The Ideology of Peace by Maulana Waiduddin Khan - page 49

Ideology of Peace
THE WAYS AND MEANS OF PEACE
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to. Youths, surcharged with emotion, resort to
venting their ever-increasing hatred for their
supposed enemy by carrying out suicide bombings.
The politics of religion being “under attack” in its
final phase turns into the politics of “religious”
suicide. Launching their movements in the name of
the revival of religion proves to be the death knell
for themselves as well as for others. The truth is that
the only way to extricate oneself from such
destructive politics is to hold violence as a form of
action to be rejected in all circumstances. No
excuses, however weighty they may appear, should
be treated as sufficient to justify the use of violence.
The present world is a world of differences. Every
man is Mr. Different and every woman is Ms.
Different. That is why all kinds of differences exist
among people. But when these differences take on
an emotional aspect, it leads people into malevolent
conduct. And then society as a whole becomes
wracked with violence.
There is only one possible solution to this problem.
And that is to inculcate the notion that all members
of society must work within a peaceful sphere,
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