Revival of Religion — Page 6
6 Non - Ahmadi Muslims' Concept In all fairness to our opponents, I shall now endeavour to elucidate the view point of our opponents who equate Islam's renaissance with its economic and political dominance. There is perhaps an explanation for it. Lust for power and greed for gold have tr aditionally dominated human strife. The acme of national revival therefore would mean political and economic ascendency. Divine favour would, according to them, fittingly manifest itself to bring about this result. This more or less, is the view held by ma ny, concerning the revival of Islam. According to this belief, the advent of the Messiah will herald the era of Islam's political conquests while the appearance of the Imam Mahdi will bring about their economic dominance. First, I shall outline their concept of the Messiah's advent. They believe that the very Jesus, Son of Mary, whom the Quran declares a prophet of the Israelites, will descend bodily from the sky. He will immediately set out with sword in hand and hack to d eath all enemies of Islam! His global sweep shall have three grand objectives. The first objective will be the destruction of the Cross. Not figuratively, but literally! He will set about destroying the symbol of Christian faith with such vigour that not a trace shall be left of it. There will not remain a single Cross to be seen - in Church or home or around any neck.