Wednesday, November 23, 2005

 
Thursday, November 17th , 2005
Good morning…..

People who live in our geographic circle, and by this I mean the Arabic Islamic countries' circle; here in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the Arabian Gulf countries, Yemen, Egypt, and Sudan… of course, our brothers in Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, and the other African Islamic countries are also included in the speech, but I think that the heat of the situation here is a lot more intense, as Palestine is here, and the constant conflict with Israel, Iraq and the daily fight with the occupation, Syria, against which America is beating the drums of war and embargo, …and the same familiar tunes…
The west calls this region "The Middle East"…
And we call it "The Arab Homeland"…
In the past, we used to think it was a diversity in naming, but now we began to see it is a very-much intended policy, when they say Middle East, because they want to add Israel so it would become a part of our homeland, so, there is no need for an annoying identity- Arabic or Islamic; take your new brother into the family, and make him a part of it, poor thing, your brother here is young and innocent, he wants to be a member of the Middle East family, so why are you so mean and insolent?
Huh… this is how the western address seems to us…
Israel is a nice, sweet, democratic state, but we, the backwards, racist monsters, do not want her; perhaps because we are jealous of her democracy, jealous because America loves her, so we allegedly accuse her of being a terrorist, renegade state that do not respect the international laws of human rights towards the Palestinians, who owns weapons of mass destruction with which to threaten her neighbors … who wages daily raids of killing and bombing against the Palestinians in their towns and villages, and carried out an eradication campaign against the Palestinian people since 1948 till now…..
Why do we refuse to have normal relations with that state?
Is it because we are Muslims? And our religion is strict, brutal, and hates the other too?
Yes… this is our image in the west…

Even those who live in our region; part of them, or perhaps a lot of them, do not have an explanation to what is happening to Islam and the Muslims, and why is there a defilement and hate-directing campaign against them all over the world?
Some of them turned against themselves, starting to curse Islam, and flatter the west…
But they are miserable losers…who will one day discover their follies, that is, if GOD wanted to save them from their ignorance…
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When I finished reading the book of Sofies world , which contained the summery of 3000 years of Europe's culture and intellect, I understood how they, in general, have been partial to Human; his freedom, his wishes, and his viewpoint in explaining things, more than their partiality to GOD, Or the Jesus Christ and his religion, teachings, and his viewpoint of the world…
And I saw how Christianity cracked, since the beginnings of the Renaissance (the end of the 14th century), and the ages after that…
When I was in America a few months ago, we were talking at the institute in one lecture, about the conflicts in societies, and when the American group presented their views about the present conflict in society (which is a part of the present western societies), they focused on two points of conflict between the conservatives and strict in one side, and the freedom lovers on the other side, in this phase of the American history:
· The demand of women's right of abortion.
· And the demand of the homosexual's (men and women) right to a legal marriage recognized by the church and society.

Certainly, today, my comprehension of the Danish Philosopher (Kierkeghard)'s sentence intensified, when he said that the western culture is heading towards bankruptcy….
Well then, you have gained a lot from a long journey of struggle for human rights; the right of expression, the right to work, the women's rights, the right of religion or to be an atheist, the right of legal marriage or not, the right to have legitimate children or not, but didn't you ask yourselves one day: Where is this road taking us?
Now, you got to the issues of abortion and the homosexuals, where will you get to tomorrow?
I used to ask some of the women participating in the institute's course about peace…. Some of them admitted that it is a silly, absurd path, dragging society to more waste, while some others saw it as human rights….
And I do not know; do these people deserve pity and grief for what they have got into, or do they need someone to come and explain to them, all over again, the meaning of life?
Who created us?
What is the philosophy of our existence?
Why did GOD, The GOD of all Creatures, create us; was HE playing, was HE feeling bored, or had HE a certain notion as to the justification of this creation?
Perhaps for them, they live their lives the way they see fit, but according to this manner, open to all possibilities; to believe or not, to get married, or have children, in a legitimate way or not, it doesn't matter- all is the same; to be a Buddhist, a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Bahai'i, or to worship the devil, it doesn't matter, all is the same…
Well then, what is the difference between good and evil?
How can any subject in the world be evaluated, if all things were the same?
And what is the meaning of a certain religion, like Islam, which the western media uses as a target most times, a target for punching, deforming, and defiling, what would people understand about it?
If the majority has abandoned going into the details of Christianity, walked away from the teachings of Jesus Christ, and there is denial and rejection against entering legitimately into Christianity, the religion of the fathers and forefathers of the westerners, then what will their attitude be towards a strange religion like Islam?
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I do remember the look in the eyes of an old man and woman, who were sitting in adjoining seats in the Amsterdam Airport, when I walked in front of them, a few months ago, carrying my bag, wearing my veil. I cannot describe to you the look of astonishment, mingled with fright, they both threw into my face, as if they were seeing a fearful creature from space in front of them….
I was almost going to burst into laughter at their sight….
Those miserable are the victims of the western media there…
Anyway, I do not blame them…

A lot of the Arabs and Muslims themselves do not know what is happening to Islam, and what is all that clamor and hostility against it…… some are losing their trust in themselves, and even their trust in Islam, believing it to be a hostile, backwards religion. Those ignorant few, unfortunately, didn't take the trouble of reading the books of Islam; I mean, the Holy Quran, the Prophet's sayings, and his line of conduct, with a clean heart and an un-deformed mind…
Some read these books, with his heart and mind angry, and spiteful against Islam…
And I say to them: Do not tire yourself, for you will see nothing but the reflection of your hate and anger… you won't understand a thing; if your spirit is already deformed, you will understand everything in an overturned way…
And that with a clean, clear soul, with the sound nature, will understand, by the Will of GOD, and GOD shall relieve his heart with that understanding…..
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In the history of Europe, two thinkers attracted my attention: Hegel, and Marx, whose theories talked about the philosophy of history and the paths of its march, while the second talked about the Capitalist system and its path…
Hegel's idea is that history evolves in a controversial way: two ideas conflict, then one of them weakens, so, a third idea comes on to clash with the strongest of the former two, and they clash until one of them weakens, then, a new idea would enter the arena, and so on…
If we look back in history, when Islam emerged, for instant; the Persian Empire was in conflict with the Roman Empire, then Islam came, and clashed with the Persian, and she weakened, and disappeared, then the Roman Empire clashed with Islam, and disappeared, then, came the Crusaders, clashed with Islam, then went back to Europe, where there were clashes and conflicts that led to a first, then a second, world war…

Well, at the beginning of the 20th century, there was Capitalism in clash with Fascism, led by Hitler and Mussolini, while Communism was still young. Fascism became weak, and fell down...
Communism got strong, and for long years clashed with Capitalism, then, Communism fell. So, Capitalism remained alone, causing mischief, and displaying her muscles…
Who is her enemy today?
She identified it through the books of the Modern American philosophy theorizers, like Huntington, in his book: The Clash of Civilizations… he said that the next enemy is Islam, then China.
Islam as a dogma will confront the march of Capitalism into the center of its existence, (what they call the Great Middle east), from Afghanistan-East to Morocco-West…
And China, as an economical power, threatens Capitalism, if she marched on to dominate the rest of the world…
So, like it or not, Islam entered the conflict equation one way or another, and now, here it is; the enemy No.1 to Capitalism in this stage, just like when Communism was the enemy of Capitalism in a former stage…
But…
Capitalism does not live now the state of glow in which she was before…
Capitalism is drawing her last breaths, according to the specifications of Marx…
And in spite of all the gaps in his theory, I see a lot of truth in it, on the ground of reality; the exploitation of cheap labor, and the illogical policies in dealing with the markets without moderation, there is a greedy mentality controlling Capitalism, like a ravenous worm, which eats without satisfaction…
Then, there is the speculation and the competition without mercy, by new technology, until it reached the stage of using machines instead of humans, as in banks, switchboards, and the electronic control over machine production in many industries, this technological development exuded thousands of the unemployed, the poor, and homeless…
These are the ugly faces of Capitalism that are accelerating near its end…
Then there is the problem now in France, which is a model of the Capitalist countries' problems, even if Socialism was incorporated in their systems, as claimed. Similar problems will appear in other European countries, and it's the immigrant groups who were brought in sometime to operate factories by the cheapest wages….then, they turned now into unemployed hands, and a source of problems to society. The main problem is an economic crisis, which was transformed to appear in the shape of a social crisis… and as Marx said, the social crisis will start appearing; poor, unemployed classes will form, and even those with jobs, their wages and privileges will decrease with time….
And the French government is stumbling in explaining the issue; one time they say- these are Muslims, another time- A multiplicity of wives. While numbers indicate that only 50% of these immigrants are Muslims, well then, what explanation can the government find for the non-Muslims?

Imperialism is the extremist case of Capitalism…as Marx said
Here is Capitalism moving to Iraq, to escape its economic crisis, while its companies seek new markets for their products…
There is a clear connection between Capitalism, and its acceptance of the ideas of Imperialism and Colonialism, of course, this ideology feeds that, and keeps her alive…
So, there was nothing left for the miserable Capitalism but to invade Iraq, and occupy the oil sources, so it could live on for a few more years…
Now Iraq, and the region around it, are Muslim countries…
Meaning; the Great Middle East, from Afghanistan to Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, to Egypt and Sudan, Tunisia, and Morocco, all are Islamic countries….
So, was that targeting of Islam, clashing with it, or deforming its image, merely a coincidence??
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Translated by May/Baghdad.



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