Diplomacy is a great tool in the arsenal of any diplomat.
Yet, is diplomacy and negotiations and compromise always a solution to certain problems at hand?
Were not the holy Prophet Muhammad (S), Imam Ali (A), lady Fatima Zahra (A), Imam Hasan (A), and Imam Husayn (A) the best and most perfect of diplomats?
Yet, did they always rely upon diplomacy?
Could have the travesty of Daesh/ISIS been resolved by mere compromise and diplomacy?
Finally, what does the holy Qur’an, the word of Allah, say when it comes to standing up to tyrants and oppressors?
The Living Martyr, Shaheed Haj Qasem and the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei explain.