True Justice and Peace

True Justice and Peace
Author: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Publisher: Islam International Publications Ltd
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1848808844

The root cause of the unrest in the world today is due to a lack of justice found at every level of society. Only by recognizing its Creator, can mankind hope to establish true justice and usher in an era of individual, communal, and global peace. This brief treatise is a transcript of the concluding address by Hazrat Mirza Masoor Ahmad (aba), Fifth Successor the Promised Messiah (as) and Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, at the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK held on August 23, 2015.

Justice, Peace & Prophet Muhammad

Justice, Peace & Prophet Muhammad
Author: Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
Publisher: Al-Ma‘ãrif Publications
Total Pages: 13
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0920675301

This text explores the over-arching concepts of peace and justice in Islam as pillars of faith, and a way of life at an individual level. It examines the mission of Muhammad and all the Prophets before him: establishing justice in society, and with it, peace for all mankind. It explains peace and justice at a personal level and at a social level, through the words of the Qur'an and actions of Prophet Muhammad. It concludes by touching upon present day issues of global conflict and the need to revisit the true teachings of Prophet Muhammad.

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts
Author: Intisar A. Rabb
Publisher: Harvard Series in Islamic Law
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Islamic courts
ISBN: 9780674984219

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts explores the administration of justice during Islam's founding period, 632-1250 CE. Inspired by the scholarship of Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, ten scholars of Islamic law draw on diverse sources including historical chronicles, biographical dictionaries, exegetical works, and mirrors for princes.

The Concept of Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

The Concept of Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Author: Georges Tamer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110682028

The eighth volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "peace" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. Facing present violent conflicts waged and justified by religious ideas or reasons, peace building prevails in current debates about religion and peace. Here the central question is: How may traditional sources in religions help to put down the weapons and create a society in which everyone can live safely without hostilities and the threat of violence? When we take the Sacred Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam into consideration it becomes obvious that the term "peace" and its equivalents in Hebrew, Greek and Arabic describe, at first, an ideal state based on the "love" / "mercy" of God to his creation. It is a divine gift that brings inward peace to the individuum and outer peace resting upon justice and equality. One main task of Jews, Christian and Muslims in the history is to find out how to bring down this transcendent ideal upon earth. The volume presents the concept of "peace" in its different aspects as anchored in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold discourses about peace within these three traditions. The book offers fundamental knowledge about the specific understanding of peace in each one of these traditions, their interdependencies and their relationship to secular world views.

The Humanity of Muhammad

The Humanity of Muhammad
Author: Craig Considine
Publisher: Blue Dome Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1682065308

What makes an American Catholic of Irish and Italian descent one of the leading global voices in admiration of Prophet Muhammad? In this overview of Muhammad's life and legacy, prominent scholar Craig Considine provides a sociological analysis of Muhammad's teachings and example. Considine shows how the Prophet embraced religious pluralism, envisioned a civic nation, stood for anti-racism, advocated for seeking knowledge, initiated women's rights, and followed the Golden Rule. Considine sheds light on the side of Prophet Muhammad that is often forgotten in mainstream depictions and media narratives. The Humanity of Muhammad is Considine's contribution to the growing body of literature on one of history's most important human beings.

Conceptions of Justice from Earliest History to Islam

Conceptions of Justice from Earliest History to Islam
Author: Abbas Mirakhor
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9781349713813

This book examines the conceptions of justice from Zarathustra to Islam. The text explores the conceptions of justice by Zarathustra, Ancient Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, Noah, Abraham, and Moses. During the Axial Age (800-200BCE), the focus of justice is in India, China, and Greece. In the post-Axial age, the focus is on Christianity. The authors then turn to Islam, where justice is conceived as a system, which emerges if the Quranic rules are followed. This work concludes with the views of early Muslim thinkers and on how these societies deteriorated after the death of the Prophet. The monograph is ideal for those interested in the conception of justice through the ages, Islamic studies, political Islam, and issues of peace and justice. Abbas Mirakhor is former Executive Director and Dean of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. Previously, he taught at universities in Iran and in the US and was the First Holder of the INCEIF Chair in Islamic Finance at INCEIF in Malaysia. Hossein Askari is former Assistant Professor at Tufts University, Professor of Business and Middle East Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and was the Iran Professor of Business and International Affairs at The George Washington University, becoming Emeritus in 2019.

Social Justice in Islam

Social Justice in Islam
Author: Deina Abdelkader
Publisher: IIIT
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1565642686

Western theoretical approaches of modernization, development, social progress and interaction, have failed to understand the dynamics of the Islamic revival. Deina Abdelkader, in this seminal work argues that questions of social justice are indelibly tied to the phenomenon of contemporary Islamic resurgence as the quest for social justice is in fact motivated by the Shari’ah- hence an integral part of Islamic life and weltan-shauung. Using the two tools of maqasid and maslahah, and through the examination of the dialectical link between fiqh and reality, the author shows their indispensability as important methodological tools for the study of the social sciences and, indeed, of social phenomena.

Qur'an of the Oppressed

Qur'an of the Oppressed
Author: Shadaab Rahemtulla
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 019879648X

This study analyses the commentaries of four Muslim intellectuals who have turned to scripture as a liberating text to confront an array of problems, from patriarchy, racism, and empire to poverty and interreligious communal violence. Shadaab Rahemtulla considers the exegeses of the South African Farid Esack (b. 1956), the Indian Asghar Ali Engineer (1939-2013), the African American Amina Wadud (b. 1952), and the Pakistani-American Asma Barlas (b. 1950). The authors considered all proritise the Qur'an over the hadith. Rahemtulla considers this an essential move for a Muslim liberation theology and concludes with proposals with a new construal of what a politically radical Islam might mean, sharply differentitated from Islamism. This work provides a rich analysis of the thought-ways of specific Muslim intellectuals, it substantiates a broadly framed school of thought. Rahemtulla draws out their specific and general importance without displaying an uncritical sympathy. He sheds light on the impact of modern exegetical commentary which is more self-conciously concerned with historical context and present realities. In a mutally reinforcing way, this work thus illuminates both the role of agency and heremnetucal approaches in Modern Islamic thought.

Peace Movements in Islam

Peace Movements in Islam
Author: Juan Cole
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-11-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0755643194

Contrary to the distorted and in many places all-too prevalent view of Islam as somehow inherently or uniquely violent, there is a dazzling array of Muslim organizations and individuals that have worked for harmony and conciliation through history. The Qur'an itself, the Muslim scripture, is full of peace verses urging returning good for evil and wishing peace upon harassers, alongside the verses on just, defensive war that have so often been misinterpreted. This groundbreaking volume fills a gaping hole in the literature on global peace movements, bringing to the fore the many peace movements and peacemakers of the Muslim world. From Senegalese Sufi orders to Bosnian women's organizations to Indian Muslim freedom fighters who were allies of Mahatma Gandhi against British colonialism, it shows that history is replete with colorful personalities from the Muslim world who made a stand for peaceful methods.