Comment: Islam is for tolerance of the Other
22 May 2011, 9:43 AM
Ali Ahsan
It is disturbing and saddening to see that we dare to curtail basic human interests and entitlements of others that some of us take for granted.
What Islam stands for: According to Article 16 of the Madinah Charter (al-mithaq al-madinah) of 622 CE, social, legal and economic equality was promised to all loyal citizens of the state, including non-Muslims.
Similarly, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab’s Covenant following the Arab conquest of Jerusalem reads:
“[‘Umar ibn al-Khattab] has given [people of Jerusalem] assurance of safety for their lives and property, for their churches and their crosses, for their sick and their healthy, and for all the rituals of their religion.
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