Now that the United States of America has declared and carried
out acts of war extraterritorially, the new world order is about to take shape in the form
of total US hegemony. The very opposite but equally disastrous as the "domino
theory" has begun. The various international and world order institutions has
not only gradually but suddenly been set aside and put totally out of the picture of world
peace and diplomacy. The so called "green peril" theory put forward by
the most conniving anti-Islam policy makers has resurfaced in the most potent form after
years of subterfuge development and covert propaganda and subtle deceit, lies, double
dealings and treachery. The Western media displays, disinformation and misinformation has
built up the idea of a clash of civilisations into the battle of the new terror -
adherents of the only true and profoundly consistently resolute religion called Islam.
This has left the leaders of most Muslim nations high and dry driven into a chasm
depriving them of representing their own masses. None has spoken out forthrightly and no
concerted action taken with Muslim institutions and alignments in disarray. Obviously
they, the present leadership of the Muslim World has been bound by the intricate and
complex situation of interdependence and fractious instability. Who will ever help them to
find the way out of this humiliating mess and really lead the nation into the approaching
future free from being picked upon by vicious and cunning "imperialist
vultures". This movement to resuscitate and reinvigorate the ummah must be given the
uplift and push to last the distance.
In the short term though, the only declared nuclear capable
Pakistan must beware, theirs is the only "terrorists'" nuclear power waiting to
be devastated. The unexploded cruise missile which landed on Pakistani territory may not
be accidental or unintended. It may well be a warning that it maybe the next target if
there is the slightest hint of "terrorism" ie. not toeing the line of the US of
A.
It is in such times that the only recourse is the path to seek Allah's help for seeing the
numbers, the figures, the geo politics, the dominating economics, the overbearing culture
and the technological sophistication, we are at a lost. The ummah especially the
leadership has to solidly and intimately accept that the only remedy is the revival,
resurgence, the movement for an Islamic Renaissance. At the very least the
direction of the struggle , the plan and ultimate goal is clear to all of the Muslim
nations and their peoples. It may be a lengthy process and full of challenges and pitfalls
but we are sure that it is the path that will prevail and the only one that has Allah's
blessings.
Hamdan Muhammad Hassan
27 August 1998.
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[Currently, he is a Senior Civil Engineer at the University Science of Malaysia. He is
involved in youth activities with the Muslim Youth Movement in Malaysia. He is also the
President for the Muslim Staff Association in his university.]
