The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 156
Ninth Friday Sennon Jan 18, 1991 The best way of shielding Muslims from International intrigues is that they straighten their Qibla. Until such time as our Qibla is set right, none of our problems can be solved. There was a time when the Muslim nation was split into two camps: those countries which had their Qibla towards the East (i. e. they looked up to the Eastern powers for the solution of their own problems) and the other countries whose Qibla was towards the West (i. e. they looked up lo the Western countries for help in their problems) and none of these Muslim countries bad the house of Allah as its Qibla. The recent political changes that have taken place within the former Soviet Union and those that have occurred in the mutual relations between the former Soviet Union, and the United States, have led to the demise of one Qibla and the second Qibla remains for now. But the genuine and true Qibla stands rock-finn. It is eternal and indestructible. It is designed to be the instrument of eternal deliverance of the Muslims, yet they do not make a recourse of this Qibla. The need of the hour is to set the Qibla straight. THE STANCE OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM JAMAAT ON IRAQ The painful situation that the Muslim world is currently locked into, and various reactions spawning from it, call for an explanation that I will briefly provide to the Jamaal and then advise the Jamaal as lo what its reaction ought to be, in the light of Islamic teachings. A sizeable number of Muslim countries, led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has placed its total reliance on the Western powers, and does not seem lo care that the fragmentation of the Muslim-world continues and its mutual rifts are widening day by day. As I have dwelt upon the subject in previous sermons, you know that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has never supported the act of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Our stand has always been in accord with the teachings of the Holy Prophet of Islam•u, that you can help even your cruel brother by preventing him from committing acts of cruelty. So, in this sense, we repeatedly tried to help Iraq: messages were sent, sermons were devoted to elucidate these points that two things make Iraq a party to tyrannical transgression; and if Iraq seeks Divine Help then she must desist from these. Firstly, Iraq must withdraw its forces from Kuwait, and present her case in front of the comity of Muslim nations- not the whole world- for the peaceful resolution of its 156