A question might be raised; how can individuals influence world politics and how can parties influence
the states direction, especially as such direction is deep – rooted and has existed for centuries?
The answer: when individuals or parties pursue the political actions and understand international
politics; they should not do so for rational pleasure, intellectual luxury or for the purpose of education
and increasing knowledge. Rather they should follow it in order to care for the worlds affairs and in
order to decide how to influence the world.
In other words, they do it in order to be politicians. Far, be it from the politician that he seeks the
rational pleasure, even if he is of greatest intellect. And far be it from him to incline to the intellectual
luxury even if he is of the deepest thinker.
So the politician follows up (pursues) politics and understands the international situation and the internal
position and pursues the international politics solely because he is a politician, not because he is an
intellectual or a thinker. Being a politician means that he strives to care for the world’s affairs, i.e. to
influence international politics.
This is on one hand. On the other hand, a politician does not work while viewing himself as an
individual, he functions as part of the Ummah, and as part of an entity i.e. in a state. Even though he is
not one of those who decides upon or executes the states policies. He is eager to be one of them and
accounts those who do so.
Consequently, he will have an international influence even if he remains an individual with no decision
making or executive responsibilities. If he acted as such, he will have an influence, because the state
which he belongs to, influences the world through people like him. He may also together with people
like him, strive to make the state influence international politics.
This will lead to what is called the fruits of political concepts, namely making the state influence
international politics and the international situation by developing politically aware individuals who
comprehend the political actions that take place in the world, especially by the superpowers.
Consequently, the first step towards influencing international politics and the international situation is to
crystallize the political the political concepts. The first obstacle is to motivate individuals to pursue
political actions and understand international politics i.e. to create politicians of international politics. As a result the state will naturally influence the international political situation. This manifests the level
of importance that political concepts have and how valuable they are.
It must be known, however that the state will not be present internationally, unless and until it maintains
relations with other state. The individual in a society will not be present in his society unless and until he
maintains relations with other individuals.
His status in society and among the people is according to these relations and according to his influence
on these relations amongst people.
Similarly, the states presence is established through its relations with other states. Its status is affected
positively or negatively in accordance with its relations with other states and its influence on
international relations.
RAMADHAN ADNAN,
MEMBER OF HIZB-UT TAHRIR,
KENYA.