The Singaporean Scholars and Reliogious Teachers Association (PERGAS)

PERGAS has made some conclusions which the writer believes that the usefulness is also applied to the other parts of the world:-

1. Muslims should base their relationship with non-Muslims on a positive foundation, not on negative ones like war, hate and revenge.
2. The least Muslims should do is to be neutral, and to avoid prejudice and suspicious towards those of a different religion.
3. This is the positive foundation upon which should be established various types of relationship such as cooperation, and feelings such as love and affection.
4. Islam recognizes the natural tendency to form various types of relationship and alliances among men.
5. Islam recognizes that not all non-Muslims are the same, and similar in their negative outlook towards Muslims. Each group should be appropriately assessed and dealt with accordingly.
6. A difference in religion neither justifies hate for non-Muslims nor disallows feelings of love and affection for them.
7. A difference in religion alone does not warrant war being the basis of relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims.
8. Harbouring the belief that all non-Muslims are anti-Islam or Harbi (hostile) and hence should be hated and resisted, is not conducive for the purpose of dakwah (propogation of Islam) This is a prejudice and is similar to the misconception amongst some non-Muslim that all Muslims are terrorist and fundamentalists. Both these parties are actually closer to an extremist stand rather than a reasonable one.
9. For the benefit of dakwah, Muslims should strive for more positive relationship with, and feelings for non-Muslims, without condoning their disbelief, and as long as they do not work against Islam's interests nor involve immoral acts.
10. If Muslims are hostile to anyone who is non-Muslim, it should only be because of the hostility of the non-Muslims to Islam and Muslims. In the absence of such hostility, Muslims should not be hostile to them. The procedure in fiqh (jurisprudence) is; "Judgement is based on 'Illah (reason) when it is present, and when it is absent."