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able to organize education throughout the whole of Pakistan
and thus prepare the minds of a whole new generation, which
in turn would have been greatly helpful to him in reforming
Pakistan. However, he turned down the offer and a great
opportunity was missed.
The grave issue facing the Muslim community today is
that they have been left behind in the international race of
education. The responsibility for this backwardness rests
entirely on the present-day Muslim leaders, who have been
unable to recognize the opportunities on offer and have failed
to avail of them by wise planning.
Why have Muslims become involved in the violent culture
of the present age? There is just one reason for this: Muslims’
backwardness in the field of modern education. Because of
educational backwardness, they have failed to discover the
nature of the modern age.

The grave issue facing the Muslim community today is
that they have been left behind in the international race of
education. The responsibility for this backwardness rests
entirely on the present-day Muslim leaders, who have been
unable to recognize the opportunities on offer and have failed
to avail of them by wise planning.

The modern age was a supporting factor for Islam, but
because of their educational backwardness Muslims have come
to regard it as inimical to Islam. This is the basic reason why
Muslims have failed to engage in peaceful planning for their
revival, and have become unwisely enmeshed in the culture of
violence. It is only when they fully realize this fact that there
can be a new future for Muslims.

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