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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/islam/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114By<\/strong> Sheikh Ahmad Kutty<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/a>Islam condemns racism<\/a> in all shades and forms; hence there is no room whatsoever in Islam for such a thing as racial holy war. One of the most fundamental teachings of the Quran<\/a> is that all of humanity is created of a single soul\u2014a fundamental tenet that is reiterated so often in the Quran<\/a>.<\/p>\nFor instance, we read in the Quran:<\/p>\n
{O Mankind, be mindful of your Lord, who created you all from a single soul<\/strong>.} (An-Nisa 4:1<\/a>)<\/p>\nFurthermore, Allah also reminds us of the one sacred bond of humanity that binds all people:<\/p>\n
{O mankind, We have created you all from a single (pair of a) male and female and made you nations and tribes so that you get to know one another; verily, the noblest of you in the sight of God is the one who is most mindful of Him. God is All-Knowing, All-Aware.}<\/strong> (Al-Hujurat 49:13<\/a>)<\/p>\nThe Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) further said, \u201cO mankind, there is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, or for a non-Arab over an Arab, or for a white over a black, or for a black over a white. All of you are descended from Adam and Adam has been created from dust of the ground.\u201d<\/strong> (Ahmad)<\/p>\nIslam came to a world torn by racial, tribal, and ethnic conflicts, and preached the creed of one humanity and one family. This lesson was impressed upon the mind of Malcolm X<\/a> in the most poignant way when he undertook his pilgrimage to Makkah\u2014an experience that transformed him from a black supremacist to a proponent of a single human brotherhood.<\/p>\nTherefore, let me state unequivocally: There is no place in Islam for such a notion of a racial war.<\/p>\n
The very notion of a \u201choly war\u201d is repugnant to the spirit of Islam<\/a>, for war is an evil; therefore, while you may draw a distinction between a just and unjust war you can never characterize war as holy; it is therefore an evil tolerated only in exceptional circumstances.<\/p>\nIt is like a bitter medicine taken to restore health to the body; or stated differently it is comparable to a surgical operation performed on a body in order to remove a malignant tumor for the purpose of restoring health.<\/p>\n
Islam never allows a war of aggression, for aggression in all forms is totally condemned in the Quran:<\/p>\n
{<\/strong>Fight in the way of God against those who fight you, but do not initiate aggression for God loves not the aggressors.}<\/strong> (Al-Baqarah 2:190)<\/p>\n