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"Arabs Leaders are
Winning"
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 Quranic Generation." Today, most
Arab leaders avoid using the concept of "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:
-
Change in Islamic Thinking:
absence of a proactive vision for the humanity as chosen
people for the good of humanity
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Conscious neglect of the
universal mission of Islam and resulting discard of Islamic
movement across the globe.
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Non-conformance to the
principles of Islamic movement for change, development and
human success.
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Systematic decadence in
intellectual, moral and political leadership
-
Dismantling of Islamic
institutions for the development of One Ummah, and to avoid
the role of reasoning and accountability
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Increasing adaptability to
western thinking, behaviors, and social norms that drained
out Islamic unity, creativity and movement.
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"Fitna" of prosperity –
aftermath of the Oil export revenues.
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Incurable illusions of the
neo-colonialist elite that oil revenues are forever their
exclusive property
-
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. American control 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 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 and Palestine.
When the Sheikh stood up to address the cheering crowd, his
speech was entitled:
"Arab Leaders are
winning"
Mr.
Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D., specializes in strategic
studies with keen interests in comparative civilizations,
change and development, conflict resolution and author of
recent publication: "Muslims and the West:
Quest for Change and Conflict Resolution", Maryland,
U.S.A. 2000.
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