According to Islam, peace is the rule and war is only an exception. Even in defensive war we have to analyse its result; if the result is doubtful, Muslims should avoid war. Stray acts of aggression are not enough for Muslims to rush into war. They have to assess the whole situation and adopt a policy of avoidance when war is not certain to achieve a positive result. In actual fact, the mission of all the Prophets from Adam to ‘Eesaa (Jesus), may Allah exalt their mention, was one and the same – of establishing the ideology of monotheism Read more