ملخص الجهاز:
Yet the case must be made that the Islamic worldview on religion and humanity assumes religious pluralism.
Obvi- The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 27:4 ously they are part of the Muslim world, but in numerical terms they remain a negligible minority.
The Qur ’an has always implied that multiplicity of religious communities and, therefore, pluralism are necessary for God to test their commitment to obeying Him and doing good deeds in accordance to their respective books.
On the practical level, pluralism signifies different communities of peo- ple living peacefully and amicably in one geographical and territorial setting.
Although Muslims and many leading western scholars on Islam consider this document a blueprint for pluralism, people still read in it anti-Jewish sentiment (e.
The article declares that the Muslims of Quraysh and Yathrib, as well as the Jews, constitute one unity, sharing the same reli- gious orientation, thus being distinct from all the rest of the people who adhere to other kinds of faith.
Due to the discrimination, outright Islamophobia, and other negative realities faced by Muslims in this country today, many of them find it hard to accept that religious pluralism still exists here; however, many Americans remain willing to stand with them.
Non-Muslims who face discrimination in Muslim-majority nations also find it hard to accept Islam’s asserted religious tolerance.
Hopefully Muslims will remember that the Islamic worldview not only implies religious pluralism, but that the Prophet’s sunnah actively encour- ages it.