J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci., 5(4)27-32, 2015 © 2015, TextRoad Publication ISSN: 2090-4274 Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences www.textroad.com *Corresponding Author: Dr. Naseem Akhter, Department of Islamic Studies, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, Pakistan. *khtr_nsm@yahoo.com, naseemakhter@sbbwu.edu.pk Islam Does Not Allow Terrorism Dr. Naseem Akhter, *1 Dr. Arshad Munir 2 and Dr. Rozina Khattak 3 1 Department of Islamic Studies, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, Pakistan 2 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sokoto State University, Sokoto State 2134, Nigeria 3 Department of Biochemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, Pakistan Received: December 26, 2014 Accepted: February 14, 2015 ABSTRACT The word ‘terrorism’ hangs one’s mind on violence, brutality and fear. This fierceness splays in the globe briskly. In its current shape ‘terrorism’ is supposed to have a correlation with Islam, which is totally baseless. Islam is a religion of peace and mercy. It doesn’t support callousness and peacefulness in the society. Since its revelation, it appears as a code of peace, love and sympathy among human beings regardless of ethnicity. Islam is basically the religion that fixes a frame of universal fundamental rights as a whole, and advises strictly to respect and observe them under all circumstances. Islam provides a legal safeguard and an effective moral system in that way. If we have a close look over history, we recognize that inhumanity, and, or, terrorism in other words, had concealed the globe before the revelation of Islam. If we turn our focus to examine the Prophet Hadrat Muhammad’s life and achievements, as the last messenger of Allah, we find the lesson of integrity, honesty, peace, piousness, mercy and love. We don’t see any terrorizing act and, or a favour to such inhumanity. We recognize him as a ‘Rahma-tul-lil- Aalamiin’ or ‘Mercy unto the Worlds’. A good example is the conquest of Mecca that impressed the people of Arab and soon after, many of them embraced Islam. If we further explore Islam and read the Holy Quran carefully, we do not find any chapter or any verse of this Holy book that reveals to favouring terror in the world among the creatures either human beings or other things. We find rules, which upsurge the standards of the society to a great moral margin, if observe. Allah says in the Holy Quran: “Whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment” (4:93). Islam basically teaches the ways to regulate the society, and hence the world as a whole, in a peaceful, pleasant and justifying manner. It makes lives satisfied and spreads concord among human beings, if its teachings are followed. This article surfaces the untold truths and clarifies that Islam doesn’t allow terrorism. KEYWORDS: Islam, Peace, Mankind, Terrorism INTRODUCTION A miserable propaganda about Islam is aimed to unfold in this piece of writing, considering the emerging belief of the non-Muslim world that Islam perhaps allows terrorism which is unjustified and untrue. This draft tells us, Islam in its teachings does not instruct to terrify each other. This religion educates to observe compassion in practices not only towards each other, but also to other creatures. The Islamic commands lead people to organise the world, and draw the sketch to perform. The exploration of this peaceful religion doesn’t show any instruction to motivate one to frighten other creature in the globe. Before we delve into the depth, it seems mandatory to introduce one with the terms ‘Islam’ and ‘terrorism’, in order to make a base for a deeper understanding and though, to drawing a clear and justifiable conclusion. Islam is based on the following testifications by a human in the words, “I bear witness that no one deserves to be worshipped except Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”. If one evinces to believe in the above mentioned faiths, and utters them with an intention of leaving out blasphemy, he/she embraces Islam and becomes Muslim. What Islam teaches? It teaches, Allah is the only God and only Allah deserves to be worshipped, no one else and nothing else, only He, Who is the Creator of everything. The son of Abdullah, Muhammad, born about 1400 years ago in Mecca, is a Messenger of Allah. He conveyed everything truthfully that God revealed to him, so that, the humans believe in and work with the Laws he received and brought. One can now easily extract that Islam is a monotheistic religion, and eliminates therefore, all such elements of the society, which produce conflicts and reduce harmony in case of polytheistic religious and ritual beliefs. A vast number of factors that disperse the society due to antagonism, which rises by the faith in gods, get eradicated believing that there is the only one God. This belief helps healing the society and propagates love among humans. As we explore further, we recognise that the book, the Holy Quran, is considered as a verbatim word of God by the Muslims, and they adhere 27