The New World Order of Islam — Page 86
New World Order 86 League was bound to fail. I then stated: "If these defects are removed, a League of Nations could be constituted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Holy Quran. It is only such a League which can do any good, not a League which for its very existence is dependent upon the courtesy of different nations. "(Op. cit. p. 337) Again, I said: "So long as people do not realise in accordance with the Islamic teachings that all mankind are one people, and that all nations are subject to the law of rise and fall, and that no nation has continued always in one condition, it will be impossible to establish peace. We must remember that the volcanic forces which raise and bring down nations have not ceased to operate. Nature continues to be active as it has been through the centuries. A nation that treats another nation with contempt initiates an unending circle of tyranny and oppression". (Op. cit p. 360) People at that time seemed very pleased and proud about the League of Nations. I insisted that peace could not be secured unless all States were under an obligation to go to war with an aggressor, but this was not an acceptable proposition at the time. It was pointed out that any obligatory undertaking of this kind would lay the foundations of war rather than of peace. Not only this principle, but all the other Islamic principles that I have today expounded have been opposed during this period by all the new movements