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Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Violence and bloodshed Slide 6 for many people Islam is now synonymous with violence and fanaticism Slide 7 Slide 8 Salm Salm peace Experiencing safety and security ( salmah ) at the individual moral level - which then manifests at the communal level of society and polity. salm is opposite of arb war Slide 9 This name al-Isl m points to the real purpose and source of true security: to draw closer to the ultimate origin of Peace: All h. Slide 10 Security : Safety from harm, Peace sal mah or sal m is closely aligned in meaning to am n surety as well as ul conciliation - peace Slide 11 Reconciliation & Peace - Making or simply ul reconciliationpeace- making integrity, S{ulh } = reconciliation, peace- making, making amends, reforming & moral integrity, virtuous integrity. i l baynahum promoting wellbeing, setting aright or simply : Peace - Making Slide 12 mu li is the opposite of the mufsid and the musrif profligate or maker of corruption ul is the opposite of fasd corruption, depravity, stirring up dissension in a word: insecurity : Q Create not disorder-insecurity in the land! / l tafsid f l-ar Slide 13 musrif and isrf wasteful extravagance, sinful excess i l wholesome order, self- reformation and righteous conduct : Create not disorder in the land after it was set in order / wa l tufsid f l-ar i bada i l ih (al-Arf 7:56) this may also be translated: Create not insecurity in the land after it was made secure. Slide 14 Q al - Shuar 26: 151152 And obey not the bidding of those who exceed the bounds /al-mu rifn, who create insecurity in the land and who do not promote order and security / alladhna yufsidna f l-ar i wa l yu li na. Slide 15 fasd includes bloodshed and violence as the most grievous form of corruption The Angels complained to God about Adam : Wilt Thou place (on the Earth) such as will cause corruption in it, and shed blood / a-tajalu f-h man yufsidu f-h wa yasfiku l-dima ?! (2: 30). Slide 16 fas d corruption : economic injustice, squandering material goods & abuse of authority Quran contrasts the righteous mu li n who forbid corruption in the earth against those wrongdoers who pursue the enjoyment of the good things which they were given in plenty and became violaters-criminals / mujrim na ( d 11:116117). Slide 17 exceed the bounds And obey not the bidding of those who exceed the bounds / al-mu rifn, create insecurity order and security yufsidna f l-ar i wa l yu li na who create insecurity in the land and who do not promote order and security / alladhna yufsidna f l-ar i wa l yu li na. Q al-Shuar 26: 151152 Slide 18 Slide 19 innocent children slain for no reason or purpose Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Slide 24 a la a baynahum make peace between them! Peace - Making, ul means putting an end to enmity, hatred and division between two parties. It involves implementing equity and justice. making peace doing good and acting righteously and making peace between people / tabarr wa tattaq wa tu li bayna l-ns (2: 224 ) Slide 25 ul reconciliation or Peace Making is the essence of mediation, arbitration and conciliation. - equitable resolution of strife and conflict as an ethical goal. alternative dispute resolution. - alternative dispute resolution. - shariah principles of necessity ( arrah) and of public interest (ma la ah) - role of mu li n in courts Slide 26 amn un, min & am nah Security There is no faith for one who is untrustworthy / l mna li-man l amnata la-hu. : Prophet amn denotes both security and peace It is those who have faith and confuse not their faith with injustice, that are truly in security / la-hum al-amnu, for they are rightly guided / muhtadna. (al-Anm 6: 8182 ) Slide 27 equitable sharingSocial Ethic - equitable sharing and Commitment to Equity and Fairness Slide 28 Re - Think Slide 29 Slide 30 unstable transition Islamic Alternatives unstable transition to a multi-civilizational world : Islamic Alternatives ? Slide 31 Slide 32