22 March 2010
By Mahboob A. Khawaja
There would be “no
triumph of folly if there would be no submissive
fools”, a century earlier wrote Robert Briffault (The
Making of Humanity).
With the Divine knowledge and Islam for living
movement, Arabs influenced the world for the evolution
of an Islamic civilization while Europeans lived in
barbarianism, Muslims were the most creative,
progressive and successful people on earth. Numerous
Christian authors describe the 8th – 15 century
Muslims as most tolerant, knowledgeable and pioneer of
scientifically advanced civilization that facilitated
European Renaissance and Industrial Revolution. One
factor among the many, distinctively noted by
reputable Christian authors is that when they describe
the excellence of Muslim civilization, it is referred
to as “people of the Quranic Generation.” Today, most
Arab leaders avoid using the concept of the “Quranic
Generation” - Muslim Ummah, and prefer to call
themselves - an “Arab Ummah.”
What went wrong with the Arab pioneers of the Islamic
civilization across the European continent? Among
many of the reasons, one may cite few important ones:
1. Change in Islamic Thinking: absence of a proactive
vision for the humanity as chosen people for the good
of humanity.
2. Conscious neglect
of the universal mission of Islam and resulting
discard of Islamic movement across the globe.
3. Non-conformance to
the principles of Islamic movement for change,
development and human success.
4. Systematic
decadence in intellectual, moral and political
leadership.
5. Dismantling of
Islamic institutions for the development of One Ummah,
and to avoid the role of reasoning and accountability.
6. Increasing
adaptability to western thinking, behaviors, and
social norms that drained out Islamic unity,
creativity and movement.
7. “Fitna” of
prosperity – aftermath of the Oil export revenues.
8. Incurable illusions
of the neo-colonialist elite that oil revenues are
forever their exclusive property.
9. Overwhelming
materialism and consumerism: training of body
desperately needed training of Faith (Eman) and a
committed mind.
Leadership in Muslim societies is occupied by those
who have no education of or interest in living Islam
and lead nobody, mostly seen as being ignorant,
corrupt, and subservient to the neo-colonialism and
committed to secularism as a system of life.
European imperialism viewed Islamic civilization as
unacceptable to their goal of global domination and
feared Islamic movement as a force with considerable
challenge. In scientific discoveries, technology
development, educational advancement and political
emancipation, European colonial masters drifted the
Muslim masses to a subhuman level below the pets. A
former Muslim and presently Canadian educated
journalist contends that Arabs love dog and entitles
his recent article “Arabs and dog”. One wonders, is it
an accumulated disgust or considered failure of the
contemporary Arab leadership?
Generation to
generation, Muslims have been defeated and submerged
into other entities or punished by the Western
masters. So-called liberal democracy had no listing of
Muslim as suitable creatures for progressive role-play
in international community. Humanity in the west
shrinked from intelligence to stupidity, whereas,
Charles Darwin (Origin of the Species), was uplifted
and honored, man (“insaan”) was degraded from all the
entries of making a human civilization. Whereas, Islam
focused on man (“insaan”) as the primary aim of
comprehensive development.
Pioneers of scientifically progressive civilization,
those Arabs and other Muslims became prisoners of
foreign ideas – from freedom to human exploitation,
all affixed on paper – phenomenon of exalted humanity
– Al-Hamra palace to Taj Mahal, all transformed into
digits and numbers to become an abstract reference in
tourist guide, interpretive history full of material
civilization, nothing else. The folly of deliberate
aim of the pedagogy to conceal and distort the entire
moral and spiritual progressive evolution of the
mankind; left to be interpreted in questionable
terminology. While arrogance and stupidity rules, true
knowledge and divine wisdom live in denials.
Arabian deserts are no longer deserted from cocktail
parties and rock & roll, and its natural inhabitants
dream of living full life like the people do in
London, Paris and New York. Continued oil revenues
have polluted the traditional nomadic minds and
behaviors. Would this trend of emerging naïve social
thinking and behavior lost indefinitely?
How to change the apparent failure and distorted
impressions of the contemporary Muslim societies?
Could American cultural domination provide any
framework for change, freedom and human progress?
Most western mythologist would prefer silence when
their interests and hegemonic goals come into
intellectual and political conflict. Islam and its
followers believe in change as a precept of the faith.
Since “terrorism” phenomenon has emerged as a new data
in American dictated global propaganda vocabulary and
pre-conceived graphics of the Muslim images, little
tangible and constrictive change can be imagined
except resulting in clear failure of the Muslim
leadership, from intellectual sphere to practically
all value oriented domains. The political language of
progress is distortion of reality, supremacy of
American technology-based culture, capitalism and
ultimate integration of Muslim countries into the fold
of American – Zionist dominated economic block. The
World Bank and IMF are the true rulers of the global
politics. American controls the both.
Arab leaders dream normalcy that Saddam Hussein is no
longer a potential threat. American first colonial
occupation of Iraq pleases the Zionist strategists in
short and long terms success: availability of cheap
Arab oil, fresh water, access to lands, immediate
trade links and political recognition, open body
culture of the west, and diminishing role of Islamic
values across the board.
American and specially hired Brits – Tony Blair’s war
protagonists do believe that it was a real war fought
against Saddam Hussein (their former faithful client),
and it ended in American victory and success even
though the WMD hoax was a stage drama nothing other
than a planned deception and treachery to the
collective conscience of humanity that demonstrated
strong opposition against the American planned war.
Arab leaders killed political activism in the
citizenry and forged national positions in-between
when principles of Islamic justice, honor and valor
warranted a bold stand. They love Anglo-Saxon beauty
and salute the blond soul and body in totality.
Western masters did not train the Arab armies to fight
for any public cause. The mission of Arab armies is
not the defense of Islam, they are solely meant to
guard the palaces and open fire at the agitating
masses. The Western development formula flourishes
throughout the Arab oil-exporting culture.
What is next in conflict making and conflicts keeping?
Nobody can predict in an unpredictable and fearful
American dominated militarism era. Secularist Arabs
rulers love Machiavellian image than being conformists
to Islamic values. They live in a self-perpetuated
conflict situation only to support America, no matter
what happens. American leaders have declared a war
against Islam, but not against Muslims. American
Intelligence Networks claim all Muslim leaders are
friends whereas, they view Islam as an enemy. They
believe, Islam belongs to history; only American
culture is living force for prosperity. To humiliate
the already victimized half living bodies, President
Bush and Ariel Sharon have offered a “roadmap” for
peace in Palestine. It is a map that has no road, and
a road that goes nowhere. Arabs leaders have missed
many opportunities to show courage and conviction in
history and appear fearful to face the mirror, but
subscribe to the bandmaster’s tune being played again
to appease the American-Zionist interest lobby. What
futuristic culture would the young Arab generations
inherit from the contemporary authoritarian
leadership? Nobody wants to care about it while
important celebrities are too busy to THINK!
Arabs leaders celebrate the American success in Iraq
but prey at their own people under the disguise of
terrorism to dispel any sign of public resentment
against the American intransigence and aggression in
Iraq. Even the Arab League and OIC could not dare to
name America as the aggressor in Iraq. Deception and
treachery knows no bound. Recently, the American
Middle East based senior military command organized a
grand celebration of victory in the host oil exporting
Arab nation. The American General invited the ruler of
the state to be the guest of honor and to bless the
gathering. While en route to the public stadium, the
Sheikh’s caravan ran over a desert nomad crossing the
road in a hurry. Time conscious Sheikh could not stop
the official limousine to see the dead nomad as he was
already getting late. Amidst the drumbeats and song
and dance, the American General welcomed the Arab
chief guest and applauded his visionary leadership
role and contributions to support the American
strategic goals in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.
When the Sheikh stood up to address the cheering
crowd, his speech was entitled:
"Arab Leaders are
winning"
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in
global security, peace and conflict resolution with
keen interests in Muslim-Western comparative cultures
and civilizations, and author of several publications
including: "Muslims and the West: Quest for Change and
Conflict Resolution", University Press of America,
Maryland, 2000; How America Lost the War in Iraq and
Afghanistan and Mujahideen Won; To America and Canada
with Reason, 2009; President Obama – War is War, Not
Peace, 2009; and Is Obama Remaking America? “The Arab
Time Capsule- Once You were the Leaders of Islamic
Civilization.” Comments are welcome at:
kmahboob@yahoo.com
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