PROBLEM OR CHALLENGE? — Unfounded Conspiracies

PROBLEM OR CHALLENGE? Unfounded Conspiracies M USLIM intellectuals generally depict the fate of the community in a negative light. According to them, Muslims are becoming victims of conspiracies and fake propaganda organized against them by other communities. They claim that Muslims are living in siege, not only in India but everywhere in the world. However, this claim is so unfounded that prima facie it stands rejected. The Quran clearly maintains that conspiracy does not have a bilateral effect; instead it is unilateral in nature. A person is free to conspire against another, but in terms of the result, he has no power to make others a victim of his conspiracies. This is the law of nature and no one has the power to change this law. If a person suffers from something, then it is the price of his own shortcomings. There may be conspirators, but no one has the power to make another the victim of one’s conspiracy. According to a Hadith, the Prophet of Islam has said that even if the entire world conspires to harm them, the conspiring forces would not be successful in their efforts. There are dozens of verses in the Quran which maintain that a person always pays the price for his deeds. A person’s good deed would yield good results, while his bad deed would yield bad results. The Roman philosopher, Cicero (106 - 43 B.C.) said: ‘As you have sown, so shall you reap.’ The need of the hour is for Muslims to express their gratitude to God instead of complaining against others. This is not only the saying of a philosopher, it is rather an eternal law of nature set by God Almighty. The Quran tells us that a big conspiracy was once hatched against a prophet (THE QURAN 71: 22), but it turned out to be a total failure. The Quran contains many verses which tell that it is not conspiracy which is the problem, but rather the real problem is the failure to adopt the right strategy in response to it. God has given freedom to human beings. As a result of the misuse of freedom by some persons, there is always a challenge created before others. What some Muslim intellectuals refer to as conspiracy, is in