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Islamic Model of Peaceful Coexistence… MR. Dodhiya and M. Ghanbari (135
and violence as the evil pardons and makes
way: (Ref: Quran, 2: 208) reconciliation, his reward
“Allah invites to the lies with Allah. He does
Home of Peace, and not love the unjust”.
guides whomever He (Quran, 42: 40)
wills to a straight path”.
(Quran, 10: 25) 3. The Goodness of
Peaceful Coexistence
Moreover, it suggests making The teachings of Islam are
peace with the enemies as based upon peaceful
well: coexistence and call upon
“But if they incline people to live based upon
towards peace, then incline the principle of peace and
towards it, and put your justice. Therefore, it can be
trust in Allah. He is the said that peace in Islam is
Hearer, the Knower”. an eternal constitution.
(Quran, 8: 61) Even the nature of war in
Islam is a defensive one,
It calls upon its followers not an offensive one
to remember the greater because the principle of
reward with God and the Islam is peace and coexistence,
pardon and excuse the not conflict, violence, and
wrong-does war. War in Islam is a
“The retribution of a bad secondary principle, not a
action is one equivalent primary one.
to it. However, whoever