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41 the chance for coordinated action slipped through our fingers. No delegation was sent to the United States of America. It was also necessary to send representatives to Iraq, Syria, the Arab Peninsula and Constantinople, but no such action was taken. Permanent delegations also needed to go to France, Italy and indeed Japan which was neglected entirely. A mission was sent to England, but only at the last minute. Instead, energy and resources were spent in idle criticism of the government of India and abusing those, who while sympathetic to the Turkish cause, were not prepared to recognise the Sultan’s khilafat. Invectives never yield tangible results—one has to strive and work towards the fulfilment of a goal. Gentlemen! Consider for a moment what in the present age has caused the greatest harm to Islam. [The answer is quite simple]—nothing has damaged Islam more than the unrighteous state of the Muslims; their cowardice, their impertinence, their lack of resolve and their hypocrisies. Only by overcoming these failings can Islam progress again. Regrettably, little thought has been given to these matters in this time of affliction. Today, the Muslims are numerically stronger than they were five centuries ago; and yet where they were once victorious, they are now among the vanquished. Why