The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 33
The Gulf Crisis &: The New World Order It further says: ,,. ,. . . """"',. . . "' ,. ,,, ii,»l. :,�_;JI \:. ;. ,! That you must remember that all believers are like brothers among themselves. , •. . , ' ,. . . . -. 1-"'. # c,�;;� :&11�,:; � ;. 1� ,;�u So it is essential that you should establish peace between your brothers and adopt righteousness so that you are shown mercy. CLEAR VIOLATION OF TIIE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE HOLY OURAN In light of these verses, one thing becomes very clear, that the Islamic world has not followed the guidelines as enunciated in this verse of the Holy Quran regarding mutual disputes. If the Muslim states had tried to settle their mutual differences in light of this clear injunction of the Holy Quran, then the bloody and protracted war of attrition between Iraq and Iran could have been brought to a speedy end. The difficulty is, that decisions are taken on the basis of alliances, without giving consideration to the spirit of righteousness. As such, for eight long years these Muslim countries were antagonized and remained in a state of war with each other, while the Super Powers took sides. The Muslims disregarded the Islamic principle that they should take a unified decision and get together and declare war against the aggressor. If this was done, then it would not have been the question of an Arab-Iran war. Rather all the Muslim countries, including Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and the countries of North Africa, as a united body, should have intervened in this conflict and by using their combined strength should have stopped the aggression of the aggressor. Now, another painful situation has arisen before us. It is no longer a war between Iran and the Arabs but the Arabs themselves have become fragmented, and one Muslim Arab state has attacked another Muslim Arab state. In this regard there is the 'Arab League' which has been established to consider such matters. When I heard the statement of one of its representatives in a T. V. programme, I was amazed that despite this long-drawn and painful experience, they have not used their intelligence and instead of following the Quranic principle, they are proposing other ways of reconciliation. The 33