AFTER having pushed half of the global human community with a magical weapon wand into “interim turmoil,” President Trump has been held up by Divine Hands.

The US-based newspaper, The New York Times, revealing the story of God’s wrath toward Trump, reported that President Trump invited a group of 50 pastors to the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, asking them to pray for his corporal health, spiritual peace, more wisdom, protection and guidance. He also joined prayers with pastors in the United Church. Adding more, the paper said that Mr. Trump does not attend church services regularly; nevertheless, throughout his political career he has developed strong relations with Christian Right evangelicals.

Riding on the wave of superiority, Mr. Trump is doing every bad thing to the human community under the pretext of human rights and security. During the current war with Iran, he said in a very arrogant tone, “We have a tremendous amount of ammunition. We have ammunition stores everywhere.” President Trump, giving details of his classified collection of weaponry, said the US Armed Forces are ready to intervene in any country. “Our engineers have made warfare systems on very sophisticated grounds. We also have contagious agents such as smallpox disease. We have weapons which can suck oxygen from enclosed spaces.”

After this statement by President Trump, the US Civil Liberties Union published a report asking whether it is not a strategic juggling that 97% of the US budget is spent on making fatal weaponry while the well-being of the US population faces acute economic and social problems. Adding more, the report said that when the US was engaged in warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan and a large number of US army men were being killed in those meaningless wars, a large procession came to the streets chanting slogans: “Stop making weapons, do not chop our people, call back the parents of the children, give us peace and prosperity.” It further revealed that it seems like a mental disorder when a man orders such a nuisance that millions of troops, thousands of food packets, portable toilets and sophisticated weapons are on the move to provide freedom and peace to an unconcerned and unrelated people of a country who can do everything on their own. It was given the brand name “Operation Freedom.”

Providing a laugh line to the world community, the US adopted the strange agenda of protectionism for the world community and launched wars in different countries where people are living with their own lifestyles, taboos and traditions. Ridiculous enough, US warplanes unloaded laser-guided missiles and 500-ton bombs only to capture a single figure, “Lanky Laden.” The US Congress, many times criticizing the widening US war hysteria in many weaker countries, said that actually the USA has spent most of its economy on weaponry and to maintain the luxurious lifestyle of its people it invaded oil-rich countries. The US has dramatically reduced its economic position even compared to Canada, Finland, Zimbabwe and even Malaysia. Secondly, the US is afraid of its Black community, which is largely converting to Islam. Samuel Huntington, a US professor of political science, has narrated in his book “Clash of Civilizations.” “The Muslims are the only threat to the West. Islam is growing and flourishing as a new power and the West should take it into account. Islam has been dangerous particularly for Christianity. The population of Muslims is rapidly increasing and it is a threat to the West.”

Tragically enough, due to the lack of harmony among Muslims and lack of work on Islamic teachings, the West has succeeded in establishing a bad impression about Islam and its teachings. Islam is the only religion which is a plethora of principles that provide strength to human development. It teaches how to respect human blood and gives dignity to livelihood. Islam provides wisdom, mental and spiritual maturity and inspiration to meditate over one’s own creation. The Quran says that man has to finish his life after a limited time by the Divine Law; then why should human beings kill each other?

Even in the Holy Book Bible, it is written that men are created equal and are endowed by the Creator. The Bible clearly depicts individual freedom, economic growth and social progress as fundamental commands for mankind to live a successful life. First of all, it teaches unconditional love for the Creator and respect for His creatures. It stresses seven points: Forgiveness, Obedience, Leadership, Kindness, Love, Courage and Truth. The powerful words of the Holy Bible are as follows: Don’t fear, I am with you; Don’t be dismayed, I am with you; Ease from anger, I am with you; I will inspire you to stand against; Negative thinking with faith.

—The writer is a senior columnist, based in Germany.

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