When the society is permeated by violence; when the culture is violent; when order is imposed through violence; when the authorities nearly always resort to force as the first, not the last option; I wonder how, in such an atmosphere and environment of ever-present violence, can revolution every be nonviolent?
Author: Shahid Bolsen
Shahid Bolsen is the founder of the Middle Nation Movement.
There are some very serious problems within our Ummah that, in m…
There are some very serious problems within our Ummah that, in my opinion, are far more debilitating and destructive than extremism and terrorism, because they are much more prevalent. Violent radicalism and extreme interpretations of the religion have always been around, and always will be; but they have also always existed on the fringe, the…