Peace And Peace

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Peace is a state of harmony where there is no violence or conflict between people or groups, especially in own personal relations. Peace is an essential part to becoming closer to God and being a faithful adherent. Islam and Christianity have similar views about achieving inner peace through the actions of Jesus Christ in the New Testament and through the Quran and Prophets sayings (Hadith). Through the sacred texts of these religious traditions the adherent guided to the ultimate goal of achieving inner peace.

Christianity’s primary source in guiding the adherent to achieve inner peace is Jesus Christ. Jesus plays a pivotal role, as he is the epitome for guiding every living adherent to achieve inner peace. Through Jesus actions and teachings of “Agape love” (self-less-love) and the miracles especially in healing the blind man, (Mark 8:22-25) the believers are able to understand the importance of compassion and love for people. Throughout the Gospel of John peace is strongly portrayed through various stories as we see Jesus as the model of inclusiveness, forgiveness and love going out to those who are the outcasts of society cutting across gender, racial and social lines in his society. Through the parable of “The Women at the Well” (John 4:4), we see Jesus ask a Samaritan women for water. During this period there was conflict between Jews and Samaritans. Once again this displayed to the adherents of Christianity the importance of resolving conflict in order to achieve peace, which will ultimately guide the adherent to inner peace. In today’s society the New Testament provides individuals with the ability to read Jesus’s selfless acts and peaceful approach to others, so that they can imitate him in their own lives.

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...iew that Islam is a violent religion by various individuals. This may be the case for gangs such as the Taliban but there are various organizations such as the “Islamic Peace Foundation” (IPF) that promote and stress the importance for peace. They IPF promote peace through educating Muslim’s about the importance of peace as they highlight that Islam put “peace before aggression”. While violence is the answer for some such as the Taliban, to the Foundation, the guiding principle must be one of "peaceful means to peaceful ends".

In conclusion, it is evident that Christianity and Islam through their sacred texts and founders have enabled and provided a pathway for adherents to achieve inner peace.
In following in the footsteps of the founders the adherents can achieve this inner peace for themselves and so make a difference to themselves and their world.

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