Submitted by Aamir Ali Ansari(Pakistan), Aug 29, 2007 at 02:22
I am answering in the same tone..which i dont like..
"Out ,out damn spot" as Shakespeare said. Trying to clean up West's image may be as difficult. The fact of advanced communications and outlets have lifted the rock under which West has been hiding to expose the brutality and disgusting pattern and practice of Western Forces and Societies. The gross intolerance, the rejection of human rights,( Ref. Abu Gharib Jail in Iraq and Cuba) the insistence on the domination of the Non Moslems over all Moslems makes "Cleaning the image" of West like lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig, (no offense, of course). All the grandiouse claims by "Educated" West of the great and noble history and ofcourse present falls on deaf ears of Muslims when we see the contemporary acts of the "Civilized West".
If the "Educated" West reject the wrong doings of their fellows (US, UK and Serbs) perhaps the image would improve, but then it would'nt be "Educated West" would it? The expansion by violent means of the NeoCon cause makes the Western ideology intrinsically disordered , and thus unacceptable by "Educated" Muslims.
Unfortunately i had to alter "donvan" my friend's script to show him the mirror. This is very easy to hide in a shell and say all is well outside. but the reality is different. We the educated lot donot accept the way Islam is projected..but the agenda of west is different. Why due to immense negative publicity people still turning to Islam in all time high percentages. This means that negative publicity attract non muslims to learn about islam and when they realize that its thte True Religion they waste no time in embracing islam. According to Quran the non beleivers will try hard to erase islam from the world but their all efforts will be gone waste because they cant defeat Allah swt.(God). Allah dont need anyone to help his religion infact all that is happening around us is a kind of practical test. The result will be on the day of Judgement.
I once again ask my friend to read and accept that Islam teachings has nothing to do with terrorism or wrong doings. How can a religion which propogate family culture, disallow alcohol and prohibit wrong doings is a false religion. Infact Islam endorse that Jews and Christians are early followers of Islam but they altered their religion for their own interests. The true and final version is Islam which teaches us to respect Jesus as well who was no other but simply messenger of Allah and not the son of God..He was sent to propogate teachings of Islam
Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened for relevance, substance, and tone, and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome, but comments are rejected if scurrilous, off-topic, vulgar, ad hominem, or otherwise viewed as inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the Guidelines for Comments. For informational purposes, we identify countries from which comments are sent.