Baloch, Qadar Bakhsh2019-09-252019-09-252012-10-1320061819-6470http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/187730ISLAM WAS DESTINED to be a world religion and a civilisation, stretched from one end of the globe to the other. The early Muslim caliphates (empires), first the Arabs, then the Persians and later the Turks set about to create classical Islamic civilisation. In the 13th century, both Africa and India became great centres of Islamic civilisation. Soon after, Muslim kingdoms were established in the Malay-Indonesian world, while Muslims flourished equally in China. Islamic civilisation is committed to two basic principles: oneness of God and oneness of humanity. Islam does not allow any racial, linguistic or ethnic discrimination; it stands for universal humanism. Besides Islam have some peculiar features that distinguish it form other cotemporary civilisations.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderreligion, civilization, Islam, basic principles, humanismReligious ethicsComparative religious ethicsSpirituality and ethicsComparative religion and interreligious dialogueArticle