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/11 the 11ame of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful TENTH FRIDAY SERMON January 25, 1991 FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICAL WARS AND JIHAD After reciting the Opening Chapter of the Holy Quran, AI-Fatiha, Hazoor said: A BASIC PRINCIPLE : ISLAM HAS NO TERRITORIAL BOUNDARJES Islam has no territorial boundaries. Islam embraces all nations. During various upheavals and conflicts in the world, Muslims in some countries in forgetfulness of this fundamental principle sometimes commit errors. A s a result, not only do they suffer themselves but also earn Islam a bad name. Muslims have been asked to specify their allegiance. In many countries, a large mass of the population is non Muslim. They require the Muslim minority to clearly state whether it owes allegiance to Islam or to the country. The fact is that Islam is not confined to any nationality. Islam embraces all nationalities. 1n this, are concealed secrets of profound wisdom. It becomes obvious that nowhere in the world can there be a conflict between Islam and a national state, in other words there can be no possibility of a clash between the true universal principle of Islam with any segment of the world because, rationally, it is incomprehensible for the whole number to clash with any of its parts. Had this not been the case it would have been impossible for Islam to be the religion of people living in various parts of the world. Islam would not have been a message of mercy for them. Islam could not have claimed that its message was of universal peace for all peoples. Subjects of a non-Muslim country could assert that for the Arabs, Indonesians, Malaysians or Pakistanis, Islam may carry a message of peace but Islam has no promise of peace for them because the Muslims are opposed to their national identity. This is a basic truth 171