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The Age of Peace

converted his eight palaces into an educational complex, his
peaceful institution would have been alive even today.

History tells us that war is like a rootless tree. A storm can
completely uproot it. But a peaceful plan is like a tree which
stands upright on its own strong roots and remains unaffected
by storms.
A war plan has never been crowned by success in history.
However, peaceful plans have always been successful. Those
who do not take heed from this experience of history are
choosing a course which has neither been successful in the
past nor will it ever be so in the future. A war plan is doomed
to failure, while a peace plan will certainly bring success.

History tells us that war is like a rootless tree.
A storm can completely uproot it. But a peaceful plan is
like a tree which stands upright on its own strong roots
and remains unaffected by storms.

In the present age the story of all Muslim leaders is like that
of Saddam Hussein. Each had the possibility to make a big or
small peaceful empire by utilizing whatever resources were
available. However, all of them took to violence. In this way
they destroyed both themselves and also others.
The time has come to put an end to any violent course of
action in the twenty-first century and make new plans to tread
the path of peace. The failure of those who choose to take to
violence will clearly be attributable to their unwillingness to
learn from the past.

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