English book · The Error of Political Islam

INTERPRETATION OF THE ISLAMIC MISSION

English book, p. 344

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

movies playing loudly from speakers, I wish I had the power to put an end to such frivolous noise entirely. When I read the daily newspaper and see that human villains have become leaders and filled the earth with corruption, my mind burns with anger, and I long for a way to rid the land of these wrongdoers. When I see people trapped in the web of foolish humanmade laws and crushed under a flawed economic system, it feels as if a fire sparks inside me. I wish to tear apart this web and destroy this system. When I observe that the ruling class, intoxicated with power, has become like Pharaohs and has turned national and international life into a living hell, I naturally feel the urge to imprison these criminals and freeing humanity from their tyranny. When I see that the world has reached a point where Earth’s best resources are being wasted solely on war efforts, and politics has become just a way to cling to power by any means necessary, I feel driven to throw such rulers into the very fiery pits they have prepared for their supposed enemies and political opponents. It’s possible that my feelings contain some extremism, but I am sure that if faith truly takes root in someone’s heart, they cannot remain indifferent to such conditions. A believer naturally feels troubled by the

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