Through Force or Faith? — Page 55
Sanctions for Self-Defence in Islam Friday Sermon by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah, delivered on June 29, 2007 in London After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwudh, and S u rah al-F a ti h ah, H u du r aba said: In the previous sermon, I had mentioned the principles of peace, harmony and goodwill for reformation and restoration of justice. I had mentioned Quranic injunctions in this regard that the foun- dation of goodwill and peace can be laid only by attending to the dictates of justice and that its foundation depends on righteous- ness. And, in the Holy Quran, there is such emphatic exhorta- tion—and repeated exhortation—for a Muslim to stay on right- eousness that it cannot even be imagined that a ‘believer’ can play any role in the unrest of the world. In this regard, I had mentioned the teachings of the Holy Quran with this reference that it does not behove a Muslim, either as an individual or as a government, that it should not ful- fil the dictates of justice because of hostility towards a nation. Islam enjoins establishing and fostering peaceful and harmonious