Winning Without War

Winning Without War

1990 10 October 10 Winning Without War (341) The Times of India, in a new feature on international surveys which reflect today’s political thinking, states that “war as an instrument of world power or social change is now an impossibility.” (December 4, 1989)

Today, no nation can wage war and expect to reap the same benefits as the ruling classes of former times. The cost and complexity of modern warfare and its greatly increased potential for widespread destruction are factors which are rapidly ruling it out as a solution to national and international problems. Thinking on this subject is changing throughout the entire world. Everywhere, the people themselves have started advocating the method of negotiation as opposed to outright armed confrontation. Even the USSR and the USA who are the best equipped in armaments, have come to the negotiating table in order to avoid plunging themselves and the rest of the world into war.

In the world of today there is but one exception to this new rule – the Muslim nation, which is still engaged in armed conflict and whose leaders still speak in favour of armed struggle. It is unfortunate that even to this day, Muslims are engaged in meaningless warfare and their leaders are still making verbose speeches full of martial terminology.

In the times in which we are living it has become vital to put an end to this senseless war mentality among Muslims. They need to be mentally conditioned to have a proper understanding of the modern world and to build up their lives on the strength of their ideology rather than on the power of the sword. The present age being one of ideology is a blessing of God which greatly favours Muslims. By so ordering things, God has brought history to an arena in which Islam clearly enjoys a decisive position. In material strength, others may compete with Muslims, but, in the field of ideology, Islam is an unconquerable force. In the field of armed conflict, the outcome may be victory or defeat. But in the field of ideology, Islam is totally invincible.