The New World Order of Islam — Page xviii
xiii FOREWORD TO THE PRESENT EDITION In the backdrop of the then prevailing ideolo- gies of communism and capitalist democracy, the second successor of the Ahmad iyya Movement, Hadrat Mirz a Bash i rudd i n Ma h m u d Ahmad ra , addressed this lecture to the Ahmad iyya Annual Gathering on December 28, 1942. The address answers the question, 'How does Ahmadiyyat, the True Islam, propose to deal with the grave problem of socio-economic inequality in the world?' The Ahmadiyya solution is the solution of Islam shaped under divine guidance for present needs by the Holy Founder as of the Ahmadiyya movement. The social and economic differences between the haves and the havenots are not only being intensified but are also being more and more bitterly felt. That with progress in every walk of life the disparities would reduce and ultimately disappear was the hope of many which has not been realised. The speaker examines and analyses the role played by different movements to alleviate poverty and sufferings, such as, Socialism, International Socialism, Marxism, Bolshevism, Nazism and Fascism and so on. Because each one of these had drawbacks and defects it was bound to fail and so it happened. Each one of these movements either sought preferential or limited benefits or discriminated