بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
PEACE
“Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you but begin no hostilities. Allah loves not the aggressors.”
-Baqarah 2:190
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“And if they cease, then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.”
–Baqarah 2:192
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“…therefore if they withdraw from you but do not fight you, and (instead) send you (guarantees) of peace, then God has opened no way for you (to wage war against them).”
-Nisaa 4:90
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“O you who believe! Stand out firmly for God, as witness to fair dealings and do not let the hatred of a people lead you to treat them unjustly. Deal with them justly; it is closer to piety.” Respect for the dignity of human beings leads Islam to put an end to fighting as soon as the enemy declare peace”
-Al Maidah 5:8
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“And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, (non-Muslim) lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do.”
-Al An’am 6:108
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“And if any one of the polytheists (non-Muslim) seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah . Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.”
-At Tawbah 9:6
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“So as long as they (non-Muslim) are upright towards you, be upright towards them. Indeed, Allah loves the righteous [who fear Him].”
–At Tawbah 9:7
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“Perhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection. And Allah is competent, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.”
-Al Mumtahanah 60:7
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“Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes – from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly”
-Al Mumtahanah 60:8
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“Do not kill the monks in monasteries, and do not kill those sitting in places of worship.”
-Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
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“Do not destroy the villages and towns, do not spoil the cultivated fields and gardens, and do not slaughter the cattle.”
–Sahih Bukhari; Sunan Abu Dawud
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“Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy; pray to God to grant you security; but when you [are forced to] encounter them, exercise patience.”
-Sahih Muslim
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COMPULSION
“(There is) no compulsion in the religion. Surely has become distinct the right (path) from the wrong.”
-Baqarah 2:256
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“Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious (non-violent). For thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.
-Al Nahl 16:125
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“I do not worship that which ye worship.”
“Nor are you worshipers of what I worship.”
“For you is your religion, and for me is my religion.”
-Al Kafirun 109:2,3,6
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DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVENESS
“Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews (huud), and the Christians (naswara), and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.”
Baqarah 2:62
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“And they say: None shall enter the garden (or paradise) except he who is a Jew or a Christian. These are their vain desires. Say: Bring your proof if you are truthful.”
-Baqarah 2:111
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“And the Jews say: The Christians do not follow anything (good) and the Christians say: The Jews do not follow anything (good) while they recite the (same) Book. Even thus say those who have no knowledge, like to what they say; so Allah shall judge between them on the day of resurrection in what they differ.”
-Baqarah 2:113
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“And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before you…”
-Al Maidah 5:5
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“And were it not that Allah to repel the people, some by means of others, there would have surely been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allah is much mentioned. And Allah will surely support those who support Him.”
-Al Hajj 22:40
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“And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colors; most surely there are signs in this for the learned.”
-Rum 30:22
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O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has At-Taqwa. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
-Al Hujurat 49:13
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HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND THE CHRISTIANS
“In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. This is what is granted of security by the servant of Allah, Umar, the commander of the faithful, to the people of Jerusalem. He grants them safety for their lives, their property, their churches, and their crucifixes, for their ill, their healthy, and their entire community. Their churches will not be occupied, demolished, or reduced in number. Their churches and crucifixes will not be desecrated and neither anything else of their property. They will not be coerced to abandon their religion and none of them will be harmed.”
-Sayyidna Umar R.A Disciple of Muhammad S.A.W.. Tareekh At-Tabari 2/449
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“Umar ibn Al-Khattab R.A. Entered the sacred house and came to the church of the Holy Sepulcher. He sat inside among its companions until the time of prayer arrived. Umar said to the patriarch, “I want to pray.” The patriarch said, “Here is your place of prayer,” but Umar refrained from doing so and instead he prayed upon the staircase near a door apart from the church. When Umar finished his prayer, he said to patriarch: “If I had prayed inside the church, the Muslims after me would take the church and turn it into a mosque and they would say: Umar prayed here.
-Ta’reekh Ibn Khaldun 2/225
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“Who could doubt that such goodness, friendship and charity come from God? Men whose parents, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, had died in agony at our hands, whose lands we took, whom we drove naked from their homes, revived us with their own food when we were dying of hunger and showered us with kindness even when we were in their power.”
–Oliverus Scholasticus, after the defeat of the sixth Crusade.
