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The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order have to support our oppressed brother, but how do we support the brother who is the oppressor?' The Prophet replied: "support him by stopping his hands from cruelty. " Therefore, whenever, the Muslims countries have shown this reaction and have done such detestable things in the name of Islam or have destroyed and looted the Hindu temples, it is our duty to stop them from committing this cruelty and that would be the way to 'support' them. Wherever, or whenever the Muslims are oppressed or are being subjected to injustices by others, to help them in any possible way is the true teachings of Islam, as taught to us by the Holy Prophet""". Therefore, the Ahmadi Muslims should be in readiness to 'fight' in this holy-war on both these fronts! VALIANT STAND OF MR. V. P. SINGH In the first place, a correct reaction from all Muslims countries should have been, to get prepared to safeguard the places of worship of other religions and should have learnt a lesson from the former Prime Minister of India, Mr. V. P. Singh, a great leader, who though no longer in power, yet it is only fair to praise his truthfulness. It is a great misfortune for India, indeed a historical misfortune, that it has lost the leadership of this great statesman who could have restored to them their past glory. In the present world, a nation cannot hope for a better leader than the one, who is unbiased and is willing to sacrifice his own interests for the sake of his principles. For two reasons I have a great respect for Mr V. P. Singh and I prayed that God may cause other leaders of the world to become fair minded like him. Firstly, he stood up all alone for hundreds of thousands of oppressed people, the so-called "Untouchables" and challenged the opposition and even the whips of his own political party opposed to this stand, and he passed a law in the whole country safeguarding their interests and creating jobs for the "Untouchables", who were subjected to injustices for thousands of years. He earmarked a percentage in accordance with their numerical ratio, and so jobs were reserved by the government for these "Untouchables". This was indeed, an exceptionally bold step, worthy of praise, especially in a country like India, which has been dominated by the higher castes for a long period, where even their religion proclaims that the "higher-caste" Hindus have dominant rights, thereby, practically denying any rights for the "lower-castes". This type of boldness by a politician was a rare example. Besides this, 99