The Prophet of Non-Violence : Spirit of Peace Compassion and Universality in Islam

Contents: Preface. I. Introduction: 1. The prophet of non-violence. II. Women in Islam: 2. Women in the light of Hadith. 3. Violence against women and religion. III. War and peace in Islam: 4. Theory of war and peace in Islam. 5. Centrality of Jihad in post-Qur-Quranic period. 6. Jihad? But what about other verses in the Quran? 7. Islam, democracy and violence. 8. A critical look at Quranic verses on war and violence. IV. Justice and compassion in Islam: 9. Concept of justice in Islam. 10. Love in Sufi poetry-Maulana Rum, the poet of love. 11. Compassion in Islam-theology and history. 12. Islam and compassion-scriptural, historical and contemporary perspective. V. Social issues: 13. Science, west and Islamic origin of science. 14. Opening chapter of the Quran and its ecological interpretation. 15. Islam and contemporary issues. 16. Religion or secularism? 17. Modernity, discontent and religion. 18. Hindu Muslim unity through religion? 19. Religion and conflict.

This book tries to remove various cobwebs around Islam and Islamic teachings. Islam has become the center of controversies today due to some extremist elements in the Islamic world and manipulations by vested interests. There is an urgent need to understand Islam in the right perspective if we have to deal with more than one billion people who profess the faith. It is not easy task and needs not only an indepth study of Islam but also of current political developments in the Islamic world and various interests working therein.

Dr. Engineering strongly advocates that Islam is a religion of harmony, peace and coexistence. While dealing with the life of the prophet, he depicts him as a man of non-violence by deep conviction.