Fazl-e-Umar — Page 376
Fazle Umar 376 After mentioning instances of the opposition of the Jews to Islam, trying to rouse the sense of honour of the Muslims he stated: “Does this issue only affect the Arabs. It is patently clear that the Arabs do not possess the power to deal with this issue and neither does it solely affect the Arabs. This is not the issue of Palestine it is the issue of Medina, this is not the issue of Jerusalem it is the issue of Mecca itself. This is not the issue of Tom, Dick or Harry it is the issue of the dignity of Hadhrat Muhammad [saw]. The enemies despite their disagreements have gathered together in their opposition against Islam. Will the Muslims, despite a myriad reasons for unity, not come together on this occasion. The wealth of America and the schemes and trickery of Russia are both gathered against the poor Arabs. How can Arab tribes oppose those powers that could not be checked by the might of Germany? The time has come for us to decide whether we should die one by one, or work together diligently for victory. I think the time has come when Muslims must decide to either be defeated during this effort or completely wipe out the mischief-mongers opposed to Islam. The air force of Egypt, Syria and Iraq is no more than a hun- dred planes however the Jews can build up a fleet ten times larger than this with great ease. And maybe Russia will offer them its airbase as a gift. ” Finally, Huzur explained the future modus operandi to all the Muslims: “Today, our objectives cannot be achieved through resolutions but only through sacrifice. If the Muslims in Pakistan really want to do something then they ought to hand over at least 1% of their property to their government. With just this 1% Pakistan can raise at least 1 billion rupees for this cause. And with this 1% much can be done to alleviate many of the present difficulties of Islam. Once Pakistan takes this step the other Muslim countries will also follow her example and fifty to sixty billion rupees will definitely be collected with which, despite