The Gulf Crisis and New World Order

by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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Contents Double standards of Western Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Strange and shaky standpoint of Muslim countries. . . . . . . . 143 Saddam Hussein has only one option open to him. . . . . . . . 147 Prayerful obligations of Ahmadis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 The duty of the Muslim countries in the present situation. . . . 150 Selfishness of Saudi government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 A forceful appeal for prayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 NJNTH FRIDAY SERMON January 18, 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . 155 A war sowing sinister seem of extreme unrest. . . . . . . . . 155 Extremely painful reality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 The stance of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat on Iraq. . . . . . 156 A judicious advice to Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 An extremely painful situation for the Muslim World. . . . . . 160 A war giving birth to a dreadful aftermath. . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Comprehensive prayers for the victory of Truth. . . . . . . . . . 165 An important advice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 TENTH FRIDAY SERMON January 25, 1991 , , ,. ,. . . . . . . 171 Fundamental difference between political wars and Jihad. . 171 A basic principle : Islam has no territorial boundaries. . . . . . 171 A question of loyalty lo ones's faith or to one's country. . . . 173 Definition of Jihad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 The reasons behind the labelling of political wars as Jihad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Antagonism between the East and West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Has the U. N. the right to create new countries?. . . . . . . . . 178 Israeli excesses and the American veto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 The United Nations - does it merit this name?. . . . . . . . . . . 179 Israeli attack on Iraq's nuclear plant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Muslim impression is based on facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Israel persuaded to wait until U. S. has liquidated Iraq. . . . . . 181 U. S. preaching humanity and morality to the world. . . . . . . 181 Are these attacks intended to punish Saddam or the innocent people of Iraq?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 No Muslim ruler is justified to term this war as an Islamic Jihad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Hate begets hate. . . . . . . . . . . . . ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 iv