An Easy Solution

An Easy Solution The easiest and most effective reply to false opposition is to give no reply at all. False opposition is always baseless; it is destined to collapse on its own. To respond to it is like extending its life. If one remains patient, it will one day fall like a rootless tree. It can never long survive on God’s earth. The greatest killer of falsehood is time. Wait for time, and you will see that it destroys the mischief far more completely than any effort you could make to destroy it yourself. This method is not confined to a single situation. In whatever matter the strategy of silent patience is adopted, it ultimately proves effective. Some Christians youth wrote in black letters on Delhi’s bridges and walls the phrase in English: “Jesus is coming soon.” Afterwards, some Hindu youths, stirred by a spirit of retaliation, added words everywhere so that the phrase read: “Jesus is coming soon to become Hindu.” The construction of the sentence itself showed that this was not the work of educated Hindus, for grammatically correct English would be: “To become a Hindu.” If a similar incident had taken place with Muslims, at once a certain superficial class of people would have begun shouting that it was an insult to the Prophet, an affront to Muslim feelings, and a challenge to their religious honour. Then some Muslim youths would have been provoked into retaliation, and soon the city would have descended into Hindu–Muslim riots. After that, so-called Muslim leaders would have issued statements proving the incompetence of the administration. Relief funds would be opened, and some would begin to claim credit