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JIHAD TO JANNAH
"Come to know the true meaning of Jihad in the path of Allah, a sincere striving of the soul marked by taqwa, sabr and steadfast devotion, seeking nearness to Allah and His pleasure"
Do not be consumed by the narrow meaning of Jihad. There is more to it that we need to understand in terms of Personal Struggle, Love, Peace, Compassion and Tolerance.
Al Ma'idah
And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.
(Quran, 5:32)
In Islam, killing is not a commandment. Killing in Islam is never seen as good except in the context of enforcing rules because of crimes or acts of war. However, the rules of killing are not arbitrary and should be executed judiciously. Islam does not teaches killing of one another, especially if the motivation is merely emotional reasons. Killing, after all, is taking another human-being's right to life. While this life is the one who needs to be accountable to God. Islamic peace is undoubtedly a priority rather than waging war or killing each other, as stated in verse.
In an interview with CNN, Syrian Islamic scholar Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi forcefully rejected the claim that ISIS has anything to do with Islam. He labeled the group’s violence — including the killing of the American aid worker Peter Kassig — as un-Islamic and rooted in terror, savagery, and hatred, not faith. Al-Yaqoubi insisted that Muslims and Islam should be loudly and clearly dissociated from ISIS’s actions and ideology, and that Muslim scholars worldwide have a responsibility to expose how the group falsely represents religion to justify brutality. He stressed that ISIS’s leaders and followers misuse sacred texts and that there is no legitimate religious justification for their atrocities, arguing that their interpretation of Islam is fundamentally incorrect and deeply harmful.
In this video by the Racial and Religious Harmony Circle (Harmony Circle), religious leaders and representatives from diverse faiths in Singapore come together to affirm their shared Commitment to Safeguard Religious Harmony — a pledge to protect peace, mutual respect and understanding across different religions in a multi-faith society. They articulate how people of various beliefs can coexist harmoniously, emphasising unity despite diversity and the importance of upholding the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion for all. The leaders highlight key principles such as building strong bonds through interaction and support, fostering mutual understanding, practising respect in sharing and propagating beliefs, and standing together in times of crisis to maintain social cohesion. Through scenes of leaders standing side-by-side and delivering these messages, the video illustrates the collective responsibility of religious communities to cherish and actively contribute to social harmony in Singapore.
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