to direct politics poses an extremely serious obstacle to peaceful
living. In social life, matters have to be solved by making concessions
to the opposite party, or they are never solved at all.
No Unprincipled Stand
An unprincipled stand should never be adopted in controversial
matters, for such a stand inevitably proves counter- productive.
Pakistan provides a recent example in this case, having adopted
an unprincipled stand in its “war” with India. It gave weapons to
non-governmental organizations, and trained them so that they
might wage a proxy war with India. This was done in Pakistan on
a large scale. There was a general awareness of this fact in Pakistan.
But, according to my knowledge, no individual or organization has
condemned it publicly. No one performed the duty of
Nahi anil
Munkar
(forbidding the evil) in this matter .Now after a period of
60 years, this policy has proved destructive for Pakistan. The media
have borne witness to this on innumerable occasions.
This course of action was against all principles. According to
established principle, the use of weaponry is permissible only for
an established government. On no pretext are NGO’s allowed to
take up arms. So far as NGO’s are concerned, they have only one
of two options: either they confine themselves to working towards
achieving their goals in an entirely peaceful sphere or they opt to
remain silent. Apart from this, the taking up of arms or engaging in
violence means a third option for them. And in this case going for a
third option is a crime in itself; it is not at all an act of reform.
In social life, one should be extremely cautious in taking any
serious step and only such steps should be taken as are rationally
justified. Man should take only lawful steps but if taking lawful
steps is not possible, then he should refrain from taking any steps
whatsoever. He should rather pray to God to rectify the situation.
Non-Islam in the name of Islam
In March 2012 a Hindu extremist leader on a visit to a prominent
Indian city, made a speech inwhich he said that theKabah inMakkah
had in actual fact been a mandir with idols, but that Muslims had
occupied it and turned it into a mosque. Muslims found this speech
so outrageous that they marched in a procession through the streets,
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