Global Disorder & The Urgent Need for Muslim Unity — Page 28
18 HIS HOLINESS MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD Countries that refuse to participate in wars are subjected to restrictions and sanctions. Recently, the Prime Minister of Spain demonstrated cour- age by declaring that his country would not join the war nor allow its bases to be used. In response, he was threatened with the United States severing trade relations with Spain. Thus, through intimida- tion and the threat of unjust harm, countries and nations are pressured into joining them. In such circumstances, justice ceases to exist. And when justice vanishes, destruction inevitably follows, and dangerous consequences arise-the very consequences we are witnessing today. Indeed, even more severe and dreadful outcomes may emerge in the future. Recently, in the European Parliament, a female Spanish Member of Parliament spoke very can- didly, stating from the perspective of women that in none of America's wars have women ever attained freedom. She said that the claim that the United States is fighting for the freedom of Iranian women is entirely false. She went on to state that Iranian women will never attain freedom through such measures, nor has America ever successfully fought a war that granted freedom of women.