The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 148
Eighth Friday Sennon Jan I I, 199] perspective and, (ii) after Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait, no reprisals will be sought against it, and after lifting the international boycott, Iraq would be left to itself. If these two proposals are placed before lraq in unequivocal terms, then I do hope that lraq would be willing to have a peaceful settlement based on these terms. But my concern is that these are the very terms which are inimical to the interests of those countries who have blown this issue out of all proportion in the whole world. These two terms are the very conditions that are not acceptable to these countries in any case. If breaking Iraq's military prowess and building up Israel's defence was not the motivating force behind their moves, they would not have raised a single voice in consequence of the occupation of Kuwait. Kuwait has no significance in this whole scheme of things. These are the two objectives for the sake of which they have caused this storm. So how can they thwart the achievement of these objectives? This is the final analysis of the situation. I would like to point out to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, as I have plainly stated at the very outset today, that we cannot harbour prejudice against anyone, or base our decisions on prejudice, due to national differences or religious contentions. This is so because we really strongly believe that anyone among us who is motivated by a prejudice and takes biased decisions ceases to be entitled to being called a true believer and a Muslim. Prejudice and Islam are poles apart, just as the East is apart from the West. True Islam demands that every decision should be taken by invoking the presence of God at the moment of that decision. That is what is known as Taqwa (Fear of incurring the displeasure of God). Fear of God is the basis of everything and every Islamic-value is predicated on God-fearing. The beauty of the concept of God-fearing is that it cannot be monopolized by any religion. Rather, God-fearing by its nature, must be the pivotal point of every religion, around which the teachings of that religion must revolve. God-fearing means subjecting each thought to the Will of God, and before you take any decision in a situation, find out what is it that God demands of you. 148