Through Force or Faith? — Page 200
?— A Reply to Pope Benedict XVI 200 in general dealings and social conduct. Following are some high- lights of Islamic teachings. 1. Holy Quran teaches fair and even benevolent treat- ment of people of every religion and ethnicity. Thus it says: ْمُكُظِعَي ْمُكَّلَعَل َنْوُرَّكَذَتَّنِا َهّٰللا ُرُمْاَي ِلْدَعْلاِب َو ِناَسْحِاْلا َو ِئٓاَتْيِا يِذ ىٰبْرُقْلا َو ىٰهْنَي ِنَع ِءٓاَشْحَفْلا َو ِرَكْنُمْلا َو ِيْغَبْلا١ۚ Verily, Allah requires you to abide by justice, and to treat with grace, and give like the giving of kin to kin; and for- bids indecency, and manifest evil, and transgression. He admonished you that you may take heed. ( S u rah an-Na h l, 16:91) In this passage, God almighty has not made any discrimination that if they are People of the Book then treat them one way and if they are idolaters, treat them differently but in fact gives a general commandment to be fair to everyone; and not just be fair but be kind to them and even go beyond kindness and treat them like you treat your relatives and deal with them as if they were your kindred. 2. Advising fairness and kind treatment, He says: اْۤوُطِسْقُت ْمِهْيَلِا١ؕ َّنِا َهّٰللا ُّبِحُي َنْيِطِسْقُمْلااَل ُمُكىٰهْنَي ُهّٰللا ِنَع َنْيِذَّلا ْمَل ْمُكْوُلِتاَقُي يِف ِنْيِّدلا َو ْمَل ْمُكْوُجِرْخُي ْنِّم ْمُكِراَيِد ْنَا ْمُهْوُّرَبَت َو Allah forbids you not respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who