From: 'Sunthar Visuvalingam' suntharv@yahoo.com [Hindu-Buddhist] <Hindu-Buddhist@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 03:42
Subject: [Hindu-Buddhist] FW: Gandhi, Mandela, King & Islamic Jihad of Non-Violence (by Salih Sayilgan)
Today Islam is often associated with violence, more so than other world religions. In the center of this reception of Islam is the concept of jihad, which has been distorted by many. On the one hand, there are some Muslims who take jihad as a reference point for their violent crimes against innocent people. On the other hand, the concept is intentionally used to promote fear against Islam and its adherents. This study challenges these presentations of jihad by exploring the late Muslim theologian Said Nursi's jihad of nonviolence. The book shows how Nursi's teaching concerning nonviolent struggle, reconciliation, and religious tolerance has much in common with Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, as well as Martin Luther King Jr. (Amazon book description)
Thanks for having brought to our notice this timely book that I've just purchased in Kindle format (having myself published on jihad and non-violence in India):
http://www.svabhinava.org/violence/Springer2016-frame.php
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MeccaBenares/info
Best wishes,
Sunthar
From: M. Raja-ullah Quraishi
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 8:12 PM
Subject: Gandhi, Mandela, King & Islamic Jihad of Non-Violence
M. Raja-ullah Quraishi, Chicago Area
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From: Salih Sayilgan
Date: Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 10:16 AM
Subject: a new book
As-Salaamu Alaikum,
I hope this finds you very well.
I just wanted to let you know that my book, An Islamic Jihad of Nonviolence is out. I hope you will get a chance to read it. I will greatly appreciate if you share it in your circles.
Thank you.
Salih Sayilgan
Sayyid M. Syeed, President
Islamic Society of North America
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