Editorial

Whither International Relations?

Shehzad Saleem

Special Article
 

Islam and Non-Muslims: A New Perspective

Shehzad Saleem

I Introduction II The Premise III Arguments and Rationale a. Identifying the Disbelievers b. Punishing the Disbelievers c. The Preaching Mission of the Messengers        1. General Features                i. Objective of the Messengers                 ii. Phases of Mission                          a. The Propagation Phase                          b. The Acquittal Phase                                c. The Judgement Phase 2. The Era of Muhammad (sws)         i. The Propagation Phase          ii. The Acquittal Phase          iii. The Judgement Phase                  a. The Reward                  b. The Punishment                          1. For the Idolaters                          2. For the People of the Book                         3. For the Hypocrites  d. Misplaced Directives         1. The Punishment of Apostasy          2. Waging War against Non-Muslims          3. The Dhimmi Status of Non-Muslims          4. Prohibition of Friendship with Non-Muslims          5. The Superiority of Muslim Blood          6. Greeting Non-Muslims in an Inferior Way          7. Non-Muslims to be necessarily Doomed in the Hereafter          8. Assassination of Non-Muslims          9. Cursing Non-Muslims          10. Prohibition of asking for Forgiveness for Non-Muslims          11. Reward of Killing Non-Muslims          IV Behavior of Muslim Minorities: Some Misconceptions a. Muslims are the Best Community  b. The Struggle for Islamic Supremacy  c. Islam and Democracy  d. Jihad          1. The Authority to wage Jihad          2. The Sole Grounds for Jihad          V Conclusion: A New Basis for Relations with Non-Muslims

Appendices:

A. The Preaching Mission of Noah (sws)         B. Fate of some Nations who denied their Messengers          C. Treatment of Non-Muslim Minorities