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Friday, June 15, 2012

Islam and Globalization: Dialogue is inevitable, Islam and Pluralism, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam and Pluralism
Islam and Globalization: Dialogue is inevitable
By Shaikh Abdul Majeed, Germany
Translated from Urdu by Syed Raihan Ahmad Nezami

The prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) pronounced openly with the instruction of the Almighty Allah Kareem: "I am the Messenger (Rasool) for you all" (Surah Al-Aaraf, 159). It was not a verbal announcement only; rather he put it into practice as there were various nationals like a Persian (Salman), a Negro (Bilal), a Qutabi (Maria) and an Israeli (Abdullah bin Salam) along with the Arabs among His Sahaba-e-Karam (close companions). He wrote convincing letters to the kings of "Faras", "Rome", "Habsha", and "Misr", and also invited them to join Islam (Seerat Ibn Husham), as no other leader of any religion except Islam ever invited to his religion – neither Eisa Maseeh nor anyone else.

The 14th century was the century of the beginning of the globalization when the means of transportation were developing at a revolutionary speed; the concept of freedom was initiated due to the outbreak of First World War. Presently, the concept of inter-dependence among the developing countries is rising speedily. No country can afford to segregate itself from the rest of the world and survive all alone, snapping the diplomatic relations and stopping mutual dialogues with other countries. As the universal education of Islam has the capacity of dealing and having mutual dialogues with the cultures and religions of other communities; so that an international culture, dealings and dialogues are inevitable and it is not against Islam. Basically, Islam is a tolerant religion which has taught the human beings tolerance and patience – violence and force can't be used to impose any matter upon anyone.

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