On Islam and Muslim ‘Backwardness’

On Islam and Muslim 'Backwardness'
	And like the Osamas, the Taliban and the Ikhwan ul Muslimeen in Egypt, many Pakistanis are further hobbled by their belief that they are not successful in life because they are not committed enough to their religion. As many of them see it, to cure their ills they must have an even larger dose of their religion. Welcome to the Club of Doom. This is like the Malay saying 'biarkan si luncai terjun dengan labu labunya' which loosely translated means 'let the fat guy sink himself in the deep end'. Their understanding of religion seems to focus their energies on hate, hate and more hate. They have nothing better to do with their lives. ... Islam on the other hand is not a religion. Islam is a Deen or a way of life. Islam does not breed hatred. Surely then what is breeding all this hatred in Iraq is not Islam. ... Just educating the Muslims and making every Muslim an engineer or doctor is not enough to create a successful Islamic country. Somehow a PhD does not automatically make a Muslim respect his neighbour, his environment or stop him from being 'holier than thou' or be able to contribute some useful work in a disciplined and professional manner which can compete with the non Muslims. The continuing suffering of the Islamic countries bears witness to these failures. -- Syed Akbar Ali
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Asadullah Syed