FROM MAULANA'S DESK

FROM MAULANA’S DESK 1. The World’s 500 Most Infl uential Muslims 2012, Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Jordan. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, born in 1925, in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Islamic spiritual scholar who is well-versed in both classical Islamic learning and modern disciplines. The mission of his life has been the establishment of worldwide peace. He has received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in India, and the Demiurgus Peace International Award. He has been called ’Islam’s spiritual ambassador to the world’ and is recognised as one of its most infl uential Muslims1. His books have been translated into sixteen languages and are part of university curricula in six countries. He is the founder of the Centre for Peace and Spirituality based in New Delhi. T HE present situation in Egypt reaffi rms the veracity of the Islamic formula in this regard. The Prophet of Islam has said: “Kama takununa kazalika yuwallu alaykum” (‘As you are, so will be the government upon you’). According to this prophetic saying, the government always emerges from society. It cannot be imposed from outside. No slogan whatsoever justifi es the theory of imposition of a government. Muslims must adopt a two-point formula in this regard. In terms of government, they must accept the social verdict, and in terms of personal mission, they must adopt dawah as a peaceful activity. So, the Islamic formula in this regard is — dawah activism and political status-quoism. This is the only formula that is a permanent guarantee for peace in society. This formula nullifi es the politics of opposition, and it also abolishes all kinds of protests, confl icts and violence. If people adopt this formula they will be able to enjoy peace in every situation. Peaceful activism enables you to avail the opportunities, while violent activism destroys the opportunities — and opportunity is the greatest asset for a person as well as a party. The mistake of the ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ was that they tried to impose their cherished system by force. However, according to the above-mentioned hadith, fi rst of all they should have prepared the society before imposing their cherished system. If your WHERE THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WENT WRONG