The
historians will not forget to write about the worst miseries and killings in
the Muslim world in the recent past starting from Indonesia to Iraq, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Syria, Indian occupied Kashmir, Middle East and right up to Ankara.
Ironically, the UN and world powers have opted to become silent spectators and
have deliberately shut their eyes for their vested interests.
Evaluating
and reviewing the tragic history and sufferings of the Muslim world led me to
believe that those charismatic Muslim leaders who spoke for the unity of the
Muslim world were eliminated in very mysterious ways and circumstances.
Shaheed
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto tried to create unity and to bring Muslim countries to one
forum so that they could solve their problems by themselves but he and the
other Muslim leaders who played a role for this cause met their fate through
unnatural deaths. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hosted the Islamic Summit in
Lahore in 1974 where Muslim leaders gathered to exhibit solidarity with one
another, which was a landmark moment in the history of the Muslim Ummah.
Fearful of the strength of a united Muslim Ummah under the charismatic
personality of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, vested powers used General Zia ul
Haq – the handler and confidante of USA – to first topple his government and
then to kill him. Similarly, King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was assassinated
by his nephew Faisal bin Musaid who was also killed simultaneously to keep the
real facts buried forever in history. It is strongly believed that Yasser
Arafat was poisoned. In my presence, this message was conveyed to a diplomat
posted in UK to be conveyed to Yasser Arafat. This fact was later confirmed through
his post-mortem report. Similarly, Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was assassinated on
6 October 1981 during the annual victory parade held in Cairo to celebrate
Egypt's crossing of the Suez Canal by those who became Jehadis and one of them
was Al Zawahiri, current leader of Al-Qaeda.
During
the same period of uncertainty across the Muslim world, the Iranian Revolution
took place, that overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah
Pahlavi, which was actually an anti-socialism move in the region.
With
each passing day, the Muslim world is being pushed towards an uncertain future
by design and in line with the perceived post 9/11 World Order.
Analysing
the new geo-political order, I find no other reason but the thirst for power
and to control rich resources, especially oil and the pipelines and sea-lanes
that connect them to global markets. As we know and understand, the Middle East
contains 40% of the world's gas reserves, whereas OPEC countries currently hold
71.5% of the global reserves and more than 30% of the oil exporters are
Muslims. So, it is a fight to meet the materialistic interests even at the cost
of millions of innocent human lives.
Many
were optimistic and I was also wondering as to what the policy of the newly
elected US President Donald Trump be? His opinion on the war against terror,
his vision on the war in Iraq and his initiatives towards peace in Afghanistan
were all points of interest.
The
US media was initially hard-hitting on the professed policies of Mr Donald
Trump during the election campaign, and all and sundry were talking about his
probable hardline stance against CIA but, after hearing the speech of President
Donald Trump, my doubts converted into reality and I became certain of the fact
that he will follow the policies of CIA more willingly than his predecessors. I
was confident that President Donald Trump would work towards peace in
war-stricken regions and would bring stability there by reducing the arms race
and will work for the unity of nations irrespective of their religious and
regional identity by promoting inter-faith harmony. But, unfortunately now I
feel doubtful that if he will do so. I had tweeted eight points as advice to
President Donald Trump, which were later acknowledged by his office, urging
him, inter alia, to fight alongside Muslims against terrorism, not against
them. I had also advised him to not fight and condemn the entire Muslim
community, as every Muslim is not a terrorist and every terrorist is not a
Muslim.
I
feel that things are getting worse by the day rather than getting better. The
foiled coup in Turkey and the Russia-Turkey conflict, followed by other
international incidents has already destabilised the peace process.
An
ordinary mind is bound to ask why terrorism is prevalent in Muslim countries
only. Why are the forces of ISIS not striking Israel, which is considered the
biggest enemy of Islam and Muslims? The reason is simple, because a snake does
not bite its own tail.
I
feel sorry to say that the designers have played their card well and both the
Muslim Ummah and their leaders have accumulated fear and subsequently have
failed to stand up against conspirators and conspiracies. The Muslim Ummah is
fighting against each other in Saudi-Iran proxy wars in Iraq and Syria and so
on and so forth, whereas outsiders are taking full advantage of our disunity.
This war is slowly and steadily engulfing both the South and the Middle East.
This will further escalate the arms race and our country is likely to suffer
more in terms of the return of thousands of Pakistani expatriates. In other
words, the long awaited destruction through Arab Spring has entered into its
final phase and God forbid if things do not settle down, it may drive us to
World War III, which would set to be fought in the Muslim region.
Rapid
regional developments, series of murders of Muslim leaders and the gradual
control on divided Middle East is neither in the favour of Middle East nor in
the favour of South Asia. Lastly, I would like to put forward this question;
will we keep getting our leaders assassinated? Will we set our course to be
slaves of Lawrence of Arabia or any other Uncle Sam again? The situation of
Middle East and South Asia is correlated especially in Afghanistan/Pakistan.
Hence it needs serious meaningful and result-oriented actions. The sectarian
war between Iran and Saudi Arabia must end and they must not allow foreign
powers to manipulate their beliefs, which have already taken the lives of
thousands of innocent Muslims and thus it does not show a pretty picture for the
future of Muslim Ummah. Last but not the least, it is time for the Muslim Ummah
to unite against growing future threats, otherwise the Muslim world will
continue to remain under trial with anti-Muslim conspiracies and endless
accusations. Let me warn the Muslim world that the second Arab spring has
started and may or may not lead to World War III, which may be housed in the
Middle East. Can the Muslims act wisely to scale it back before it is too late?
The article has been published in “THE
NATION” on July 07, 2017.
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