LOSING THE OPPORTUNITY

Stay Positive No mistake can close the door to your achievement, provided that you are able to keep your thinking positive. of Islam. Those influenced by this interpretation tried to establish an Islamic state in Muslim countries. This being the age of communication it spread rapidly throughout the Muslim world. The aim of establishing such a state began as a literary campaign. Its proponents sought to overthrow existing regimes led by secular Muslims and establish in its place what they called Khilafah or Hukumat-e Ilahiyyah (Divine Rule). They totally failed in this endeavour. They assumed the Muslim masses were on their side and oblivious that the secular Muslim rulers were supported by the West. They developed negative thinking against the West. De-stabilizing the Western world seemed to be the only way to achieve their target. 9/11 was a result of this thinking. Suicide bombings by Muslims throughout the world is also an example of this thinking. The genesis of current Muslim militancy lies squarely in this political interpretation of Islam. It is imperative to dispel this interpretation and completely eradicate this political thinking from the Muslim mind. We have to provide them the peaceful literature of Islam. Only this can root out the menace of Muslim militancy. UNESCO says, ‘Violence begins from the mind.’ The present Muslim militancy begins from the wrong interpretation of Islam. This militancy can be countered by spreading literature that represents the true ideology of Islam based on peace, and put to end Muslim militancy. Using rational argument, it has to be shown how the political interpretation of Islam is wrong and has no ideological base. This would be the cure to end the scourge of Muslim violence. o The genesis of present-day Muslim militancy lies in the political interpretation of Islam.