The Ideology of Peace by Maulana Waiduddin Khan - page 46

Ideology of Peace
THE WAYS AND MEANS OF PEACE
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for unnecessary violence to obliterate it. The
adoption of a peaceful course to counter falsehood
is as good as extirpating it.
ANACHRONISTIC POLICY
The present age is one of globalisation. The entire
world has become a global village. Looked at from
this viewpoint, violence or armed struggle in the
present- day world has acquired the character of an
anachronism. If you were to ask those engaged in
armed confrontation why they had adopted this
course, they would say that they had done so in
order to overthrow the existing government. They
would further say that they aimed at building a
new system, and to attain their objective it was
necessary to seize power. But all such thinking is
the result of their being totally unaware of the spirit
of the age.
The present age has undergone such a great
transformation that the seizure of political power is
no longer required. Even without possessing
political power, those who aim at changing social
systems can achieve anything that they want to
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