This article illustrates the practice of the Holy Prophet (S) and the first Caliphs in dealing with opponents, and demonstrates that using differences as a pretext to declare other Muslims as kaafir and justify their persecution and killing has never been a practice of these great personalities.
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Al-Taqrib
A Quarterly Journal of Islamic Unity
Supervisor: Ayatullah Muhammad ‘Ali Taskhiri
Managing Director: Hujjatul Islam ‘Ali Asghar Awhadi
Editors: Shuja Ali Mirza and Rizwan Rashid
Advisors: Sayyid ‘Ali Quli Qara’i, Dr Mahdi Hadawi Tihrani, Hujjatul Islam Tahsin al-Badri
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