New Decision

After independence, Muslims in this country failed to make the desired progress. The only reason for this was the prevailing atmosphere of insecurity in which they continually found themselves. Being misled by their incompetent leaders and intellectuals, they had come to regard the country’s administration as being prejudiced as far Muslims were concerned. Since the Muslims saw that the administration was fulfilling their worst expectations, they began protesting against it, and when their protests and demands did not work they fell a prey to frustration. But this thinking was erroneous in itself. For just like any other sphere, those of the police and administration have their limitations. They can function only where individuals are concerned. In the case of public issues, the police and administration find it impossible to transgress their limits. Owing to the two-nation theory, and for several other reasons, Muslims and Hindus in this country have been divided psychologically into two combatant groups. Our incompetent leaders, through their continuous misguidance, have highly increased their sensitivity in this respect. That is why, whenever any friction arises between a Hindu and a Muslim, it immediately escalates into a communal issue. It is this imbalanced state of affairs which has rendered the police and administration helpless. When friction between individuals or families remains restricted as such, this poses no difficulty for the police or the administration. They can deal with such matters quite successfully. But in a sensitive atmosphere where any such friction is blown out of all proportion and becomes a communal issue, it goes beyond the control of the police or the administration. This is the principle reason, despite all protests and complaints on the part of Muslims, for the failure of the administration to be really effective. The happening at Moradabad as well as other such happenings show us that now Muslims have discovered that the solution to this problem lies in their own hands. That is, by adopting the way of patience and avoidance in all such controversial matters, they should nip the matter in the bud to prevent it from becoming magnified into a communal issue. Controversial matters surface in every society. This happens due to the system of nature itself rather than because of any plot or conspiracy. That is why such happenings cannot be altogether prevented. But what is perfectly possible is for Muslims to refrain from allowing themselves to be provoked. In this way, the flicker will be extinguished in the first stage itself and, as we find from