What is Nonviolence?
[[Image:StopEssaisManif.jpg|thumb|[[Demonstration]] in [[Paris]] against [[atomic bomb|nuclear weapons]] testing, 1995]] [[Image:Gaza demo 2014.jpg|thumb|Demonstration in [[Dublin]] against attacks on civilians in [[Gaza]], 2014]] '''Nonviolence''' is a [[philosophy]] that rejects the use of physical [[violence]]. People who practice nonviolence when expressing their beliefs may use methods like [[education]], [[persuasion]], [[civil disobedience]], and [[conscientious objector|conscientious objection]] to military service. A [[demonstration]] by a group of people in a public place, to show their support or to protest, is permitted on the condition that it remain nonviolent. Sometimes the demonstrators are nonviolent but other people who oppose them will come to the demonstration and behave violently to show their opposition. Some religious movements, such as the [[Religious Society of Friends|Society of Friends (Quakers)]] and [[Jainism]] with [[Ahimsa]], are known for the practice of nonviolence. There are people who adopt nonviolence in midlife, such as [[St. Francis of Assisi]]. People who eat a [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]] or [[veganism|vegan]] diet, and those who support [[animal rights]], usually oppose any [[cruelty to animals|violence by humans against animals]]. ==Famous leaders who practiced nonviolence== *[[Mahatma Gandhi]] *[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] *[[John Lewis]] ==Related page== *[[Anti-war movement]] *[[Pacifism]] *[[Peace]] *[[Satyagraha]] [[Category:Virtues]] [[Category:Ethics]] [[Category:Civil disobedience]] [[Category:Nonviolence advocates| ]]