Warfare and War Ethics: An Islamic Perspective
By Shamsudeen Salifu
June 23, 2017
Man, since creation, has had to kill and pillage in his quest for security and survival. Our complex characteristics such as greed, ambition, and lust have led us through generations to bear the teeth and spear against our kind in order to keep land, power, and wealth. War and the art of it has therefore been a handy tool for man to either destroy or rebuild.
Moreover, the kind of perspective and legitimacy that religion of all forms gives to war, and the justification it also purports for bloodshed in the name of God all to a large extent, solidifies the relevance of war in the history of mankind. From the scriptures we read epic tales of gallantry, loyalty, allegiance, and retribution from personalities acting under heavenly sanctions of divine decrees. These narrations have emboldened mortal men to claim the moral authority and the religious audacity to wage war in times both past and present.
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