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MAIN TOPIC

“CURRENT SOCIAL, MORAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENEGS OF

MUSLIMS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS IN THE LIGHT OF ISLAMIC
TEACHINGS”

SUB-TOPIC

“ISLAM IS AN ENTIRE MERCIFUL RELIGION”

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Table of Contents pg.

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………..3
 Islam
 Pillars of islam

Discussion………………………………………………………………………………………………………5

 Merciful Religion

Challenges faced by Muslims…………………………………………………………………………7

 Jihad
 Regressive Religion
 Quran Is Not Universal

Problems Occurring in Muslim Community……………………………………………………8

 Lack of Education
 Lack of Unity among Religion
 Wrong Religious Believes

Solution for Problems of Muslims…………………………………………………………….….11

 Of Course The Holy Quran Scolds

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 “INTRODUCTION”
ISLAM:
Islam is a stand out among the most significant religions of the world. This
religion has the longest history in the prior occasions of the world. It is in our good fortunes that
we are conceived in Islamic state and in an Islamic family. Islam has an entire wellspring of
direction in each way and each lifestyle.

Islam is a religion which seeks to give a meaningful purpose to our life on this earth. It seeks to
guide us in fulfilling that purpose by creating harmony between ourselves, our Creator and fellow
human beings

Islam is a monotheistic religion based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him). The word ‘Islam’ is Arabic and literally means ‘surrender’ or
‘submission.’ As a faith, it means total and sincere submission to the One Almighty God (Allah).
A ‘Muslim’ is therefore one who has voluntarily submitted his or her will to God. Islam is not
named after a tribe of people or an individual as is the case with other religions; rather it is a
global faith and a universal call, preached not by just one individual but by all of the Prophets
and Messengers of God throughout the history of humanity, starting with Adam (peace be upon
him). The teachings of Islam dictate a complete way of life, and its core message is found in the
two testimonies of faith:

Laa ilaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah

“There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”

ISLAM’S PILLARS OF FAITH:

Islam is anchored by a core of six fundamental beliefs in which every Muslim must believe:

1) Belief in Allah (God) Islam emphasizes that God is The One without partners,
Encompassing of all that exists, and He is unique in every way. Only God, The Most
Benevolent, has the right to be worshipped.
2) Belief in Allah’s Angels Angels are a creation of God whose sole purpose is to serve
God and implement the duties, commands, and responsibilities given to them by God. Among
the angels mentioned in the Quran is Gabriel who is responsible for the sending down of the
Revelation to the Prophets and Messengers.

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3) Belief in the revealed Books of Allah The previously revealed scriptures mentioned
in the Quran are the Scrolls of Abraham, the Torah of Moses, the Psalms of David, and the
Gospel of Jesus (peace be upon them all). Muslims believe God indeed revealed these
scriptures to those Prophets; however, over the course of time these books have been changed
and distorted and others lost. The Quran, God’s final revelation to humanity, is still in its
original Arabic form as it was when first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon
him), and Muslims adhere to the Quran as their criterion and source of guidance.

4) Belief in all Prophets of Allah

Muslims believe that all the Prophets and Messengers of God were united in one call: worship
God alone and do not associate any partners in worship with Him. Hence, Muslims believe all
Prophets and Messengers of God were Muslims (i.e., submitters to the will of God) and called
to what Islam calls to (i.e., submission to the will of God). The Quran mentions the names of the
following Prophets and Messengers: Adam, Enoch, Noah, Hud, Saleh, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael,
Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Jethro, Moses, Aaron, Ezekiel, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah,
Zacharias, John ‘the Baptist’, and Jesus (peace be upon them all). These, however, are not the
only Prophets God sent; the Quran says a Prophet was sent to every group of people
throughout time. In addition, it is narrated from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
that God sent 124,000 Prophets throughout history. Thus, from the time of Adam, the first
human being and Prophet of Islam, God has continuously sent Prophets and Messengers so that
the message of Islam would reach the whole of humanity. The last of the Prophets sent by God
is Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Muslims adhere to his teachings. To Muslims, these
Prophets and Messengers were the best and most noble of mankind; however, their status is
not elevated to a position of divinity, nor are Muslims allowed to pray to them or seek aid from
them; such acts are directed to God alone.
5) Belief in the Day of Judgment
Just as God created us the first time, He will bring us forth from death to stand for judgment.
This is the day when God will resurrect the body and soul of every human being in order to
judge them for what they used to do in this life. Brought forth to each individual will be the
record of all their good and evil deeds which they will have to answer for in front of God
Almighty. No form of lying or deception will be possible, nor will anyone’s wealth and status in
this life be of any benefit. It is the day when the truth will be made apparent and every
oppressor will have to give account for his or her oppression. On that day, God, The Rewarder &
Reckoner, will judge every individual according to their belief and deeds, and will either reward
them with everlasting Paradise (Heaven) or eternal punishment (Hell).
6) Belief in Allah’s Divine Will

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 God, in His timelessness, knows everything past, present, and future, and His Will overcomes
the will of His creation. And while God, the All-Knowing, knows what will come to pass, Muslims
believe that God has also given people the ability and will to make choices and decide their
course in life. Thus, every human being has the ability to choose belief over disbelief, good over
evil, and obedience to God over disobedience. Everything that exists and everything that comes
to pass occurs as a direct result of His creating it, and nothing happens except by His power, His
will, and His knowledge

“DISCUSSION”
First we will have brief discussion on Islam as a merciful religion. Then we will have discussion on
today’s problems occurring in Muslim Community and their solutions.

MERCIFUL RELIGION:
The glorious religion of Islam is constructed absolutely in light of two essential sources.
Immediately, the most rousing and inspirational figure of our cherished prophet Muhammad
(S.A.W) and besides the astoundingly articulate and the heavenly Quran. Together, these two
sources give abundant direction, understanding and incredible methods for advancement and
additionally the accomplishment of human life. Truth be told in all the lifestyles, Islam directs
splendidly. Truth be told it might be affirmed that for a Muslim, the total outline to lead an
unadulterated and perfect life in this world and along these lines accomplish the most elevated
status in the Akhira (the day of atonement) is contained inside these two source.

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The Quran is depicted as containing direction and direction on each and every subject that
influences human life and additionally being an entire therapeutic remedy for every one of the
ailments of the heart and boundless wellspring of benevolence for all humankind. The prophet
Muhammad (harmony arrive) correspondingly is depicted as Burhan – the unmistakable check,
leniency for humankind and an essence of flawlessness, having each ethical characteristic
humanly conceivable or conceivable. It is consequently not astonishing that when his most loved
spouse and the most cherished individual in his life Ayesha (may Allah be satisfied with her) was
solicited to depict the character from our adored ambassador, she just stated, "his character was
the Quran" – i.e. he was the Quran strolling, the Quran talking, the Quran living.

"God has done a favor on the believers by sending a prophet from amongst themselves, who
recites his verses, purifies them and teaches them the book and wisdom" (Al Imran: 164).

"There has come to you a prophet from amongst yourselves, your sufferings grieve him, ever
anxious about your welfare and for the believers he is most kind and most merciful" (Al-Touba:
128).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali comments on this verse saying "the tender heart of the teacher is grieved that
any among his crowd should dash headlong to ruin. He watches ardently over them and
whenever any of them show signs of conviction, his kindness and mercy surround him and delight
over him".

"What's more, we have not sent you, [O Muhammad] except as a mercy for the entire humanity"
(Al Anbiya: 107).

God has favored the prophet (harmony arrive) with numerous brilliant characteristics;
indubitably those characteristics uncover the flawlessness of his character, the tendency of his
angle and the greatness of his identity and also the high worship in which our creator holds him.
These refrains of the Quran articulately sing his gestures of recognition. From one viewpoint they
uncover the stateliness, the magnificence and the excellence of the prophet while then again
they demonstrate the liberality of Allah. To such a degree, to the point that one is constrained to
shout, as Jami said:

"GOODNESS MOST BEAUTIFUL, OH LEADER OF MANKIND

TO PRAISE YOU AS YOU DESERVE IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE

AFTER THE ALMIGHTY GOD YOU ARE THE MOST NOBLE

THAT IS THE STORY IN SHORT"

Right when the Muslims were inhumanely being manhandled in Makkah for the unpardonable
bad behaviour of getting a handle on Islam, with their occupations bargained and their lives
under interminable assault, they went to the prophet (amicability arrive) and asked him

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(congruity touch base) to upbraid the Makkans who were executing this abuse and persecution
against the new Muslims, since his judgments were fittingly acknowledged to have the
uncommon powers of harming the berated ones. Regardless, the dearest prophet (agreement
land), subsequent to hearing this demand, declined to appreciate this pernicious yet regardless
sensible resentment against his past brethren and just said in a minding, benevolent voice
expressed, "I demonstrate been sent as a kindness not an order, be tolerant". It was this
sensitivity, this exculpate and this generosity that enabled Islam to spread like a best religion.

Islam is the largest religion in the world. It originated about 1400 years ago in Arabia and since
then it has spread to farfetched corners of the world. Despite all the spread of Islam and the glory
it experienced in its early times, at present Islam is facing numerous challenges on various
forefronts that make a person question the true message of Islam.The true message of religion
is peace and guidance for the humanity. However, at present it has been alleged of fanaticism,
extremism, regression, violence and so on. The lines below explain the major challenges faced by
Islam in the contemporary world, and what are the true teachings of Islam regarding these
allegations.

“Challenges faced by Muslims”

Jihad:
The primary challenge faced by Islam is the Jihad undertaken by Mujahedeen’s across the
globe. The Jihadists consider west as their mortal enemy and go to all the measures in combating
with them. As a result of all their activities, people of the world consider Islam as an intolerant
and destructive religion that only accepts the existence of Muslims in the world and has no
tolerance for people from other beliefs and religions. Moreover, this image of intolerance of Islam
complimented with Jihadists activities make people think that Islam relies on the force of power
to eradicate all those who resist Islam or are not Muslims.

Regressive Religion:
The second challenge that Islam faces is its impression as a regressive religion. People who
have limited knowledge of Islam, especially the people from West think that Islam is a regressive

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and backward religion that does not adapt and sticks to the teachings of Quran that was revealed
1400 years ago.

Quran Is Not Universal:

Muslims believe that Islam is a universal religion and the teachings of Quran are also
universal as well. This is what gives rise to another allegation where people think that Quran is
not universal, for them Quran is just a book with religious instructions and it has no other
implications regarding any matter of the world. Moreover, further to this allegation people also
attribute the Muslim association and affiliation with Quran as a source of Muslims being
backward and knowing nothing about the contemporary world.

“PROBLEMS OCCURRING IN MUSLIM COMMUNITY”

LACK OF EDUCATION:We believe that the war that should tie together all nations is
the war against poverty. Furthermore, we believe that the best weapon against destitution is
preparing. The best strategy for helping people is by instructing and setting them up to support
themselves.

Negligence, not desperation, is the principle driver of dread based abuse. The best proof is that
the individual related with being accountable for the September 11 mental abuse pushed on the
planet exchange focus, Osama compartment loaded, is a stand out among the most extreme men
on earth. Or maybe, of using his wealth to educate the Afghans, he is abusing their neglectfulness
to utilize them for his mental fighting activities.

In Afghanistan, it is a bad behaviour for a man to shave, or for a woman to get a preparation.
Television and the playing of music are prohibited, anyway the barraging of the twin towers isn't
simply grasped. World dread mongers are given safe house and affirmation.

The four open doors as delineated by president franklin d. Roosevelt sixty years earlier were the
privilege to talk openly, chance of religion, opportunity from fear and need. Amusingly enough,
those are the plain open doors in strife in the war against world mental oppressors today. Islam
is a regarded religion, the koran reviles fear based abuse.

It isn't on the whole correct to imply the Talibans as Muslim fundamentalists. Fundamentalism
connotes "strict help of old or pivotal traditions everything considered, particularly Islam."
Osama container loaded and the Taliban are not viewing the basic exercises of Islam; they are
perplexing it for their deceptive reason. Desperation has been described as "the non attendance

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of limit, in some arbitrary condition, to get whatever is essential for open to living." training can
give the imperative limit. Likewise, as check twain expressed, preparing involves transcendently
in what we have figured it out. That is what the Afghans should involvement – an unlearning
information. Shaving one's facial hair does no individual any harm. Music is what comes closest
to imparting the unbelievable. Also, TV does not house graven pictures.

LACK OF UNITY AMONG RELIGION:

A few terms that are basic to the examination of severity in Islam are:
fear mongering, religious mental abuse, and Islamic mental mistreatment. A trade of these terms
will permit an extensive examination in travel in which the use of violence approved by the Quran
and its explanations means Islamic dread based abuse.

Exchange of the how Islamic mental fighting is brought from the Quran, will seek after. In any
case, in the first place speaking Islamic dread based mistreatment exists where there is a dispute
over blessed space 19 .view all notes or a Quran statute has been neglected. Individuals from this
advancement call for "unchallenged commitment … [and] astonish obedience"20.view all notes
to the declaration of god with the ultimate objective to upgrade un-Islamic conditions. Several
Islamic mental oppressor packs are: Al-Jihad, Al-Qaida (Afghanistan), Hamas (Palestine), Jammu
and Kashmir freedom front (Kashmir), and the Bashkir e-Tobias. In addition, disunity in like
manner makes mental fighting since it makes (disunity) classes between nations. It makes
contrasts among us. By then these classes parcel people as shown by their lifestyle, as
demonstrated by their wealth, their status so this division produces disdain between Muslim
nations also. Disunity reliably is the explanation behind mental fighting by virtue of abhor
between nations.

Dread mongering is a non-political exhibition of ill will in which the level of brutality used is
outside the space of controlling behavior. The reasonability of the utilization of fear based
oppression by common and religious gatherings. View all notes fear based oppressors use or
undermine to use this ruthlessness against officers and non-warriors to achieve political, social,
money related, or religious change inside a given system. These progressions advance to the
mental aggressors and don't address well known supposition of the overall population from
which fear based abuse rises and dread mongers are no respecters of edges. In any case the [UN]
security chamber has, now and again, grasped objectives setting up unequivocal approves and
measures against individual countries or … certain dread monger affiliations.

WRONG RELIGIOUS BELIEFS:To grasp religious dread based persecution, we need

to clearly describe what "religion" is and how it works concerning this talk. Religion can be all
things considered delineated as a relationship of feelings and points of view in association with
an incredible being, however since it is a propelling thought, there is no correct and for its most

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part recognized significance. Completely this definitional imprecision is a relentless snag in the
fight to fathom fear based mistreatment, with everything taken into account; that challenge is
extended further as we want to appreciate religious appearances of political brutality.

Socially, religion consistently lights up a man's perception of their personality and their
relationship to the "following." by the day's end, it might be near and dear and total, describing
the complexity between both "me" and "you," and what's more "us" and "them." Jonathan fox
has prescribed that religion fulfills four basic social limits:

• giving an imperative framework to understanding the world,

• giving precepts and standards of direct that interface solitary exercises and targets to this
imperative structure,

• connecting individuals to a more critical whole, a portion of the time giving formal
establishments which help to describe and create that whole, and,

• having the ability to legitimize exercises and establishments. While considering what religion is
and the activity it plays in different social requests, understudies of religious dread based
mistreatment should remember that sanctified messages all the time give the start to religious
feelings.

Completely illustration and the adjacent condition add to the perception of what the religion is
'about,' yet people from various religions will generally point to the substance as their
foundation. For instance, Judaism relies upon a Jewish clarification of the Hebrew book of
scriptures—much indistinct substance from the old confirmation of Christianity. A significant
parcel of the themes (and without a doubt, figures) tended to in the Hebrew book of scriptures
can similarly be found in the Qur'an, the consecrated substance of Islam. Judaism, Christianity
and Islam, are known as the "Abrahamic" religions since they all pursue their lineage back to
Abraham, and are chiefly revolved around an explanation of their individual religious
compositions.

Strangely, anyway Hinduism and Buddhism in like manner have religious compositions, they don't
put unclear highlight on printed expert from the Abrahamic religions. Slide 11 – religion's ground-
breaking impact (continued with) the huge world religions are not using any and all means the
main ones to consider while considering religious dread mongering, nor do religions should be
content arranged with the true objective to feasibly rouse severity. Animist conviction structures,
for instance, those inalienable structures found in parts of Africa, south and North America, and
elsewhere—have overflowed in popularity in the post-edification world. The old neo-freethinker
Norse and Swedish Viking religion is up 'til now cleaned, known as "Odinism" or "Asatru".
Conservative clusters have dynamically used these religions, frequently in a correctional facility

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setting, to encourage supremacist and savage exercises since they have a racial and awful center
intrigue.

“SOLUTION FOR PROBLEMS OF THE MUSLIMS”

We have to come back to the straightforward begin to separate the issue and search for the game
plan. Before the presence of Islam, the Arab world was in urgent need of good, powerful and
academic heading for its kinfolk. The heavenly prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), our loved prophet,
the last prophet, was sent by Allah the omnipotent to lead all of us to the upstanding way that
drives us to our creator and gives internal congruity inside ourselves. The blessed Qur'an and the
Sunnah [practical instance of the Prophet (S.A.W) will remain ceaselessly as a kind of perspective
purpose of heading for all humankind beyond what many would consider possible of the world.

The heavenly prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) typified the heading in his message that he passed on
the ninth day of Dhul-Hajj [month in Muslim calendar], 10 A.H., in the valley of Mount 'Arafat in
Makkah.

The orders given to us by the heavenly prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) more than 1400 years back
include a veritable sanction of human rights that the developed world simply got in 1949 through
the United Nations. Amazingly the Muslims ignored these orders and the results are obvious
today in the embarrassing state of the Muslim world.

For sure, esteem and aggregate value are the inside around which a sensible society can be built.
That is the reason duty of sticking to the real world and of acting genuinely isn't restricted just to
issues of inquiry. It gets a handle on all circles of life. In his convey to the world in the midst of
the 2007 yearly harmony meeting, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V, tended to
the issue of inside and out value in the overall condition. He reported:

"We can simply set up agreement on the planet when the nations and countries endeavour to
set up amicability thusly. It is unfortunate that the association of-countries did not seek after
these norms and floundered as a result. Today, the United Nations association furthermore is
apparently tumbling in allocating the requirements of value. There are particular proportions of
value for different countries and assorted primary grounds. Beside some not a lot of decisions,
most by far of the objectives go, previously and despite being gotten today by the United Nations,
have been established on accommodation and partisanship. Till such time that all countries are
managed comparatively and at standard, and the sentiments of dislike and significant arranged
sentiment of dishonour are emptied, paying little mind to what number of affiliations are
surrounded, they can't pass on amicability to the world. It is also wretched that Muslims, who
have been given this teaching, are not catching up on it themselves. They harbor threatening vibe

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against each other and this is the circumstance wherever all through the world. Amicability will
remain a dream as long as each nation ponders its own favourable circumstances over all others."

Referring to another point of reference from the records of Muslim history, Hazrat Khalifatul
Masih V gave the instance of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (R.A) when he was the authoritative head of
Syria in the period of Hazrat Umar (R.A). In those days a cost was claimed on the Syrian Christians
and subsequently they were exempted from military commitment and their security transformed
into the commitment of the Muslim rulers (even in this, Hazrat Umar (R.A) had unlawful to charge
needy individuals). In any case, when a moment came when there was a danger of war from the
constantinian forces of the roman realm, Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (R.A), as a legislative leader of Syria,
reestablished all charges to the Christians unveiling to them that since he likely won't have the
ability to give affirmation, he had no motivation to hold their obligations. The Christian were so
motivated by this flag of dependability and value that they said with one voice that they
supplicated that Muslims wind up fruitful over romans and a short time later came back to lead
the country of Syria for sure in light of the fact that Muslims not only do value yet moreover do
incredible to Christians.

This is the reason general society authority in all circles, including lawful master, should be given
just in the hands of the people who can discharge it really. The holy Qur'an directions:

Verily, Allah directions you to give over the trust to those qualified for them, and that, when you
judge between men, you judge with equity. What's more, clearly phenomenal is that with which
Allah counsels you. Allah is all-hearing, all-seeing. (CH.4:V.59)

OF COURSE, THE HOLY QUR'AN SCOLDS:

“O YE WHO ACCEPT! BE IMMOVABLE IN THE REASON FOR ALLAH,
TAKING THE STAND VALUE; AND LET NOT A PEOPLE'S ILL WILL
ACTUATE YOU TO ACT GENERALLY THAN WITH EQUITY. BE IN EVERY
CASE ONLY, THAT IS CLOSER TO UPRIGHTNESS. WHAT'S MORE, FEAR
ALLAH. WITHOUT A DOUBT ALLAH KNOWS ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.”
(CH.5:V.9)
Tragically, esteem, value, flexibility and fellowship are practices only sometimes indisputable in
the Muslim world. Value, also 'Ihsan', or doing extraordinary, is completely absent. While Islam
gifts chance of inward voice and conviction, people of minority religions are not continued in the
alleged Muslim world. The lives and having a place of the minority have no regard. Guilty parties
of infringement against minorities walk free without being passed on to value.

If the Muslims need to make concordance in the overall population, they ought to fulfill the
benefits of others charitably. They should discard the poison of transcendence complex. They
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should wipe out the capability among Muslims and Non-Muslims, between ethnic larger part and
non-ethnic minorities and among rich and poor. For sure, they should discard all national and
racial inclinations.

From one point of view, 'Muslims' certification to be tolerant, and on the hand, they have a class
of clerics inside their overall population in which volcanoes of racial hatred are set up to launch.
The 'jihadi' improvements and suicide aggressors have contorted the image of Islam wherever all
through the world.

Simply the most cheated could see the suicide-attacks as having been impelled by 'mujahidin',
striking a blow for Islam against 'bona fide targets'. Notwithstanding its conspicuous trickiness,
the image of Islam passed on by this disfiguration of Islamic measures isn't adequately ousted
from the renowned imaginative vitality in the west. There is an unfortunate and hazardous get
together of perception between, from one viewpoint, those – yet an unassuming minority – in
the Muslim world who see the ambushes as a segment of a basic foe of western jihad; and on
the other, those in the west – amazingly, not such a little minority – who also watch the strikes
as the authentic explanation of a naturally attacker religion that is irreversibly confined toward
the west. Muslim researchers have called attention to that the fear assaults are absolutely
without any authenticity as far as Islamic law and profound quality.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy

https://www.islamicity.org/9734/islam-a-religion-of-mercy/

http://www.islamweb.net/en/article/113427/islam-the-religion-of-mercy

https://www.al-islam.org/religion-of-mercy-nasir-makarim-shirazi

https://www.whyislam.org/allah/god/forgiveness-and-gods-mercy/

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