"Islamic Society Contributes Nothing To Human Civilization" ~ Arab Self-Criticism:

janpor · Sep 26, 2012

Wow -- just wow. If a Westerner would write something like this on PF.com -- all us on the Left would go all bonkers and call our fellow PF.com-member a racist, a bigot or other sorts of nasty. Time to get real: don't shoot the messager.

Harsh Self-Criticism In Arab World Over Violent Reactions To Anti-Islamic Film

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Arab And Muslim Society Is To Blame For Its State, Must Reform Itself

Other columnists claimed that Arab and Muslim society is to blame for its state, and called on it to correct its flaws. One of the harshest articles was written by 'Imad Al-Din Hussein, a columnist for the independent Egyptian daily Al-Shurouq. Hussein attacked Arabs and Muslims who curse the West, while they themselves are immersed in delusions and preoccupied with trivialities: "We curse the West day and night, and criticize its [moral] disintegration and shamelessness, while relying on it for everything from sewing needles to rockets. It is both funny and sad that we call to boycott Western goods, as though we could punish it while still relying on it. We import, mostly from the West, cars, trains, planes... refrigerators, and washing machines... We import most of what we eat... as well as all kinds of technology and weapons... Even our curricula are partially imported. And we steal ideas [from Western] movies and [artistic] works. We are a nation that contributes nothing to human civilization in the current era. We import the culture of the West, which we call infidel and curse from morning until night. We have become a burden on [other] nations...

"Had we truly implemented the essence of the directives of Islam and all [other] religions, we would have been at the forefront of the nations [today]. The world will respect us when we return to be people who take part in human civilization, instead of [being] parasites who are spread out over the map of the advanced world, feeding off its production and later attacking it from morning until night. Only when we eat what we sow [ourselves], drive [vehicles] that we produce, and consume what we make [only] then will we be [independent] of the world... When we become civilized and obey true Islam, then everyone will respect us...

"The West is not an oasis of idealism. It also contains exploitation in many areas. But at least it is not sunk in delusions [and preoccupied with] trivialities and external appearances, as we are... Therefore, supporting Islam and the prophet of the Muslims should be done through work, production, values, and culture, not by storming embassies and murdering diplomats..."

'Ali Al-Sharimi, a columnist for the Saudi daily Al-Watan, called on Arab and Islamic society to address its flaws, among them terrorism and extremism, in order to improve its relations with the West: "...Imagine a large tank carrying various advanced weapon systems, driven by the prophet 'Issa bin Maryam [i.e., Jesus], carrying the Christian symbol, the cross, on his shoulder and towing a wagon laden with treasures [he has robbed], rolling through Middle Eastern countries. Yes, this is an extreme picture that is very insulting to the messiah prophet [Jesus].
"The question is, how would Christian society respond [to this image]? What would its discourse [in response to such an offense] be like? [The image] would likely evoke cold and mocking responses. The Christian intellectual would smile and launch a scathing criticism within Christian society, in an attempt to extensively examine this faith and its validity. So why do our societies [respond with] exaggerated commotion?
"The more sophisticated and reasonable a society is, the more normal and measured are its responses [to such offenses]... It is true that there is a rise of rightwing extremism in the West, but the solution does not lie in slogans and protests, but rather in correcting our reality on all levels, and dealing with the internal conflicts and terrorism within our Muslim [society].

"We are still those who respond in the most emotional manner, [with] noise and shouting... How can we convince the Western citizen that this religion [Islam] is respectable, when all he sees is extremism and terrorism? We cannot convince [the West] that our proud words about the principles of our honorable faith [are true] unless they are implemented in practice... We can never convince the West that those who blow themselves up do not represent Islam when it sees [suicide bombings] justified on some of our satellite TV channels, and from the pulpits of our mosques..."
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catalinacat · Sep 26, 2012

More truth to speak. Great article by AL-Din!

kilgram · Sep 26, 2012

Normally the reaction comes when the people who critizies the Islam would not have problem if the ones that do all that things are in name of Christianism instead.

kilgram · Sep 26, 2012

Normally the reaction comes when the people who critizies the Islam would not have problem if the ones that do all that things are in name of Christianism instead.

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