Relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims

Peace is the origin of Islam, and Allah, Exalted be He, ordered believers to adhere to it in their dealings with both Muslims and non-Muslims. No wonder the word Islam is derived in Arabic from the word “peace”; the two are synonyms.

Freedom of belief in Islam

Freedom of belief is one of the basics in the Islamic legislation. Islam never forces anyone to embrace it or forcedly accept it. Islam has made the issue of faith or non-faith one of the issues related to man’s own will and his inner convictions.

Children in Islam…Rights and Duties    

Children in Islam are the joy of life and sight of the sore eyes. Islam stated that they have rights that must be fulfilled by the parents and have duties, as well. The future of the nation depends mainly on the righteousness of children.                

Fraternization in the Muslim Community... Importance and Status 

The Muslim community is a balanced, divine, ethical community, with its members coexisting with good manners and dealing with justice and consultation. The older members have mercy upon the younger ones and its most outstanding pillar is fraternization, which makes the community cohesive. To show its important status in Islam, the Prophet (peace be upon him) established brotherly ties between the Muhajirun (Emigrants) and the Ansar (Supporters) after the Hijra (the Prophet’s Migration).

Freedom of slaves emancipation in Islam

Islam came to regain dignity for humanity. Islam made the principle of Taqwa (fear of Allah, piety) the only basis by which people are considered superior to others in Islam.

Mercy in Islam… Significance and Examples

It is obvious that opening every Quranic chapter with Allah’s two attributes; most merciful, most merciful, carries a clear indication on the importance of mercy in the Islamic sharia.

Husband and wife in Islam... Rights and duties

The Muslim family is the basic brick in the Muslim society structure and its strong fortress. It is built on two important pillars; man and woman or husband and wife. Islam has drawn clear borders for each of them which entailed rights and duties.

Ethics in Islamic civilization

Ethics and values are the moral or spiritual aspect of the Islamic civilization. They are also the essence and basis for any civilization. This aspect was given its right only in the Islamic civilization, as ancient civilizations were not interested in it. So, the Islamic civilization lived up to all world civilizations, thanks to the moral values it established.

Treaties between Muslims and non-Muslims

As long as Muslims’ relations with the other is based on peace, any treaties are either aimed at to end an accidental war and returning to the state of lasting peace or meant to recognize peace and establish its pillars in order to rule out any possible assault, otherwise it is caused by a breach of such treaties.

Human rights in Islamic civilization

Islam's view for humans is full of honor and esteem; a view that gives human rights in Islam special characteristics and features. These rights are comprehensive, as they include political, economic, social and intellectual rights. They are also common for Muslims and non-Muslims without distinction between colors, races or languages. They are not subject to cancellation or change, as they are linked to the teachings of the Lord of the worlds.

Freedom of thinking in Islamic civilization

Islam has enshrined the freedom of thinking and blamed those who block their sensual and mental powers from functioning and made them in the lowest rank of animals. Islam has also blamed those who follow illusions and conjectures. Islam has also depended in proving the credibility of the Islamic creed on mental evidence and that is why Muslim scholars said: Akl is basis of Naql” (Tradition should be based on reason).

Solidarity in the Muslim Community

Islam enjoins its followers to maintain cooperation, solidarity and unity of feelings and emotions, in addition to solidarity in needs and materialistic matters. Social solidarity is not exclusive to Muslims but it does include non-Muslims.

Solidarity and Relief with Non Muslims

Islam, as we said of late, is the religion of mercy and its prophet was sent a mercy for the worlds. Therefore, the doctrines of Islam on mercy are common. The Prophet, SAWS, "The most merciful shows mercy on those who have mercy on others.

Freedom of speech in Islamic civilization

Freedom of speech means the right of the individual to choose the viewpoint s/he sees in a certain public or private matter and expressing that viewpoint and making it heard for others whether they are rulers or ruled and ordering them to do amr-bil-Ma’roof (ordering for acknowledged virtues) and nahi anil munkar (forbidding from sin).

Justice in Islam...Its Importance and Reality 

Justice is one of the basic human values in Islam. Islam made justice one of the basic pillars of individual, family and social lives. Justice is Allah's balance on this Planet.

Parents' Rights in Islam 

Islam legislated a handful of duties toward the parents, particularly when they grow old and become weaker and these duties include kindness toward them and treating them mercifully.               

War in Islam, Causes and Objectives

Muslim does not initiate fighting with anybody. Rather, he seeks all means to avoid fighting and bloodshed. The permission of fighting is to defend oneself and reply to aggression. Muslims fight only those who fight them.

Maintaining the Bonds of Kinship in Islam…Its Importance and Rights 

In Islam, the family is not confined to the parents only. The circle is wider than this and does include the relatives and the close relatives like one's brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts and their sons and daughters. All these people have a right to be contacted and taken care of. This is one of the teachings of Islam. Allah promised the one who maintains the bonds with the kinship a great reward on the Day of Judgment.       

Ethics ofWars in Islam

The good treatment during war, flexibility with enemies, mercy with women, children and the aged and tolerance with the defeated all are unique to the nation of Islam. Islam put such rules to dominate the Muslim behavior in dealing with combatants.

Women's rights in Islamic civilization

Woman in Islamic civilization have rights, which Islam preserved for her whether she is a wife, daughter, sister or mother. Islam states that women and men are equal in humanity. It gives women their rights after they lost them in Jahiliyah (the pre-Islam period). Islam also cares for women, elevated their status and provided them with honor and good treatment.