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War, Peace and Non-violence; An Islamic Perspective

Author: Ayatullah Seyyed Muhammad Shirazi
: Ali ibn Adam
Translator: Z. Olyabek
Publisher: Fountain Books
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• Editor’s Foreword
• Part One: Islam’s View on War
• War is the worst thing known to mankind
• War is an illness
• War as the last resort
• Islam through conviction
• The Jizyah tax . finally
• The Prophet’s wars were fought in self defence
• The least amount of casualties
• Excess of killing and torturing
• Frightening scenes of the brutality of the Moguls
• Modern wars are no less brutal
• The increase of the dangers of war in the modern age
• The other effects of war
• Towards a comprehensive peace
• Cutting the roots of war
• Exposing ‘War by proxy’
• War is an extraordinary situation
• Islam’s Guidance on War
• The condition of parental permission
• Jihad is not incumbent upon certain groups
• Jihad is not incumbent upon women
• War is not permitted in the absence of the just Imam
• The invitation to Islam firstly
• Limiting (fighting) to the least amount necessary
• Cease fire during the Sacred Months
• Prisoners of war are not to be killed
• Those who were forced to fight should not be killed
• Tolerance in the treatment of the enemy
• Justification to the enemy, and not initiating attack
• Women not to be harmed
• Messengers not to be killed
• Prohibition of fighting not in accordance with the Sunnah
• Cowards are not to go to war
• The Covenanter (Dhimmi) not to be killed
• The noblemen of the Infidels to be respected
• Not taking booty is a desirable act
• Children are not to be killed
• Trees are not to be felled, nor the supply of water cut off
• Islam’s View on Killing
• Islam takes a serious view of the unjust killing of people
• Forbidding the taking part in killing
• Legalising the killing of a believer is equal to apostasy
• Forbidding beating unjustly
• No to suicide
• The parent may not kill his child even if illegitimate
• The prohibition of abortion
• Killing a believer for his faith is a serious crime
• The expiation for the killing of the believer
• The consequences of killing a believer
• Part Two: Islamic Movement and Peace
• The Movement Must be Peaceful
• The Noble Consequences of Peace
• Peace . always
• Peace: The Way of the Prophets and the Imams
• Peace Safeguards Islam
• Peace Amongst Members of the Movement
• The Results of Peace
• Equilibrium of Thought and Deed Results in Peace
• Building Blocks of Peace Within the Movement
• Instilling Peace
• Part Three: Non-Violence in the Teachings of Islam
• Non-violence by nature
• Non-violence by coercion
• Non-violence by design
• Acquiring a Non-violent Discipline
• War Conducts: Islam vs. Others
• Islamic Teachings on Non-violence in Combat
• Weapon of Non-Violence vs. Violence
• Physical Non-violence
• Verbal Non-violence
• Non-Violence by Heart
• Significance of the Heart
• Intention and Conduct
• Jihad of the Self
• Vice and Virtue
• The Author
• Notes