Before the war against terrorism can come to any definitive conclusion, its underlying philosophy must first be identified, along with the means to be employed. This book, therefore, deals with terrorism's basic starting point, as well as the disasters to which it leads. Its starting point is the assumption that violence is a virtue in itself and a powerful means to solve social or political problems. When killing innocent people, damaging public order and disrupting peace, a terrorist acts under the influence of ideas that have been imposed on him, encouraging him to believe that he is engaged in a justified struggle. Terrorism can be resolved only when such people understand the mistaken logic of any ideology that inspires terrorism and incites to violence, and when they realize that going along with it can never get them anywhere. Until those ideologies' errors and contradictions are exposed, all measures taken against terrorism can be short-term only. Soon terrorism will emerge again, in different places and under different circumstances and wearing a different mask.
We can put an end to terrorism only by destroying its ideological infrastructure. In later chapters, you will see that modern terrorism's ideological foundations in fact go back to Social Darwinism and the materialist tendencies derived from it. Due to a distorted mentality, people exposed to this indoctrination believe that life is a field of struggle and that only the strong survive. Due to that perverse mentality, the weak are condemned to be eliminated as man and, in fact, the entire universe, are both products of chance. Therefore, no one is responsible for his actions to anyone else. These and similar ideas inevitably encourage people into leading an animalistic form of life, where ruthlessness, aggression and violence are regarded as acceptable or even virtuous.
Anyone who resorts to terrorism, maintaining that violence is the only way to achieve his aims, is actually under the influence of Social Darwinism and materialist thought, no matter what his religion or race, or what group he belongs to. Modern terrorist groups that claim to act in the name of religion are also under the influence of Darwinism and materialism, even though they claim to carry out their terroristic acts in the name of religion. This is because it is impossible for anyone who lives by the morality of religion revealed by Allah to approve of violence of any kind, much less achieve a "higher" aim by murdering others. Those who resort to such methods are therefore pursuing the exact opposite of the moral values upheld by religion, carrying out their actions under the influence of materialist ideologies.
In Islam Denounces Terrorism, it was made clear that Islam fiercely rejects all forms of terrorism, no matter whom it may be directed against. In the light of verses from the Qur'an by Allah, it was explained how religious morality calls people to peace, understanding and convenience. Also stressed was the dishonesty of condemning only those acts of terrorism directed against one's own side: such an attitude only weakens the fight against terrorism; and anyone living by Islamic morality needs to fight terror in all its all forms. The foundation of that intellectual struggle is based on revealing the true morality of religion.
Today's politicians, political commentators and academics agree that by itself, military force is not enough to root out terrorism. This book concentrates on the only way it can be eradicated: by means of peace, compassion and love. All the divinely inspired religions that Allah sent down by means of His messengers are helpful guides. This book offers examples from the Qur'an as well as from the Bible (The Torah and The Gospel gradually became corrupted. But various sections compatible with the moral values of Islam were still preserved.) to show how each of the three divine religions forbids the use of unjust violence. It also gives examples to show that the only way to fight terrorism is to heal its root causes through the love, affection, compassion, humility, forgiveness, understanding and concepts of justice that religious morality instills in people—whom, following the verse from the Qur'an:"Allah calls to the Abode of Peace... " (Surah Yunus: 25) Such people will do their utmost to build a world full of peace and love.
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