Islamphobia and Disrecpecting the sanctiy of Islam as A Threat to World peace

Islam emanates from the word salaam meaning peace.The paper will examine some of the common misunderstandings regarding Islam today and the Islamophobia flowing feom such misundeerstandings in many parts of the world. The starting point is thus to understand the fundamental teachings of Islam. In this reard it will be argued, with specific reference to the work of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, that the true jihad is founded on the concepts or ideas of peace, tolerance and non-violence. Each of these three ideas will be briefly examined. khan argues that all the teachings of Islami are based on the principle of peace. In the context of human rights discourse, the paper will ask why we have so much human rights, but so few right humans (or humans who are right). perhaps a greater emphasos needs to be placed on human duties rather than human rights. What about human dignity With specific referennce to the 2006 cartoon controversy, the paper will argue that there needs to be limitations on the right to freedom of expression in secieties so as not to encroach on the human dignity of people of faith, whatever faith that may be. This is crucial to the maintenance of peace societies.