After my last “Adha Mubarak” post, i felt the need to post on my view on Islam and Muslims in general, as i got many provocative and honestly disturbing comments.
I do not hate Muslims or Islam nor have anything personal against this religion or any other one, everything i post and comment on is purely based on my scientific conviction of certain things.
I will not turn this thread into a theological one with endless replies and Koranic quotes from here and Biblical quotes from there. I can debate for hours on those issues without getting anywhere, nonetheless let me shed the light on certain points.
- I personally believe religion should be separated from politics in an “ideal” society, as history has proven that clergy and politics result in disasters. Lebanon cannot separate religion from politics as sects created Lebanon and not the opposite way; Therefore before forging a political system based on “national” belonging and shedding the fears of every sect, we cannot ask for separation.
- Islam as a religion is against democracy, as the shariaa is the only acceptable system Muslims can live under, a system under which non-Muslims are inferior. I am not making up things, this is a fact.
- Based on the fact mentioned above, Muslims will always work towards applying their shariaa and their beliefs in ways that they consider appropriate. In Lebanon, it is being politically, in other places, militarily etc … This behavior cannot be ignored or countered by violence or by Crusades like Christians did before and were a big mistake, but by a serious call for the Muslim leaders to reconsider their whole religion, yes i know those are big words but i dont see another solution. Islam should be reconsidered to accept other religions and adapt to living with non-Muslim societies and separating their “deen” from their “donya”.
What i am asking for is not a blasphemy, Christianity was revised at one point, when the Old testament was replaced by a new one, a new one whose essence is to give the human being a choice of doing things, not imposing things on him as dictated by God.
- Similarly, The Koran has been the sole inspiration to the rise of many terrorist groups, given its violent contents. Even if such terms are being misinterpreted, High Muslim religious figures are not making any effort to counter them, but on the contrary are defending those groups publically and indirectly.
Those are the key points, points that Muslims must consider and revise among themselves, as every religion thrives towards enhancing the human being and not get be an obstacle to his development.
Let us simply look at facts today that speak for themselves.
-The big majority of the World’s terrorists originate from Muslim countries ( Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq, KSA, Yaman etc … )
-There is not one Muslim country where democracy prevails ( Indonesia, Tunisia, Turkey and Malaysia are dictatorships).
- Islamization has only worsened a country’s situation and never enhanced it ( Afghanistan for ex).
In Conclusion, i repeat and insist that i have NOTHING against Muslims as individuals, i have an opinion regarding their religion and other religions as well, but that doesnt mean i have to hate them or not wish them good.
This is a very overgeneralized view of my thought on that issue, but i think it clarifies several major issues.
Adha Mubarak to all again.
He’s just gonna go back to printing stuff off the Internet now. :p