The importance and role of religion in achieving social peace

Abstract

Undoubtedly, the only religion that did not confine its speech to a specific nation, but rather addressed all people, is Islam, which came to complement the call of all the prophets, and with its perfection and completeness the revelation of heaven was interrupted, and this means the completeness of its thought and its harmony with life in every time and place, as it is inconceivable that God would be pleased with it. It is a religion for all servants and leaves it incomplete so that humans can complete it. The basis of this religion is the Holy Qur’an and the purified Sunnah, with which its beliefs and principles were established, and from which its rules and rulings were derived, and to which Muslims refer in every matter of their religious and worldly affairs. In order to ensure the achievement of a decent and just life for all, there must be a social system that strives to alleviate injustice on the (social, economic and political) levels. Because he is the one who makes the cohesive social body that seeks to reach its civilized aspirations, according to a set of principles that allow all social segments and groups to coexist socially with the existing differences in viewpoints and differences in ideas and positions. The aim of the research is to demonstrate the importance and role of religion in achieving societal peace among the spectra and components of society, according to the hypothesis that the failure to achieve societal peace among the spectra of the same society is the politicization of religion and the predominance of factional and sectarian interests.