Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 165
Mahzarnama 165 such a notion of "justice. " A little lamb was once drinking water at a stream when he was approached by a wolf who had come from upstream. The wolf chided the little lamb: "Didn't you know that I was also drinking water, then how did you dare to muddy the waters I was drinking from?" Poor lamb managed to say, "Sir, I was drinking at the downstream, so I could not have muddied your waters upstream which is where you were drinking. " The wolf became enraged and said, "You have the nerve to talk back and call me a liar? It will serve the purpose of justice if I tear you to pieces and eat you up. " You should instill some fear of God in the minds of these ulema. When you read this fable of the wolf and the little lamb, you are sometimes moved to pity for the little lamb and sometimes you get angry at the action of the wolf. But right now, in front of your very eyes, it is not lambs but human beings who are being subjected to the same treatment. This is not happening in any fable, this persecution is being re-played in the form of a tragic reality, in everyday life, in your own society. But you do not utter a single word of protest against it! For God's sake at least do this much: tell these ulema that if they are determined to stay this course of coercion, and adhere to this Law of the Jungle, and if your apparent material strength has proudly decided to recklessly trample the injunctions of justice laid down by God Almighty, then they must at least have the sense of decorum to not embroil the sacred name of Islam in this matter. At least have the courtesy of not implicating the honour and integrity of the Holy Prophet sa in this conflict. The position of pride—characterized by power and numerical strength—does not need to rely upon the crutches of such flimsy "arguments," does it? When you are barred from drinking-bar,