nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction
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- Created on: 15-10-22 21:14
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- nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction
- Islam
- muslims believe that the issue is whether or not the nuclear weapons are used
- muslims believe god created the earth and all life on wealth and that muslims have a duty and responsibility to care for them and to work for peace
- life is sacred, and using weapons which could kill millions of people and possible completely destroy the earth goes against the teachings of islam
- "do not contribute to your destruction with your own hands"
- life is sacred, and using weapons which could kill millions of people and possible completely destroy the earth goes against the teachings of islam
- in conventional warfare, innocent civilians must be protected
- iraq and syria are muslim countries and used chemical weapons against groups in their countries who they perceived to threaten their leadership
- "fight in God's cause against those who fight you, but do not overstep the limits"
- this doesn't justify the use of nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction become cy harming innocent civilians, they breach the limits of warfare
- example = Hiroshima, Japan - ww2 - 140,000 people died
- repeated in nagasaki and marked the end of ww2 - justified use of nuclear weapons for some people
- believed that they prevent world wars due to fear of consquences
- europe has been relatively peaceful since ww2
- chemical weapons - contain lethal chemicals
- biological weapons - harmful bacteria and viruses to atmosphere
- Christianity
- only god has the authority to end the life that he created
- the use of nuclear weapons which would kill huge numbers of innocent civilians can never be justified
- "you shall not murder"
- "any use of nuclear weapons would violate the sanctity of life" - policy advisor steve hucklesby on behalf of 4 uk churches
- CCND - Christian campaign for nuclear disarment - aims to support Abolition 2000 campaign - sims to permanently abolish nuclear weapons
- they raise awareness and promote the need to pray for peace
- "if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life"
- jesus was a pacifist
- only god has the authority to end the life that he created
- Islam
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