Not Committing Another Mistake

to direct politics poses an extremely serious obstacle to peaceful living. In social life, matters have to be solved by making concessions to the opposite party, or they are never solved at all. No Unprincipled Stand An unprincipled stand should never be adopted in controversial matters, for such a stand inevitably proves counter- productive. Pakistan provides a recent example in this case, having adopted an unprincipled stand in its “war” with India. It gave weapons to non-governmental organizations, and trained them so that they might wage a proxy war with India. This was done in Pakistan on a large scale. There was a general awareness of this fact in Pakistan. But, according to my knowledge, no individual or organization has condemned it publicly. No one performed the duty of Nahi anil Munkar (forbidding the evil) in this matter .Now after a period of 60 years, this policy has proved destructive for Pakistan. The media have borne witness to this on innumerable occasions. This course of action was against all principles. According to established principle, the use of weaponry is permissible only for an established government. On no pretext are NGO’s allowed to take up arms. So far as NGO’s are concerned, they have only one of two options: either they confine themselves to working towards achieving their goals in an entirely peaceful sphere or they opt to remain silent. Apart from this, the taking up of arms or engaging in violence means a third option for them. And in this case going for a third option is a crime in itself; it is not at all an act of reform. In social life, one should be extremely cautious in taking any serious step and only such steps should be taken as are rationally justified. Man should take only lawful steps but if taking lawful steps is not possible, then he should refrain from taking any steps whatsoever. He should rather pray to God to rectify the situation. Non-Islam in the name of Islam In March 2012 a Hindu extremist leader on a visit to a prominent Indian city, made a speech in which he said that the Kabah in Makkah had in actual fact been a mandir with idols, but that Muslims had occupied it and turned it into a mosque. Muslims found this speech so outrageous that they marched in a procession through the streets, Not Committing Another Mistake