True Justice and Peace — Page 30
30 try to liberate them. Today, those who raise slogans for justice and fairness do not come anywhere near demonstrating such stand- ards. Certain groups who work for human rights claim to do this kind of work but they cannot even achieve the release of those who have been imprisoned because of their faith or political factors, let alone prisoners of war. As I mentioned earlier, the Muslims have forgot- ten their religious teachings. If they closely reflect upon their teachings, they would never imprison people the way they are doing without justification and thereby bringing the name of Islam into disrepute. Nonetheless, we were discussing the teaching of Islam and in order to restore the rights of one’s freedom, Islam goes to such lengths that even if someone from one’s enemies takes part in a war and draws the sword against Muslims, and then is imprisoned due to defeat or any other reason, Islam teaches that Muslims should find means to pro- cure his freedom out of a sense of compassion. I mentioned earlier how the atom bombs that were dropped in Japan, causing the death of many civilians, is still being justified today. If one looks at the imag- es from that time, they show how a person sitting on a set of stairs became a statue after his skin melted and hung almost instantly. Though there were deaths