According to the law of nature in this world, truth
lives on, while falsehood is destined for obliteration.
Given this state of affairs, it is enough for the
destruction of falsehood that we observe a policy of
silence. Speaking out or holding protest movements
to stir up agitation against falsehood is to give life
to it, while adopting a policy of avoidance results in
its dying a natural death.
Keeping quiet about falsehood means ignoring it,
not giving any violent response to it, not launching
any protests against it. However, opting for such a
policy is possible only for those who are aware of
the power of nature and who place their trust in it.
Those who are unaware of it give life to falsehood
by demonstrating against it.
Often people engage in violence in the name of
obliterating falsehood. This is nothing but
foolishness. Falsehood has no firm root. It is
destined to vanish. In such a case, there is no need
for unnecessary violence to obliterate it. The
adoption of a peaceful course to counter falsehood
is as good as extirpating it.
Ref -The Ideology of Peace
- by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
