خلاصه ماشینی:
Thus, given that believers and nonbelievers cannot be distinguished on religious lines, the Qur'an urges Muslims to seek a political order based on peaceful cooperation and mutual respect.
Islam's Formative Political Principles Scholars who have studied the history of Islam and the Muslims' attitude toward non-Muslims have concluded that Islam teaches tolerance and respect for religious freedom.
The rules enunciated therein sought to maintain peace and cooperation, protect the life and property of Madinah's inhabitants, fight aggression and injustice regardless of tribal or religious affiliation, and ensure freedom of religion and movement.
It established a number of important political principles that, when joined together, became the political constitution of the first Islamic state, defined the Muslim and non-Muslim members' political rights and duties, and drew up the nascent society's political structure.
The commitment of Muslim society to religious freedom and the rule of law remained, however, strong and firm.
Thus early jurists recognized that all non-Muslims who signed a peace treaty with the Muslims were entitled to full religious freedom and equal protection under the law for their personal safety and property.
Similarly, early Muslim jurists recognized the non-Muslims' right to self-determination and gave them full moral and legal autonomy in the villages and towns under their control.
Muslims and Christians, on the other hand, share similar core values of respect for human life and dignity and a profound commitment to charity and the common good.