Living in a New Age

The Need for a Counter-Ideology During the Italo-Turkish war of 1911-12, Libyan fighters famously used this slogan: Mutu al-yawm aizza qabla an tamutu ghadan azilla (Die a respected death today, before you have to die a disrespected death tomorrow) The banner on which this slogan is imprinted, and which I have personally seen, is still on display in the museum in Tripoli. This slogan may express exactly how present-day Muslims feel, but it goes against the creation plan of God. The right slogan should be: ‘Life is a divine gift. It should be utilized for a creative purpose.’ Every human being having been endowed with unique qualities, it is against the creation plan of the Creator for a man just to fight and get himself killed. Every human being having been endowed with unique qualities, it is against the creation plan of the Creator for a man just to fight and get himself killed. Every human being must rather live and make a healthy use of his abilities. All the progress seen in the world was not achieved by those who fought and were killed: it was achieved by those who made good use of the life given to them by the Creator. Had people all over the world engaged in warfare, there would have been no developments in human life; even the modern-day resources which are made use of by militants today would not have come into existence.