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 The rights Of Non-Muslims In The Islamic World Saleh Hussain al-Ayed Translated by Alexandra Alosh

THE RIGHTS OF NON-MUSLIMS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD

A person who has been guided comprehends the benefits of the pure religion for believers, in this world and the next.

As for its goodness towards non-Muslims, the greatest proof of this is the rights that Islam has preserved for them, and the almost unbelievable degree of religious tolerance that Muslims have shown towards them, even in times when Mµslims were achieving victories over non-Muslims in war. Unbiased non-Muslims historians have left testimony to these facts, as was done by the

Patriarch Ghaytho,

“The Arabs, to whom the Lord has given control over the world, treat us as you know; they are not enemies of Christianity. Indeed, they praise our community and treat our priests and saints

with dignity, and offer aid to our churches and monasteries”¹.

Will Durant states, “At the time of the Umayyad Caliphate, the people of the covenant, Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews and Sabians, all enjoyed a degree of tolerance that we do not find even today in Christian countries.

They were free to practice the rituals of their religions, and their churches and temples were preserved. They enjoyed autonomy in that they were subject to the religious laws of their scholars and judges

The good relations between Muslims and peoples of other faiths were not an anachronism, because their interactions were based upon two of the foundations of Islam itself: the intrinsic dignity of humanity, and freedom of belief.

Unfortunately, today we hear escalating accusations of Islam and Muslims violating human rights, especially those of non-Muslims. There is no evidence that this is the case.

It is my wish, in this study titled The Rights of non-Muslims in the Islamic World, to discuss this issue in-depth, so that non­Muslims can know what Islam guarantees them, and not go to extremes in making demands that have no basis in truth. At the

same time, Muslims can learn about the rights of others, and not oppress them by denying them some or all of their rights.

This study was delivered as a lecture in the Symposium on Human Rights in Islam, which was held in Rome, Italy, from l9/11/1420- 21/11/1420 A.H. (corresponding to February 25th -27^th, 2000 A.D).