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Islam means peace!
by Abdul Samad on Jun 01, 2008 11:07 AM

According to the Quran, the purpose of the creation of different races and nations is not conflict and war but cultural richness.

“O Mankind! We created you from a male and female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may know one another. The noblest among you in God's sight is the most upright one. God is All-Knowing, All-Aware.” (Quran, 49:13)

So also, according to the Quran, all creatures on earth are sentient beings.

"There is not an animal on earth, nor a bird that flies on its wings -but they are communities like you (Quran 6:38)

Islam considers it as a grave offense to kill innocent people and to spread terror on the land. Such acts are considered one of the most obvious examples of mischief.

“If someone kills another person – unless it is in retaliation for someone else or for causing corruption in the earth – it is as if he had murdered all mankind. And if anyone gives life to another person, it is as if he had given life to all mankind” (Quran, 5:32)

Allah denounces those who make mischief on earth, who subject people to cruelty and those who kill people for no reason.

"Then, is it to be expected of you, if you were put in authority, that you will do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship? Such are the people God has cursed, making them deaf and blinding their eyes"(Quran, 47:22-23)

"Seek the abode of the hereafter with what God has given you, without forgetting your portion of the world. And do good as God has be

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