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THE Qur'an instructs Muslims to treat non-Muslims courteously in a spirit of kindness and generosity, given they are not hostile toward Muslims.
Allah says: “Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not (...)
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ALLAH requires Muslims to be just in all their affairs and to act equitably toward everyone.
Allah says: “And the heaven He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance. In order that you may not transgress (due) balance. And observe (...)
VIMUSLIMS protected Christian churches in the lands they occupied from being harmed. In a letter to Simeon, the Archbishop of Rifardashir and leader of all the bishops of Persia, the Nestorian Patriarch Geoff III wrote: “The Arabs, to whom God has (...)
IV
ANOTHER example of how Islam gives regard to human dignity is in the following incident. A famous story illustrates the degree to which the Caliphs of early Islam protected the dignity of non-Muslims. Amr Ibn Al-Aas was the governor of Egypt. (...)
Muslim countries with large Muslim populations, markets close down in the evening to enable people to perform prayers and consume Iftar. These markets then re-open and stay open for a good part of the night. Muslims can be seen shopping, eating, (...)
Islamic countries to conduct continued dialogue with the people of those countries, respect the host countries' rules, never neglect their Islamic religious duties, and show cooperation with the governments of Islamic countries and Islamic (...)
Muslims. We started by calling on them to resort to reason, wisdom and dialogue, but in vain. They continued their activities, forcing us to confront their violence by force. Along with that, we have had to target the sources of terrorism finance, (...)