04-12-2004, 04:50 PM
Salaam Alaikum!
I wanted to clarify something that I felt convenient to clear up. I most certainly do feel that there’s an onslaught against the Islamic world. The references are not hidden they’re obvious in academic, political and layman’s rhetoric. For instance, upon reading Daniel Pipes book “In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power” I noticed a repeating trend that is now in vogue amongst our western “scholars” on Islam. They insist that there’s nothing in Islam that is distinguishable from communism (i.e. that Islam and communism both seek to threaten and uproot western democracy). Also, that, Islam is essentially a political ideology with a focus not on transcendence but on world domination. This sort of barking is expressed in Ibn Warraq’s infamous book “Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out”. There, he makes repetitive comparisons between Islam and communism and how the west “should” fear Islam (communism as well). Would I say the Iraq War is about destroying Islam? No. But, certainly our political pundits, academics, etc. are making the hindsight rather clear that the ultimate enemy to western democracy is nigh and perpetual war is imperative to get rid of the Advanced Immune Deficiency of Religion known as Islam.
May Allah (swt) guide us to ultimate victory-Ameen!
Ibn