PEACE IN THE QUR’AN PERSPECTIVE

The Qur’an emphasize the importance of peace and announce it for some reasons as it can be understood from the verse which directly and indirectly dealth with the issue. While there is a concensus between Muslim scholars regarding keeping peace between different Muslim grups, it has been a matter of debate how to keep the peace with non-Muslims and under which conditions. For example: according to some commentators and jurists in the classical period of Islam there cannot be any peace agreement with non-Muslims who are not members of the people of the book until they choose to convert to Islam. However this view is not accurate when the verses of the Qur’an which issues the war, with polytheists and the verses about peace analyzed in context and their reason for revelation and the practices of the Prophet Mohammed are considered.