The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 300
Fifteenth Friday Sen11011 Mar OJ, 1991 betrayed even your own people. You are responsible for making them the slaves of the Super Powers. O Muslim politicians and leaders, come to your senses. Repent, otherwise tomorrow you will be presented in the criminals' dock in the court of history. More than that, you will stand in the criminal's dock on the "Day of Resurrection" before God and the Holy Prophet Muhammad'u. Another severe damage to such nations who become habitual beggars, is that they become incapable of improving their economic condition. The psychology of a nation is the same as that of an individual. Just have a look around you. You will see that those people who are in the habit of begging and who are accustomed to live a life of ease and luxury are always seen begging. This is the reason that the Holy Prophet saw a vision that on the Day of Judgement those who beg, will be possessed of emaciated bodies with bare bones. This meant that you can never fill your house by begging. A medicant always remains empty-handed and is never granted the resolve and temperament to improve his economic condition. Therefore, until and unless, the nations decide to stand on their own feet, they can never prosper economically nor can they ever attain economic stability. ADVICE TO THE THIRD WORLD I appeal not only to the Muslim countries but to the Eastern world, Africans and South Americans, that af ter you have experienced all this, I implore you to please become aware and take a decision to cha ng e your own fate. The period of humiliation and degradation has been long. Now come out of this nightmare. For your enemies and the Super Powers there could be a cheerful conception of a New World Order, but for the Third world nations no other nightmare could be more dreadful. H you want to be the builders of the New World Order, then start cari ng for, and fashioning your own dreams. Try to learn the noble ways of transforming your dreams into deeds and actions. No nation can be free until it is economically free. The first step towards economic advancement is to safeguard your ego and self-respect. This will not be possible until and unless a campaign for austere lifestyle is adopted in the Third world countries. The difficulty is that the gulf