Another Muslim Leader "Speaking Out"

[Zuiko Azumazi]

What does Islam really say about violence, human rights and other religions?
Here's one perspective from Abdullah al-Askar, history professor, King Saud
University, in an op-ed article that appeared recently in the influential
Washington Post. Full story at this link:-

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/muslims_speak_out/2007/07/abdullah_alaskar.html

Extract:-
It is also clear that true, or properly declared, Jihad strictly forbids
Muslims, whether as individuals or collectively as a political identity, to
wage war against non-Muslims simply because of their religious belief. True
Jihad is only waged against those, Muslim or not, who are actively engaged
in the destruction of the faith and the community of Islam and the force to
be used to counteract or neutralize that destructive action has to be, must
only be, of the kind or relevance and to the minimum degree appropriate to
succeed without engaging in "overkill".
End extract.

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Peace
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The opinion of the intelligent is worth more than the certitude of the
ignorant. [Arab Proverb]

Zuiko Azumazi
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