How to influence world politics

 It might be raised as to how individuals influence the international politics? Or how can the political parties affect the direction of the countries? Particularly if we know that this direction is deep rooted and has continued to exist for several centuries. The answer to this is that the individuals or the parties when they follow up the political actions and contemplate international politics must not do so for the sake of intellectual pleasure and luxury, nor for the sake of seeking knowledge and increasing their information. They must work with the intention that they want to take care of the affairs of the world, and in order to find out how they can exert influence on the world i.e. in order to develop themselves to be politicians. And far be it for the politician to seek intellectual pleasure or even to be one of the great wise men, and far be it for him to aim at intellectual luxury, or even be one of the deep thinkers. The politician follows politics, understands the international position and observes world politics, because he is a politician only, and not a thinker or intellectual. The meaning of being a politician is that he takes care of the affairs of the world i.e. to have influence on international politics. Also, the politician does not work with the feeling that he is singular or individual but he works in the capacity of being part of a nation and existing in an establishment i.e. in a state. Although he may not be of those who decide and carry out the policies of the state, he is of those who have the ambition to be able to decide and carry out the policies, or to bring to task those who have the responsibility. Thus, one can influence internationally, even though he is still an individual with no authority to decide and implement policies. So when he acts as such he will have influence, because the state which he is a member of, has influence through persons like him, or he and his like strive to make the state effective in international politics and in its international position. In this case the result will come from the yield of the political concepts. This would yield the fruits of the political concepts, which enable the state to have influence on world politics and the international position, by finding the politically aware people and those knowledgeable of the political actions that take place in the world especially from the great powers. Thus, the first step in having influence in international politics and the international position is to crystallise the political concepts, and the first building block is to motivate people to follow up the political actions and understand the international politics i.e. to find politicians aware of international politics. Then the influence of the country in international politics and the international position will come naturally. From this the necessity of the political concepts and the value of them become clear. But it must be known that the state would not be a state of international presence except through her relations with other countries. The individual in society has no presence in the society unless he has relations with the other members. His position in society and among the people depends on these relations and how far he can influence relations between the people. As is the case with the state, where her presence in the world depends on her relations with the other countries. Her position is strengthened or weakened according to these relations and according to her influence on international relations.

The Islamic state is an ideological state, and its prime role is to carry the message of Islam to the world. Thus, it is compulsory on her, and it is very much a part of her existence to have a respected international standing and to be able to influence international relations. Thus there is no escape from the fact that the political concepts of the politicians must be of the sort which are international concepts and not domestic or regional ones. Therefore, there is no escape for the politicians in their capacities as Muslims to have political concepts of the international aspect and not only of domestic or regional matters. Hence they have a great responsibility to gain a full political awareness. Being Muslims and the state being Islamic, the basic and original role is to carry the message of Islam to the world, this necessitates that they have political awareness and that this awareness be comprehensive.