Spirit of Islam · A GOOD SOCIETY

A GOOD SOCIETY

Spirit of Islam, 2019, p. 37

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.

minds is larger national interest and the path of improvement for all communities. All parties will have to commit themselves to differentiating between issues and nonissues; that they will not hold any matter as an issue of prestige; that they will not adopt the way of claim and counter-claim; that they will speak only with the result in mind; that their way will be one of impartiality; that while pressing their demands they will also be willing to concede; that while taking from others they will also be willing to give. Dialogue is not a meeting of rivalry but is a brotherly meeting. Such noble tasks are performed by rising above the defeat-victory psychology. Its aim is to solve the matter and not confound it. The feeling at work behind dialogue is one of reconciliation and not of rivalry. Dialogue means an attempt to solve controversial matters through negotiation rather than through confrontation. If a dialogue is started with this spirit, its success is certain. The door to progress of our country is barred. And a dialogue keeping this spirit in view can surely open the closed doors provided it is conducted with true spirit. o The solution to our problems lies in uniting in spite of our differences.

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