TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE

TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE We often talk of peace in the context of war. But this is a very narrow and restricted notion of peace. Peace is deeply linked with the entirety of human life. Peace is a complete ideology in itself. Peace is the only religion for both—man and the universe. It is the master-key that opens the doors to every success. Peace creates a favourable atmosphere for success in every endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is possible. DECEPTION (DAJJALIYAT) DAJJALIYAT (Deception) is no mysterious word. Rather, it is the name for a known fact. In the words of the Quran (6: 43), dajjaliyat can be defined as ‘the beautification of wrong deeds’. Briefly, it is to express something in such a deceptive manner that the listeners are led to consider something that is wrong to be right. This art of excelling in beautifying wrong ideas or deeds is dajjaliyat. For example, in the present-day, some Muslims are engaged in suicide-bombing. In order to seek to pass off this action as legitimate, they say that when the community is faced with great danger, suicide-bombing is permissible in order to save the community. They cite the instance of the Japanese, who resorted to suicide attacks against America during the Second World War. But this reasoning is based on a fallacy, because through harakiri, the Japanese nation could not be saved from their enemy. Rather, in the war, Japan suffered a miserable defeat. After this, the Japanese abandoned this method, and instead, adopted peaceful means for their community’s progress, which turned out to be very successful. Likewise, in the present-day, some Muslims have adopted violent methods against their supposed enemies. Because of this, they are called terrorists. But they argue that what they are doing is not terrorism Dajjaliyat is to express something in such a deceptive manner that the listeners are led to consider something that is wrong to be right.