The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 164
Ninth Friday Sennon Jan 18, 1991 If Iraq is completely wiped out then this in itself would be a great loss which the Muslims will mourn for decades to come. But even if you ignore it for a moment, the post war balance of power in the region will be very precarious. An immediate danger sterns from the likelihood of another irresponsible attempt by President Saddam to drag Israel into this war merely to cause some Muslim countries, currently siding with the allies, to break ranks with them. In that case, no Western power would stem the tide of Israel's eventual brutal retaliation against Iraq. Nor would the Western powers feel for the wounded sentiments of that cross section of the Muslim world which is helpless in the matter of war, but which truly loves God and the Holy Prophet Muhammad "' which is justice loving and is desirous of world peace. The aftermath would be a tremendous upheaval in the Muslim world. An apparent victory of the West would sow the sinister seeds of discontent that would sprout right and left, causing breach of peace here and there. Muslim soil will be the playground of these disruptive ventures. As a reaction to this, attempts would be made in some cases to overthrow Muslim governments. In some cases the horrible fundamentalist "Mullahism", will raise its ugly head which bears no connection with the Holy Quran , but is the progeny of the middle ages. A leadership that is rooted in religious bigotry, and therefore devoid of the love for God and the Holy Prophet and the Holy Quran, - a leadership that is essentially the product of political fallout - is always more destructive than its predecessor, and leads the nation into an even worse predicament. So, the aftermath of this war will bring a host of problems and these will, in turn, give rise to further problems. Every one of these would threaten world peace and the derivatives of these problems would themselves threaten world peace. This is so because the explosions caused by religious hysteria or a sense of political deprivation, have far-reaching consequences. The resonance of these blasts is transformed into the agitation of the hearts which inflames the minds, and result in destruction schemes. Whether these explosions take place in Egypt, or Kuwait, or Sudan, or elsewhere in the world; each explosion would give a jolt to the Muslims everywhere and give rise to many upheavals and uprisings. If these explosions have nationalistic connotations then they cause national upheavals, and they will! This is an involved matter and I do 164