Islam

An atheist wrote lately, he will give the Muslims ONLY 25 years to leave Islam and convert to other religions including his belief. In 25 years he expect Islam to be avoided from those who only can be identified with Islam. (Ali Sina, 2002). While I agree with Ibn Sina reasoning approach in some accuracy of his attacks on Islam. On this point, however, I disagree for three reasons:

1) Islam is not for sale religion, as a merchandise to be out of stock in 25 years;

2) Islam he acknowledges as the fastest religion on Earth compared with Other religions. Look around in the United States, the number of Mosques and associations is passing the one thousand figure.

3) Islam, the 1500 years old, with the great principles of human life, will not be defeated in ONLY 25 years. I think this was an underestimating of Islam as a religion.

I need those who single Islam in their attacks to look at other religions of the world. Islam has the least superstitious practices. The simplicity of Islam in the submission to the Creator, can be only one sentence: I witness that God is ONLY One. That’a all. If anyone say and believe in what s/he is saying, then he immediately become a Muslim. Muslims at least have one God Who controls their actions according to their belief. Life is so cheep for Muslims when it comes to Muslim dignity. The simplicity of Islam is annoying the super powers. The vast increase among Muslims is promoting fear all over the world. But are the Muslims only threatening the world? They did not found in Europe’s 100 years wars between Christians. They were not initiators of the first and second World WARS. They did not have weapons of Mass destruction as accused by the West in the case of Iraq. They did not act as modern people who revenge their small number of victims in 9/11, by destroying many nations in the Middle East, (Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and thinking to do the same with Syria, Iran). They did not have ships use missiles to kill blindly the people and the sources from faraway sea and sky. They have only their belief. This is more dangerous than missiles, mass destruction, and nuclear power, I guess! The issue of terrorism was never initiated by Muslims, the early messages of the Prophet (S) were clear. What message can be dictated to a blind guided missile from a far distance to distinguish enemies from foes. Men from women, children from the old people, and Sunni from Shi’iah? Arab from non-Arab, Muslim from non-Muslim?) There is no message other than destruction of people, with no regard to religion, race, age, or political siding as they believe in their democracies. Those who are living in the mountains and caves, make the Super powers in serious fear. Religion is the great danger in these days and across history. And differences in term of religion is much more dangerous than ethnic differences . Justice and equality always were slogans for the Muslims as well as to the non-Muslims. But who can make the balance after justification. I think the world is in trouble not because of religion, but because of arrogance and domination of others. No matter what their religion or creed or color is. Human interest in life as the ONLY life on earth according to evolutionists, and the life later according to creationists. Energy, domination, and information are becoming more dangerous than religion in recent years. But religion is used as the Trojan horse, or Othman shirt for the purposes of domination and modern slavery.

Other secularists want Islam to be separated from the state on blind imitation to the European experience. While such a transformation is impossible taking into consideration the tribal traditional systems where civil society associations and organizations do not exist outside religious circles. Civil associations should be found first on secular grounds, depending on human management, in order to play the seedbed for democratic secularist systems. (700 words)

FROM: Hasan Yahya, is an American Arab scholar, a professor of Sociology, a columnist at wfol.tv, Malaysia, and TINA International News Agency, Chicago, USA. www.hasanyahya.com