Islam and Peace
Religion and Politics
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going to be achieved in the effort to consolidate the
position of religion is in no way a religious system,
but is rather a course of destruction. This
destructive element has only added to the general
ruination of the country.
How did all these efforts on our part backfire? It can
be traced quite simply to our violation of realities.
Innumerable natural causes have to cooperate in
this world in order to bring about a significant
event. Someone has said very pertinently: ‘Politics
is the art of the possible. That is, only when
conducive factors are present is a leader able to
realise a political event. It is not possible even for
the greatest of leaders to bring about a political
revolution simply by dint of his own efforts without
the cooperation of external elements.
The Islamization of Pakistan and the Hinduization
of India simply failed to take shape; despite a 50-
year bloody struggle neither could Pakistan be
Islamized nor India Hinduized.
As a result of the intellectual development of the
last several hundred years, the world mindset is
now entirely against a state based on religion. This
