Freedom of conscience is laid down by the Quran itself: 'There is no compulsion in religion'. (2:256)
The life and property of all citizens in an Islamic state are considered sacred whether a person is Muslim or not.
Racism is incomprehensible to Muslims, for the Quran speaks of human equality in the following terms:
O mankind! We created you from a single soul, male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may come to know one another. Truly, the most honored of you in God's sight is the greatest of you in piety. God is All-Knowing, All Aware (49-13)
2007-07-01 09:10:52 · 8 answers · asked by Nourhan 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You answered yourself.
According to the Quran, dignity of the children of Adam is a divine bestowal which is to be secured by all means, including the law and the state authorities, and is to be defended by all forces:
We have conferred dignity on the children of Adam, and borne them over land and sea, and provided for them sustenance out of the good things of life, and favored them far above most of our Creations. (17:70)
Peace!
2007-07-01 09:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by Eve 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even now in Non-Muslims have their own courts and laws.
One amazing story about Umar Ibn Khattab who was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him). Umar found a old Jewish man begging he asked him why he was begging? The man said that he had to pay tax. Umar commanded that he be given money from the public funds and scolded the governor of that city. Then put laws into place that old people would receive a wage when they became old. The first pension? This was in the years 634-644.
2007-07-01 12:48:00 · answer #2 · answered by Knowing Gnostic 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No logical religion can afford to deny or doubt the justice of God and His fairness. To deny His justice is to undermine the religious concept entirely. No religious belief, not even the belief in the existence of the Supreme Being, would avail us without the belief in His justice.
An unfair ruler may reward the wrongdoer and penalize the good doer. If one obeys him, he will not necessarily secure his satisfaction. If one disobeys him, he will not be certain that he is out of his favor.
Furthermore, we believe in heavenly messages and God's messengers because we think that He is fair enough to tell His human servants what He wants from them. But an unfair God may not tell us anything or may tell us something He does not mean to tell. By this, the whole doctrine of prophethood will collapse.
Denial of the justice of God would also lead to denial of the Hereafter, because the Hereafter is the world of carrying out justice by rewarding the good doers and punishing the wrongdoers.
In short, the concept of justice of God, to us, is as important as the concept of His existence and His oneness; and the denial of it is as destructive to religion as the denial of the existence of God or of His oneness. Therefore, the concept of justice of God ought to be considered part of the foundation of religion without which no religion can logically be established.
Islam is entirely in accord with this sound and logical thinking. The Holy Qur'an states the justice of God as emphatically as it states the oneness of God and His existence. In scores of passages, injustice has been denounced. In many passages, God is described as just, or that He does not want to do injustice to His servants, or that He will not waste the deed of any doer, or that He will not cause anyone to lose one atom's weight of good.
"The Almighty bears witness that there is no god but He, and (so do) the angels and those possessed of knowledge, (He is) maintaining justice. There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise." 3:18
"So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it (on the Day of Judgment), and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it." 99:7-8
2007-07-01 09:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by MUHAMMAD 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All branches of Islam in their law advocate death for apostacy. This and countless other examples proves that the only promise Islam makes is to trample human rights and decency into the dust.
2007-07-01 09:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
all of the above and many more, if you believe the BOOK AL-QURAN ,is talking of generality of life and NO part of life is excluded
2007-07-01 09:38:11 · answer #5 · answered by aliajao 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The place great importance on the right to die.
2007-07-01 09:26:48 · answer #6 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since your are speaking of rights, and not to offend you, but how come there are no female clerics or imams in Islam if they say men and women are equal?
2007-07-01 09:15:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
a shame it is not understood by the terrorists.
2007-07-01 09:20:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋