The Secret of Reform

THE SECRET OF REFORM All forms of evil are related to thinking. The transformation of human consciousness or thinking is the secret of reform. Without this, no reform is at all possible. M any people mistakenly think that the root of all problems are those individuals who happen to control the levers of power in their times, and that, therefore, if they are removed from power, all evils will come to an end. This sort of thinking has repeatedly been shown through experience to be completely wrong. Consider the following case: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group, believed that the government of King Farooq (d.1965) was the root of all evils facing Egypt and that if somehow this government could be toppled, everything in the country would be set aright. In line with this thinking, they joined with some Egyptian army officers, overthrew King Farooq, and forced him out of the country. But after this, all that occurred was that the conditions in the country became even worse than before.