When Islam was called the 'religion of peace'

Dec 30, 2024 | 12:24 IST

The phrase ‘religion of peace’ was used by some to counter the othering of Muslims done by Western nation states in the wake of the 9/11 attack

The phrase ‘religion of peace’ used rather ironically to describe Islam today was the title of a book written in 1930 by Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, a graduate of St Stephen’s college, Delhi; Aligarh Muslim University; and Cambridge, who advocated the creation of Pakistan, and later became history professor and Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi in the 1960s.

Muslim migrants to the UK in the 1970s described their faith as ‘religion of peace’. Etymologically, the word ‘islam’, which means ‘submission’ is also linked with ‘salaam’ which means peace.

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When Islam was called the 'religion of peace'

The phrase ‘religion of peace’ was used by some to counter the othering of Muslims done by Western nation states in the wake of the 9/11 attack

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When Islam was called the 'religion of peace'

The phrase ‘religion of peace’ was used by some to counter the othering of Muslims done by Western nation states in the wake of the 9/11 attack

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