12-01-2004, 04:24 PM
The development of Western materialism from its inception in ancient Greece, through the "Renaissance" to its culmination in the form of ideologies like Communism, and Capitalism. The evils we are witnessing today are theological result of a trend lasting more than five hundred years. All the major leaders of Western thought were ardent materialists; in fact, the whole theme of modern Western civilization was its revolt against the Church and ultimately all religious and spiritual values. Thus, materialism is part of the very essence of the Atheist West. The nationalist leaders of the Middle East, Asia and Africa, have been simultaneously taught to despise their native heritage and imbued with the philosophies of materialism. Filled with hatred and resentment against their former Western masters, they are merely flinging the garbage right back into their faces!
A gullible Muslim might like to rejoice in the efforts of these secularist elites making to promote the cause of Islam in the Muslim world. But it is clear beyond doubt that they’re not so much interested in furthering the cause of Muslims or of the Faith than merely using it as a slogan instrumental in the extension of his own personal glorification and prestige. Some Muslims under the Western propaganda believe that Islam must submit to the criteria of contemporary philosophies and any Islamic principle or practice that conflicts with modern Western culture must be discarded. Such thinking is praised as "liberal", and "forward-looking," and "progressive" while those who think as we do are branded as "reactionaries" and "fanatics" who refuse to face the realities of the day.