Heroes of Nonviolence
Most Americans have heard of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., but knowledge of nonviolence often stops there. Author Ronald Sider reminds us of the ancient story of the Hebrew midwives who refused to follow Pharaoh's order to kill male Hebrew babies (Ex. 1: 15-17, Qur'an 28) and of first century Jews who lay on the ground offering themselves to be slaughtered rather than pay tribute to images of Caesar.
Muslim Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, at left, was a contemporary and great friend of Mohandas Gandhi. Born in what is now Pakistan among the fierce Pathan people, he mustered a nonviolent army of over 80,000 Soldiers of God who struggled nonviolently for almost twenty years for independence and freedom. Dying at age 98, imprisoned for one third of his life, he exemplified the courage, compassion and forgiveness enjoined in the Qur'an. |
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