The Call of the Quran
5. The call of da‘wah in the modern age
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political battles with their rulers on one count or
another, to the extent that the word ‘Islamic
da’wah’ has, for Muslim rulers, become almost
synonymous with subversion.
Such nefarious practices have led not only to the
loss of full co-operation by Muslim governments in
the da’wah mission, but also to a situation in which,
even when individuals or groups attempt to engage
in dawah work, quite independently of official
support, the government treats such efforts with
extreme suspicion and creates obstacles to their
being a success.
It is high time to divorce from da’wah work any
political machinations designed to destabilize or
even unseat Muslim rulers, whether it be in the
name of Islam or for any other cause, so that in
every Muslim country, Islamic missionaries may
benefit from the cooperation of their national
governments. Only with such aid will it be
possible to bring about on the desired scale a
revival of Islam, the introduction of non-
Muslims to Islam and the reform of Muslims
themselves.
