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Editor's Notes

1. Rights of Non-Muslims in Islam •
2. Islam is a religion of peace, love, kindness and tolerance towards all. The Holy Quran unequivocally stipulates that “There is no compulsion in matters of Faith (i.e. Din)”. (2:256). The purpose of Divine Guidance is to explain everything clearly and then leave it to the judgment of each individual to decide, of his own free will, whether to enter the fold of Islam or not. • The Holy Quran says: • Keeping the aforesaid cardinal principles in view, Muslims always went out of the way to accommodate non-believers. •
3. When the Holy Prophet (PBUH) migrated to Madina, one of the first things he did was to strike an agreement with the Jewish tribes of Madina who were given complete freedom of religion and equal rights with Muslims as citizens of the Islamic State of Madina. • When the strike an agreement with the Jewish tribes of Madina they were accommodated in the Masjid-I-Nabvi and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) himself acted as their host. • The Christians of Yemen, Najran and other tribes were given charter of liberty by the Holy Prophet (PBUH), guaranteeing them to practice their religion according to their own customs and traditions. • During the period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs also, complete freedom of religion was accorded to all non-believers, besides, otherwise, treating them as equal citizens in all matters.
4. • During the period of Hazrat Umar as Caliph, a woman of Egypt complained that her house had been made part of the Mosque against her will. The Caliph ordered the governor, Hazrat Amr bin Aas, to immediately restore the place back to her in a built-up form as it was before. • During the ummayad and Abbasid periods as well, non-Muslims were treated generously. Greek orthodox Christians and Coptic Christians of Egypt who, otherwise, were at loggerheads with each other always looked up to Muslims for the resolution of their disputes. •
5. During the period of the Ottomans, the Christians of Constantinople (Istanbul) felt more at ease with Muslims who had granted them equal rights which they could not even conceive during the period of the Romans. 310 • It is a matter of recorded history that the only places where Jews were received and accommodated with open arms were Muslim Spain and the Ottoman Empire while they were persistently and ruthlessly persecuted in Europe for centuries. The same holds true of Christians and Hindus and even atheists in Muslims Empires all through history. •
6. While safeguarding the rights of non-Muslims, the Islamic states have even gone to the extent of openly allowing them to manufacture, import, sell and consume alcohol which, otherwise, is strictly prohibited in Islam. The same is true of games of chance and contracts involving usury. • History bears witness to the way the Christian crusaders treated the Muslim and Jewish population of Jerusalem by killing them en-mass in 1099 A.D. while Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi granted general amnesty to all, without exception, when he retook Jerusalem in 1187 A.D. • All this has been in compliance with the commands of Allah Almighty and His Messenger (PBUH) who enjoined on believers to always treat non-Muslims in a humane, dignified and respectable manner