Introduction
It is time that the question of “Religion” is, once again, brought to the fore-front in any attempt at dealing with the crisis of modern man. The term “Religion” is, of course, used here in a general sense to denote a way of life, or a behavioral system of morals, which includes a correct world-outlook and a means of actualizing its reflections and projections on the social and individual planes, so as to lead every individual through faith and belief to certainty and true knowledge, thereby enabling him to banish his fear and attain peace, genuine freedom and ever growing, everlasting happiness...
The question of “Religion” is, in this sense, very relevant to our age, because the confusion we witness in today’s world can be attributed to a major cause, namely, the obvious disparity between great advances made in science and technology, and the backwardness apparent in human behavior and morals. So it is very reasonable, indeed, to say that the crisis of modern man is a “crisis of morals.” Unless modern man learns how to behave properly or wisely under the extreme conditions resulting from the various pressures to which he is subjected, he is bound to become insane and lead himself and humanity to the final doom. This state of affairs is a direct consequence of the fact that the great scientific and technological advances recently made have put, at the disposal of modern man, huge deadly forces which, if unleashed, are capable, not only of wiping out all traces of human civilization, but exterminating the human race and blowing to pieces our planet Earth.
Now, on careful examination, one can see that the root-cause behind all moral deviations which can lead to such a horrible state of affairs is fear. Indeed, fear is the fore-father of all kinds of moral deviations. Therefore, to overcome fear is the central task of our Age, for on the defeat of fear are pinned our hopes to achieve peace, freedom and happiness. But fear springs from ignorance of ourselves, and of our social and natural environments. This ignorance can only be gotten rid of by gaining certainty and true knowledge of our inner selves, our social environment and the Universe at large. How to gain this certainty, and this kind of knowledge, is a question which brings us to the subject of this pamphlet--namely, the New Islamic Mission, which preaches what we call the Second Message of Islam which purports to represent the “scientific” stage of Islam ... But before embarking on this topic, we are going to give a brief definition of the term Islam.
