The terror strike again! This time, it is in children’s park in Lahore! I was worried about the recent terror attacks in Belgium, part because it was a terror attack in one of the most peaceful nations and part because one of my close friends landed recently in Brussels for a project work but the latest one made me write this blog. This attack is just like Brussels or Paris or London or Spain or Peshawar or Mumbai or countless places in middle east...and who can forget the meltdown of the twin towers! Each passing year, it is more dangerous than the past one, every year there are more terror attacks, more blasts, and beheadings, more kids dying! Is this the world we want to live or our children to grow??? Sam Huntington's prophecy is finally showing up, but it is a little bit tilted towards Islam Vs Everyone!
While there is much debate on this topic and in the midst of relentless news coverage, I started doing my research. I may be wrong or right, but this is what I think...
I know a lot of Muslim friends, almost everyone is progressive, just like me, trying to live a real life but then there are others who are out to destroy the name of Islam with evil acts. Is it just all or there is more to it? It seems there are few more layers than we think there is.
Let's go back in the past, in the seventh - eighth century, we can see there is a religious/socio/politico/economic movement starting from the Arabian peninsula wants to convert the entire planet under its influence, It is Islam. Okba Ibn Nafi reaches Morocco but cannot find any more land beyond it thus turns inward! Let's jump to the first thrust area of the middle east, Ottoman empire during the medieval centuries with its riches, glory and Janissaries trying to better Alexander the great! They pushed into Europe trying to put the faith in the infidel lands. It is quite evident today with nations like Kosovo or Albania. They worked hard, but the siege of Vienna went the other way and after that, only setbacks! Russo wars ended the dream!
Let's come to the second thrust!It hit the Indian subcontinent through the Khyber pass / Sindh route. It started with the usual "loot" and the "killing of Infidels" but aggressively/steadily converted into first "Sultanate" and then the more magnificent "Mughal" empire. Over a period of 700 years, these "Fidels" won almost all the battles and subdued the majority " Infidel" population, but Marathas and to a lesser extent Sikhs spoiled the plot to convert the "Dar al-Harb" into "Dar al Islam". The Britishers finished whatever was left.
Bottom line, they failed to establish their rule completely on both these fronts and not to mention the conquer of the new worlds by Christians! Some people wanted a different global order, and the fault line is very thick. The hurt is deeper.
Modern day Turkey and Pakistan inherited the Ottoman and Mughal empires respectively. More recently, Saudi Arabia and Iran started coloring the world map with their colors fueled with newly found oil diplomacy. Some influential people from these four countries are not satisfied thus always trying to do something to raise their stakes in the world affair by destabilising other regions through “Faith Money". In this whole process, these folks aligned with the great powers of cold war, who used them in propagating their supremacy. With world powers on their side, Turkey and Pakistan committed biggest genocides of the 20th century, remember Bangladesh and Armenia? It is critical to see the current issues from this perspective because the scale of violence tells something, Isn't? A section of the Muslim societies still wants its former military glory back and rule this world, thus, you see terror attacks, military confrontations, riots all over the seeming boundaries or in our neighbourhoods, Everything is pursued through firebrand Mullahs. A lot of venoms is coming out of the seminaries and mosques funded by oil money. Their violence is endless and for every death, they have the devilish smile.
This story is incomplete without Israel. The formation of this nation fueled Jihad to a whole new extent. We will talk about this problem some other time. The point is, it exists and if it is not possible to go backwards then let's start living in peace together! Is there a problem? Why to polarise peaceful Muslims with acts in the desert.
In general, there is a problem with assimilation. In the modern era everyone is assimilating with everyone but some Mullahs teaching otherwise to the faithful, "there is no God other than their God" and everyone else who thinks otherwise is "Kafir" and it is their prime responsibility to ensure these "others" get in line.It may be a big reason that most Muslims do not assimilate with people from other faith. Maybe I am wrong, but this is what I feel. These Mullahs need to be stopped spreading Venom in the name of Islam.
We are talking about Islam here in detail, but if you look into the history of other religions, the story does not look much different. So why only Islam? It is because every other religion or to be precise religious jingoists of other faiths are fading but this is not the trend in Islam. Maybe this is a topic for some other day!
The feeling of superior race based on the pure form of religion among the extreme faithful is hell bent on establishing Caliphate as a whole or in pieces. This attitude needs some correction. Anyone should be free to believe in God or not. There is nothing in killing innocent people. Life is a beautiful experience, and we all live it only once. Everyone need to understand it to the core.Even if there is an afterlife, there is nothing like this one! Live and let live!
The best solution is to ensure everyone understands the real meaning of Islam! It is not about killing but subjugation towards God and let's correct those who feel and propagate otherwise. Muslims in India are a shining example of it. Let's stop the Wahabis spreading their version of Islam which is eclipsing its goodness. Various Muslim organizations condemn these attacks, but they need to do more than mere lip service and do something concrete about it because the hardliners are hiding somewhere behind them in the dark. The moderate Muslim needs to stand up against the violent Islam and fight to take back their religion from the hands of the extremists because the change which comes within lasts long! Let's hope it happens before we lose humanity!
While there is much debate on this topic and in the midst of relentless news coverage, I started doing my research. I may be wrong or right, but this is what I think...
I know a lot of Muslim friends, almost everyone is progressive, just like me, trying to live a real life but then there are others who are out to destroy the name of Islam with evil acts. Is it just all or there is more to it? It seems there are few more layers than we think there is.
Let's go back in the past, in the seventh - eighth century, we can see there is a religious/socio/politico/economic movement starting from the Arabian peninsula wants to convert the entire planet under its influence, It is Islam. Okba Ibn Nafi reaches Morocco but cannot find any more land beyond it thus turns inward! Let's jump to the first thrust area of the middle east, Ottoman empire during the medieval centuries with its riches, glory and Janissaries trying to better Alexander the great! They pushed into Europe trying to put the faith in the infidel lands. It is quite evident today with nations like Kosovo or Albania. They worked hard, but the siege of Vienna went the other way and after that, only setbacks! Russo wars ended the dream!
Let's come to the second thrust!It hit the Indian subcontinent through the Khyber pass / Sindh route. It started with the usual "loot" and the "killing of Infidels" but aggressively/steadily converted into first "Sultanate" and then the more magnificent "Mughal" empire. Over a period of 700 years, these "Fidels" won almost all the battles and subdued the majority " Infidel" population, but Marathas and to a lesser extent Sikhs spoiled the plot to convert the "Dar al-Harb" into "Dar al Islam". The Britishers finished whatever was left.
Bottom line, they failed to establish their rule completely on both these fronts and not to mention the conquer of the new worlds by Christians! Some people wanted a different global order, and the fault line is very thick. The hurt is deeper.
Modern day Turkey and Pakistan inherited the Ottoman and Mughal empires respectively. More recently, Saudi Arabia and Iran started coloring the world map with their colors fueled with newly found oil diplomacy. Some influential people from these four countries are not satisfied thus always trying to do something to raise their stakes in the world affair by destabilising other regions through “Faith Money". In this whole process, these folks aligned with the great powers of cold war, who used them in propagating their supremacy. With world powers on their side, Turkey and Pakistan committed biggest genocides of the 20th century, remember Bangladesh and Armenia? It is critical to see the current issues from this perspective because the scale of violence tells something, Isn't? A section of the Muslim societies still wants its former military glory back and rule this world, thus, you see terror attacks, military confrontations, riots all over the seeming boundaries or in our neighbourhoods, Everything is pursued through firebrand Mullahs. A lot of venoms is coming out of the seminaries and mosques funded by oil money. Their violence is endless and for every death, they have the devilish smile.
This story is incomplete without Israel. The formation of this nation fueled Jihad to a whole new extent. We will talk about this problem some other time. The point is, it exists and if it is not possible to go backwards then let's start living in peace together! Is there a problem? Why to polarise peaceful Muslims with acts in the desert.
In general, there is a problem with assimilation. In the modern era everyone is assimilating with everyone but some Mullahs teaching otherwise to the faithful, "there is no God other than their God" and everyone else who thinks otherwise is "Kafir" and it is their prime responsibility to ensure these "others" get in line.It may be a big reason that most Muslims do not assimilate with people from other faith. Maybe I am wrong, but this is what I feel. These Mullahs need to be stopped spreading Venom in the name of Islam.
We are talking about Islam here in detail, but if you look into the history of other religions, the story does not look much different. So why only Islam? It is because every other religion or to be precise religious jingoists of other faiths are fading but this is not the trend in Islam. Maybe this is a topic for some other day!
The feeling of superior race based on the pure form of religion among the extreme faithful is hell bent on establishing Caliphate as a whole or in pieces. This attitude needs some correction. Anyone should be free to believe in God or not. There is nothing in killing innocent people. Life is a beautiful experience, and we all live it only once. Everyone need to understand it to the core.Even if there is an afterlife, there is nothing like this one! Live and let live!
The best solution is to ensure everyone understands the real meaning of Islam! It is not about killing but subjugation towards God and let's correct those who feel and propagate otherwise. Muslims in India are a shining example of it. Let's stop the Wahabis spreading their version of Islam which is eclipsing its goodness. Various Muslim organizations condemn these attacks, but they need to do more than mere lip service and do something concrete about it because the hardliners are hiding somewhere behind them in the dark. The moderate Muslim needs to stand up against the violent Islam and fight to take back their religion from the hands of the extremists because the change which comes within lasts long! Let's hope it happens before we lose humanity!
