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The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order the true lovers of Islam. It may be that their perception of Islam is distorted; it may be that we differ from some tenets of the Shiite dogma. It may be that their temporal perspective on Islam or their political conceptualiz. ation of Islam may be erroneous, and I think that it is, but it is inconceivable for the Iranian nation to deliberately betray Islam. Their history is also illuminated with great deeds in the service of Islam. In fact, the academic and scholarly service of Islam conducted by the Greater Iran, some of which is now under Russian occupation, if that service is juxtaposed with the services performed by the rest of the Islamic world, there would hardly be any comparison. Iran's services to Islam are second lo none. Thank God, that Iran has fulfilled what was expected of it. Iran has had a deep resentment and dispute with the government of President Saddam with which they have fought an eight-year bloody war. If Iran had stood up now against Iraq, the world would have found it understandable; the historian too would have forgiven Iran for laking advantage of this situation after such a horrible war. After all, at times, human emotions get inflamed out of control. At such limes one cannot be given to profound analysis of the interests of Islam and the Islamic nation; one is given to sentimentalism. So to that extent the historian would have forgiven Iran. Iran, though it has not thrown its weight behind Iraq, has struck a completely neutral stance, and reminded Iraq of Iraqi inequities and pointed out to the Western powers their injustice. In other words, Iran stood firm on the principle of justice. From this viewpoint, Iran would always be remembered most honourably in the annals of Islam. /nsha Allah. AN UNPARDONABLE CRIME OF SAUDI ARABIA AND EGYPT This was a brief commentary on the political faithfulness or unfaithfulness to Islam. When I refer to Islam, in political parlance I am referring to the Islamic Nation or 'Millar'. In this context I would further like to say that two Muslim countries stood out from the religious perspective; Saudi Arabia bas been lucky to be the custodian and caretaker of the holiest places of Islam which undeniably confers a unique distinction on it within the entire Islamic world; then Egypt, as the embodiment and cultivator of Islamic learning - the scholarly achievements of Jamia AI-Azhar in the latter part of Islamic glory are 195