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situation is now changing. Ideological base and behaviour of
communism and communist countries are undergoing a sea change.
Democracy and humanism are again emerging there and Christianity is
again gaining ground there. For that reason, atmosphere of
co-operation is prevailing instead of conflicts raging between them.
On the other hand, increasing power of muslims and Islamic countries
due to Petro-Dollar factor and Islamic fundamentalism prevailing in
muslim countries like Pakistan and Iran, and spread of fanaticism,
old conflict between Islam & Islamic countries on one hand, and
Christianity & Christian countries on the other hand, had again
started. Rushdie episode has made a special contribution to the
re-start of this conflict. Christian majority nation-states in
Europe are realising that the first centre of faith of muslims is
only Islam and Islamic countries. Therefore, their loyalty is being
doubted. I had this experience in U.S.A. I went to see a black
muslim leader in Chicago. I had my guide Roosewelt junior with me.
That black muslim leader talked in the same fashion as Maulana
Bukhari or Shahabuddin talk in India. He described a separate nation
of black muslims and claimed that a separate countries should be
carved out of U.S.A. and declared as a muslim state. On return after
seeing him, I told Roosewelt that "when muslim population
in U.S.A. goes up to about 10%, you will be able to appreciate the
gravity of our muslim problem." His reaction was very
emphatic and startling that "We are not like Hindus. We shall
crush these muslims before they reach that stage." No nation
wants that the disruptive or disintegrating forces should flourish
in their countries.
Communists are more alert and conscious about their minorities than the democratic Christian countries. They endeavour to completely assimilate muslims and other linguistic, racial and religious minorities and integrate them in the main stream of the nation, and such a situation is created that they are not in a position to indulge in any kind of disruptive activity. Soviet Russia had in a planned manner Russianised their minorities and also settled white Russians in a large number in predominently muslim areas and states, so that it may serve as an effective control over the secessionist and disruptive tendencies of muslims there. Russia has about 20% as muslim minorities in the country.
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