The Ideology of Peace by Maulana Waiduddin Khan - page 168

Ideology of Peace
AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE CENTRE
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AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE CENTRE
ESTABLISHING peace has become our first
priority. Indeed, it is our greatest need, present-day
circumstances having made it a crucial factor in
human survival. But simply publishing appeals in
support of peace or bombing terrorist hideouts is
not the way to establish it. The truth is that the
terrorism of the present age is different from that of
former times. It is not a matter of who has the more
sophisticated, and therefore some lethal technology.
It is more a matter of technology versus ideology,
for terrorism has a complete ideology—of its own
making— to support it. Not until this ideology is
destroyed can terrorism be rooted out. It will persist
in one form or another.
Because of the undeniable seriousness of this
problem, it has become essential that a full-fledged
international peace centre be established at some
focal point. This centre will aim at uniting peace-
loving people the world over. Through literary
efforts and by other means it will promote peace.
Most important of all, it will bring to the people a
sustainable ideology of peace. By using the present
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