Inter faith Tolerance, its Pattern and Scope (In perspective of Quran and Seerah)

Abstract

In the modern global world, we live in a society which has a complex plurality of religion and belief. Religious Diversity is pervasive fact of our society. Although they have many philosophical and practical differences, but all religions claim for the human prosperity. They all encourage ethics and compassion among people. But unfortunately, despite all these moral teachings, this wrong perception of plurality has caused religious Extremism and dissonance of inter-religious relations we are facing today. In the present era; no doubt, the thousands of lives have been cost in the name of Religion. For the last two decades, the global world has been plagued by numerous inter-religious wars and clashes, In fact, in the particular regional level, there is no human but suffers insecurity and a deadly hatred that often have a motive where religious differences involved.

To manage the beauty of plurality and discourage the religious conflicts, we have to make a bond of harmonious relationship and train them to tolerate others opinion. This research paper seeks to understand the idea of Religious Tolerance, from the Perspective of two great sources of Islam; Quran and Seerah. For promoting better relationship and mutual respect for one another belonging to various religious faiths existing, we have studed what are the reasons of intolerance and how Quran and Seerah guide us to cultivate the spirit of Religious tolerance in Society. Considering contemporary significance, we have discussed that how to promote interfaith tolerance and how to acclaim its pattern and scope.