The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 123
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. Messiah. Not only do I call the people of this age to myself, but this age has called for me. ". The above message of peace and reconciliation to Hindus and. Muslims, delivered in the first decade of the 20th century, is as relevant and sorely needed today, in the last decade of this century. . The India of Hadhrat Ahmad's day has become divided into India. . Pakistan and Bangladesh. In India mutual enmity, intolerance and disunity result in recurrent Hindu-Muslim riots. Tensions between. . India and Pakistan have become so acute that both nations are standing on the brink of a pit of fire war and destruction. In addition. to this, there is internal crisis in both nations resulting from religious and sectarism fanaticism and intolerance and the use of violence and terrorism to settle religious and political disputes. A large part of the budget of India and Pakistan is spent on defence. These countries. cannot afford to go to war as a large section of the population languishes in dire poverty. . In a broader context the Promised Messiah's message of peace, harmony and reconciliation is for the whole of mankind. In his numerous writings, he has appealed to all nations, all religious groups. to live in peace, human sympathy and friendship. Today humanity is suffering and it has become divided along religious, ethnic, tribal, economic and political lines. Nations and groups who had lived. together for centuries cannot do so any more and want to be separate. . Unhealthy and extreme form of nationalism is one big cause. No country is safe from terrorism which is a curse of our times. Some prime examples of man's inhumanity to fellow men, near the end of the 20th century, are the crisis in Bosnia, Chechnia, Israel and. Palestinian territories, Iraq, Egypt, Algeria, Northern Ireland,. Rwanda, Pakistan, Kashmir in India and Sri Lanka. . To solve its problems, mankind must turn to God and hearken. the message of the Promised Messiah who will guide them out of all kinds of sorrows, troubles and darkness and lead them to peace and happiness. The message of the Promised Messiah is the message of. Islam which literally means peace, through submission to Allah. The. Holy Quran teaches to treat all humanity with justice, then with 123