Yes, I want to understand the RSS, and not just me, but all of us should study the RSS deeply. This is not because the RSS is our role model or because we agree with its ideologies, but because it is an example of an organized machinery that has demonstrated extraordinary perseverance, sacrifice, continuous struggle, organizational discipline, and adherence to principles to achieve its goals.
It is possible that this statement of mine may be unpleasant to some friends, and it may also seem strange coming from the tongue of a Muslim writer. After all, what does an Ummah with a complete code of life like Islam have to learn from the RSS? It is one hundred percent correct that Islam teaches us all the principles and means of success in this world and the hereafter, but the real question is, to what extent have we implemented these principles in our practical lives?
Today, our situation is that Islamism has often been limited to a few acts of worship. We perform Friday and Eid prayers, build madrasas with Zakat money in the name of community welfare, and organize a few gatherings under the title of social reform, but our weaknesses are clearly visible in the fields of collective construction, organized planning, and long-term struggle.
In the name of worldliness, we also do business, but it is perhaps not easy for us to discuss the standards of honesty, collective responsibility, and the correct use of resources. Our people somehow acquire wealth, but the awareness of how to use this wealth for the construction of the nation, society, and future generations is very rarely seen in us.
On the contrary, the RSS or those associated with it do not give a single penny to anyone in the name of charity, but how they use their resources, donations, and manpower for their long-term goals, the result is before everyone today.
I also admit with full clarity that the ideology of the RSS can prove dangerous for the whole world, including India, because its foundation is based on a concept that conflicts with diversity, equality, and true democratic values. While strong disagreement with its ideologies remains, disagreement with an organization's ideology does not justify abandoning the study of its organizational capabilities, cadre building, planning, and long-term strategy.
It is a principle of history that successful nations do not only learn from their friends but also study their opponents deeply. They try to find out what habits, methods, and organizational qualities allowed an ideology to strengthen its roots in society.
RSS workers prioritized their mission over personal interests, comforts, and on many occasions, even over home, family, and private life. This is why, in a period of about a century, it emerged from a limited circle and transformed into a vast and influential organizational structure.
If one wants to understand how scattered individuals are transformed into a collective force, how an ideology is transmitted through generations, and how consistency is created among workers, then the RSS is certainly an important subject of study.
Today, if we impartially review our condition, we will feel that we have a perfect system like Islam, but we have limited it to individual acts of worship. We have divided the organization into sects, sacrificed collective interest for personalities, and adopted temporary emotions instead of long-term planning. The result is that despite having resources, we are unable to become an effective force, while our opponents are getting closer to their goals through organized strategy.
The need is not for us to become the RSS or adopt its ideologies, but the need is for us to revive those principles of Islam that once transformed scattered tribes into an Ummah. Honesty, discipline, sacrifice, collective consciousness, commitment to purpose, and planning spanning generations—Islam taught us all this centuries ago. The problem is not that we lack guidance; the problem is that we have stopped transforming that guidance into a system of life.
The day we adopt Islam as a living collective system instead of making it just a subject of devotion, we will neither need to take lessons from the RSS nor from any other movement. But until we honestly admit our weaknesses, merely criticizing the successes of others will not be able to change our condition.
Therefore, the study of the RSS is not actually praise for the RSS, but a serious effort to understand our weaknesses and regain our lost collective strength.
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Shafiq Faizi
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