FOR ANY organisation to succeed, it should employ well qualified managers and brilliant board of directors. Similarly for a community to succeed, it should welcome knowledgeable people with open arms and accept their leadership.
There are 55 Islamic nations and 1.7 billion Muslims living on this planet. Needless to mention about the fastest growing Muslim population and the drift of Europe towards Islam. The combined land and mineral resources of the Muslim world is easliy 5 times more than that of India. Despite all these blessings, most of the Muslim nations are getting kicked left, right and centre. The rest are restless. Muslim masses are getting fedup of FAILED LEADERSHIP. Period.
Let's compare this 1.7 billion Muslims with 70 million Brahmins. This intellectual community has produced 11 out of 14 Prime Ministers of independent India, numerous nobel laureates, built world class institutions and the entire world knows that India owes it's success to Brahmins. Honestly, the Muslim world has failed to produce such a pool of world class leaders, and this has become the primary cause of their miserable condition worldwide.
Despite such remarkable achievements and contributions of the Brahmin community in nation building, it's sad that they are the most affected by the reservation policy. Several brilliant Brahmin candidates are denied their rightful place because of their high caste identity. Today, the Brahmin identity has become a burden for the community. Needless to mention about the overpopulation burden, dwindling resources and rampant corruption, which is eroding the faith of honest and law abiding citizens. This is the reason every brilliant Indian is settling in USA, the biggest beneficiary of our top class institutions like IIT, IIM, AIIMS, etc.
Well, where is the leadership for Muslims?. To find an answer, let’s go back to the history of Islam. 1400 years back, when Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) brought the message of Allah, there was NOT a single Muslim. His own Qurayshi tribe went against him and decided to kill him. Even the great Khalifa of Islam Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (RA), before accepting Islam, took the sword and declared that he will kill our noble Prophet (pbuh). How did Prophet (pbuh) win the hearts and minds of his bitter enemies who later became torch bearers of the noble message of peace for mankind?.
Our Prophet (pbuh) declared that Muslims should invite great scholars and noble leaders to lead them.
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