الحوار في القرآن والسنة وموقف الإسلام من غير المسلميـن
Interfaith Dialogue and Muslim-Non-Muslim Relations in the Quran and Prophetic Traditions
Abstract
This article examines interfaith dialogue and Muslims’ relations with non-Muslims in the light of the Qur’ān and the sunnah. The Qur’ān asks Muslims to have constructive dialogue with non-Muslims. The Prophetic biography also tells that he (peace be on him) had dialogue with polytheists, hypocrites, and people of the book in order to convey them the message of Islam. Thus, interfaith dialogue is not a compulsion made by geographical and sociopolitical realities. Rather, it is the best choice that Islam utilized to spread its message. The Qur’ān and the biography of the Prophet (peace be on him) contain many implicit and explicit instructions and guidelines for having dialogue with other religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, polytheism etc. Muslims’ relations with non-Muslims living in the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates also have much to teach contemporary Muslims in their efforts to have constructive dialogue with modern non-Muslim societies. This requires Muslims to return to the Qur’anic origins and apply them to the sociopolitical realities of the modern world. Muslims today are in more need of dialogue than ever.
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