In the Aftermath of World War II

In the Aftermath of World War II of this was that everywhere the Muslims became divided into, broadly, two mutually opposed camps that were at war with each other. If the non-Muslim forces killed the Muslims in the colonial period, the Muslims began killing their co-religionists. Moreover, consequently, everywhere, Muslim societies fell prey to destructive activities. Had the Ulama of the Muslim-majority countries stayed aloof from politics and focused, instead, on the reform of the Muslims, awakening the true spirit of Islam among them, producing Islamic literature according to modern standards that would promote an urge to discover Islam among people, and works of a similar kind, they would have been better enabled to play a role in establishing governance more truly in line with the teachings of Islam. If they had played their role in transforming Muslim societies into Islamic societies, the system of governance that would have naturally emerged from this process would undoubtedly have been more genuinely Islamic in spirit, as is suggested by a hadith that we had quoted earlier: “Your leadership will be a reflection of you [the people].” (Shuabul Iman, Hadith No. 7006)