Muslims Speak Out

Jihad is Self-Defense Against Aggression

LEBANON: Jihad is no different than any human and civilized concept of self-defense. It expresses the innate human nature of self-defense, or preventing the others from building the ability for a sudden aggression . . . Jihad in Islam is not using violence against the unbeliever, but against the fighting aggressor. MORE »

KHALID ZAHEER

Believers Free to Choose

PAKISTAN: Nobody is forced to acquire a religion nor to leave one according to Islamic teachings. more »

AMR KHALED

Islam Forbids Suicide

ENGLAND: What the suicide bombers do is an un-Islamic forbidden injustice against themselves and others. more »

ALI GOMAA

No Compulsion to Believe

EGYPT: The essential question before us is can a person who is Muslim choose a religion other than Islam? The answer is yes. more »
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"On Faith" and Georgetown University asked dozens of the world's leading scholars to discuss Islam's view of violence, human rights and other religions in "Muslims Speak Out." The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life provided analysis of public opinion surveys. more »
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