The Error of Political Islam

on any intellectual basis. When The New Class by former Yugoslav Communist Party president and vice president Milovan Djilas (1911–1995), a prominent figure in international communism, was published in London in 1956, it caused a global uproar. At the time, Reader’s Digest published an introductory article on the book titled: “The Book That is Shaking the Communist World” (Reader’s Digest, p. 18) Yet despite this, the ideology of communism remains alive and continues to grow. When human nature is such, there is no reason to expect that my efforts will lead to a different outcome. Given this understanding, why did I decide to publish my book? There are several reasons: 1. After being associated with the Jamaat for fifteen years, I feel that the Jamaat has a right upon me— that I should share with it the best advice I have to offer. Realizing that I could not do this from within the organization, I felt compelled to step outside to fulfil this duty. 2. Any ideology, however, deeply rooted in people’s minds, does not affect everyone uniformly. There are always some open-hearted individuals who, when confronted with the truth, can genuinely consider it with an open mind and accept it freely. Preface to the FIRST Edition