Islam: A Religion of Global Peace

Abstract

Islam is a religion derived from the Arabic word “Salam”, means “peace”. Here, it means peace with Allah as the sole creator of all humans, animals, plants, angels, jinn etc. It also means total submission to the will and command of Allah. As a religion of global peace, Islam has bequeathed to humanity a civilization that has presented itself as the greatest heritage that bestowed to humanity enlightenment, knowledge and prosperity, thereby redeeming mankind from the misery and. Even, when Islam was conquered and dominated by foreign powers, its influence has remained unlike other civilizations remained. It resisted eliminations or even complete burial in the sounds of time. This, was made possible because of the great importance attached to knowledge and the pursuance of it by Islam as can be seen from the Qur’an, the Hadith and books of scholars of Islam. This closely links to the great qualities of peace making exhibited by the prophet of Islam Muhammad (SAW), the role model per excellence the world had ever produced. The Qur’an and Hadith are so fundamental on peace and peacemaking. Both the Qur’an and Hadith have turned the ignorant and ruthless society into a beacon of peace with scandalous characters turned into righteous servants of the Almighty, Who lived with love and fear of Allah, and His glory with him deeply set in their refined hearts. Thus, Islam as religion of global peace has a lot to offer on the problems of insecurity in Africa. The paper intends to show the position of peace in Islam as a solution to the problem of insecurity particularly in Africa