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While technological innovations that are progressing at a head-spinning pace have made life easier and raised the quality of life to levels unimaginable half a century ago, the same technological innovations, when fall into the wrong hands, can turn into dangerous devices that can destroy peace and order, and even threaten the very existence of humanity. The ease of destruction, and the potential of technological wonders being used as weapons of terror have caused people to be concerned and to have a gloomy outlook towards the future. Knowing that the existing amount of nuclear weapons have the power to destroy the entire world a hundred times over is causing us to question the future of humanity, and the ease of production and use of biological and chemical mass destruction weapons that can destroy animals and plants together with innocent people in an area have raised our level of concern. Transportation vehicles that are manufactured for peaceful purposes can turn an area into a war zone, and the military and security measures to prevent such use are proving to be inadequate. No baby comes to this world as a terrorist, and no child dreams about becoming a terrorist when he or she grows up. Therefore, fighting terror is only possible by identifying and calming the feelings that move and feed the tendencies of destruction and hostility in people, who are at the highest level of creation. This can be made possible by true Islam that upholds justice, assistance, and love, and respects the rights of all creatures. The most effective war against terror can be fought by upholding ‘righteousness’ that establishes justice and peace, ‘virtue’ that results in brotherly love and harmony, and ‘mutual assistance’ that establishes unity and solidarity and eliminates fights. This can be made possible by equipping the current civilization that is based on force, benefit, and conflict with high moral values. After the verses related to matters of belief, the most cited and emphasized verses in the Risale-i Nur are ‘No bearer of burdens can bear the burdens of another (Qur’an, 6:164) and “One who kills a person who has not killed anyone or has not caused public unrest in the world is like one who has killed all people” (Qur’an, 5:32). In the light of the explainations of these two verses and the emphasis placed on positive action in Risale-i Nur, it is not possible to justify terror and the use of weapons of mass destruction which causes countlsess innocents to die. Over a century ago Bediuzzaman declared that the time for struggle with the sword is over and that in this modern age any struggle will be by the pen. Keywords: Terror, weapons of mass destruction, positive action, Risale-i Nur, Nursi

Terror and Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Light of Risale-i Nur