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The Age of Peace

either in the First World War or in the Second World War. On
the other hand, for all mankind, peaceful activism ushered in
a civilizational phase which was more highly developed than
ever seen before.
If we examine both events by applying the criterion of the
result achieved, we can safely conclude that after being witness
to numerous examples from the past, there is no justification
at all for adopting violent activism. It is high time for those
who are engaged in violence to abandon this path forever. No
individual has ever been known to have consumed poison
twice. Similarly, there is no more justification for continuing
with violence.

The game of fire and blood cannot be justified by describing
it as a means of attaining justice. The truth about such
people, both in the eyes of man and God, is that they are
committing heinous crimes.

Those engaged in the gun and bomb culture in the name
of religion have no justification for it in the present age. The
negative effects of their violent culture are reported daily in
the media, without any positive results ever being mentioned.
If those engaged in the violent culture were asked why they
were following this course of action, they would say that it
was to seek justice. But the truth is that resorting to violence
is in itself the greatest form of injustice. This game of fire
and blood cannot be justified by describing it as a means of
attaining justice. The truth about such people, both in the eyes
of man and God, is that they are committing heinous crimes.
People who indulge in violence in the present age are rightly
called terrorists. Those who get killed in this violent enterprise
are all innocent people. The Creator had created them to play
a healthy role in this world, but the terrorists’ actions have

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