Building Life

Moral Decline the current situation and keep working peacefully, or go into conflict and risk destroying yourself. There are no other options available to you. In ancient times, war could serve as a way to solve problems, but today, war has become a major source of the biggest problems. The widespread destruction caused by modern warfare is the greatest catastrophe of all. Therefore, now a person only has two options: either work for peace or stay silent. MORAL DECLINE Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817–1898), an Indian Muslim reformer and educationist of nineteenth-century British India, was labeled a lackey of the British by his opponents. Similarly, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) was called an agent of the Hindus by his critics. Why was this? The reason was that these opponents noticed that the British respected Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Likewise, they observed that Maulana Abul Kalam Azad enjoyed respect among Hindus. Out of their hostility, these opponents refused to acknowledge that the respect these individuals received among non-Muslims was due to their personal virtues. Instead, they falsely claimed that these titles implied they gained their status only through opportunism, not genuine merit.