’t just let him go, escort him in a place of security”. Today, the most merciful army general will say that let the enemy go but Allah says “Don’t just let him go, escort them in a place of security”. Islam is always for peace. War is always preferred as a last resort. If don’t have any other way and the enemies are attacking you, but natural you will fight back. Same in Islam, if you have no other way, you fight back but as a last resort. Peace is always better than war. That’s what Al Qur’an teaches. If you see history, nowhere you will find that Muslims were in war to prevail the religion. Every time Muslims were in War, it was for self defense. Allah says, “Don’t abuse other’s God. In the ignorance they will abuse Allah”. Islam does not permits to hurt anyone’s feeling. You can spread the message of Peace through beautiful preach but you cannot force anyone to accept Islam. This is what Islam teaches us.

The people of today’s world misunderstand Islam the main reason behind this is media. Every time any news related with a Muslim name they shows it as though as this is what every Muslim do. See, you have to understand, there are culprits in every community. The most merciless killer of human history Hitler, insulated 6 million jews and he was a Christian. Can we blame Christianity for that? No. Similarly, if any people with a Muslim name does a wrong deed, that does not mean that Islam is teaching that. That means that person is not following the teaching of Islam. He himself is to blame, not Islam.

Islam is always for Peace. It never says to kill any innocent human being. Muslims should come out strongly to remove these misconceptions about Islam. You are most welcome if you have any comment on this post.

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