The New World Order, under a unipolar system, does not accept us as equal partners but as serfs and second-class citizens of a world being moulded as it suits the needs of and in accordance with the dictates of the new dominant civilization. The new millennium will be a grand world event to celebrate the 'final triumph' of the western civilization in what has been termed by some of their ideologies as 'end of history,' meaning that the world will know no other civilization or history from now on after the final and eternal triumph of the western civilization.

We, as Muslims and Third World people, stand directly opposed to this view. Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan, known Muslim intellectual, looks at the issues involved from an Islamic perspective...