After becoming aware of how and why Christians (mainly US ones) support Israel and their illegal state so much, learning about (muslim) history has become even more important.
They are also waiting for the return of Jesus, and they believe this will happen after or during (not sure when) the full restoration of Israel and with Jerusalem as its capital, which includes rebuilding the temple.
Not gonna lie, seeing the third holiest place of worship for muslims so empty due to Corona, after seeing Makkah and Madina makes me so sad. Not to mention the arrival of the virus in Palestine, when they already suffer greatly due to zionist oppression, isn’t positive news either.
Anyhoo, I like history and loved Yasir Qadhi’s lecture on events of the 20th century from a muslim perspective, which explains the chaos in Mid-East today and the sorry state of muslims in general.
Well..i have listened to all of his lecture almost. This is among my fav.! He give you detailed historical explanations and how Zionist created Israel. Problem is..we are still divided into nationalism, ethnicity and sub-ethnicity.
My idea is pretty far fetched..but I have a feeling that..slowly be surely..Muslims around the world are waking up to the reality...
What reality would that be? You think some sort of a revival of the ummah is a possibility?
It’s not just (ethnic) nationalism, we’re divided in different sects and what not. Meanwhile so many muslim groups around the world are being oppressed.
Well M..think this from another perspective.. During 18th and early 19th century..there was r*enaissance* of secularism being promoted in Ottoman and Islamic lands. Mainly..because..how Ottomans and Mughals started to be weakened due to stop evolving with worldly and religious knowledge.
Scholars of those times except few were killed and ignorant ones were brought up and promoted the idea of secularism and nationalism.
All this happened because we Muslims stopped learning and educating ourselves.And ignored our own Sunnah and Quran. And aside from knowledge of the deen..somewhere we forgot to educate and evolved ourselves in research, technology, architecture and medicine. Instead Muslims started to be in petty wars among themselves.
I.e, think of fall of Spain for example. And then Ottomans came to power and bringing the glory back.
What i am saying is..the idea of secularism, nationalism just didn't show up at the door in the early 1900s ..but rather..it slowly creeped into the houses of Islamic lands. Most of the any culture or religious revolution..in my opinion starts with idea when we begin to ask ourselves good questions. As well as, when ya see right wings group among western countries and Muslim rulers as worst as tyrants then naturally people do begin to ask question that where did we go wrong?. So first thing we must do is to question ourselves and our beliefs. And that is what i see that we are beginning to understand and question ourselves..
Knowledge is power!..
Muslims were a better society till Lawrence of Arabia came with his Wahabbi Lords. Mustafa Kemal attempt of detaching Turkey from the leadership of the Islamic world was the wrong decision, Arabs simply screwed it up.
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Muslims were a better society till Lawrence of Arabia came with his Wahabbi Lords. Mustafa Kemal attempt of detaching Turkey from the leadership of the Islamic world was the wrong decision, Arabs simply screwed it up.
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Oh thats a very interesting topic. I would luv to discuss more. Care to open a seperate thread and tell more from what you know and read?
I have no respect for the rightwing, be it Wahabis or my religion Khalistanis. most of the conservatives tend to hold past and then give the poorest form of leadership for the society. Ottomans were multi-religious empire like Mughal Empire in India, instead, Lawrence of Arabia destroys that and hands over leadership to the Wahabbis, probably the most conservative form of Islam and till date, such conservatives haven’t been able to form one good state worthy of emulation.
Under Timurids, Indian Muslims were equally good bet but then comes a Wahabbi Aurangzeb and brings in the policy which destroys good Mughal name among us the non-believers forever.
@SID_NY To me, the whole implanted idea seems much like a conspiracy theory that came to existence post erodgen, we have similar stories in the subcontinent too. Mustafa Kemal is Lee of Singapore or Deng of China, no less.
Even in Turkish History, he should be rated as high as Suleiman the magnificent.
[quote=““the kaur””] @SID_NY To me, the whole implanted idea seems much like a conspiracy theory that came to existence post erodgen, we have similar stories in the subcontinent too. Mustafa Kemal is Lee of Singapore or Deng of China, no less.
Even in Turkish History, he should be rated as high as Suleiman the magnificent.
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Except his version of secularism meant changing holy scripture to “adapt” to the modern world. No Muslim majority country would ever accept this level of secularism.
Also, comparing a secularist to a communist that is holding millions of a minority people against their will is a bit much, don’t you think?
Lee Kuan Yew, on the other hand was a gentle leader that ruled with anything but the iron fist. He allowed religions of all forms to co-exist, creating in my opinion the most perfect “melting pot” if you will. I find it incredibly humbling to see a Hindu temple just down the streets from a church and a mosque, all existing in almost perfect harmony with each other. And it’s because of this, I have always admired LKY and what he has achieved, especially considering the timespan in which he achieved it. Singapore is a modern marvel, unfortunately its seen as little more than an off-shore money launderers paradise due to their incorporation & banking secrecy laws.
LKY is short-hand for Lee Kuan Yew, who was the first prime minister of the Republic of Singapore. I’ve always admired him, despite our school history textbooks painting him as somewhat of a far-eastern Stalin of sorts. It is because of him that Singapore has achieved unparalleled success in such a short period of time.
I will always have a soft spot for that man, and the country he helped build. Singapore is one of my favorite countries to move to.
The video in original post too long so going to take a while until I watch it completely. So for now, I'll focus on the solution.
Last decade & more of research, I have come to a conclusion that muslims all over the world (except a minority) are confused about what correct Islam is & which version they need to follow. It is due to lack of knowledge & bombardment of 1000s of distracting causes related to material world. Entertainment & news media, world politics are the two major ones.
The truth is, actual islam is not an extremist religion as is viewed because the media tells us so, based on the crimes & sins of the murderers & criminals hired & sponsored by the same world controlling mafia that controls all forms of media (print/electronic/social) in all countries. Islam being an 'evil' religion is a large illusion given to the world population through an intelligent use of control over the world resources (mainly media & sponsored islamic jihadi groups).
Actual islam is a message of peace & protection for all humanity. All the minor details of islamic living provide the same if adopted (correctly).
The only way out of that confusion for muslims is to stick to the basics as taught by the prophet PBUH, stop following the same footsteps as the older ones, stop taking unislamic cultural & modern practices as islamic. Gain as much knowledge as possible in all the areas religion/islam being no exception. Infact, that should be a priority. READ! Most of modern research whether in the field of medical, astronomy, other sciences is in affirmation with Quran. Just that we have not read the book, not understood it correctly. Because the 'molvi mafia' of the jaahil muslims communities do not allow them to. Majority muslims have taken that 'molvi mafia' as the most ultimate, supreme religious authority putting away their own minds & intellect under the sun to dry because too many distractions, unpure food & other brain damaging content of the world have rendered them useless. No doubt there credible islamic scholars do exist but majority are unknown & so not accessible to common muslims as a source of knowledge / info.
Mind control is a very powerful tool. There is nothing 'evil' in islam only benefit for all. That's why the world controlling evil mafia does not like that religion because they do not approve 'benefit for all' but only 'benefit for few'. Those 'few' that join their network or directly/ indirectly work for them.
Need for muslims is to free their minds from that powerful mind control & learn islam starting from basics. Teach the same to their kids. They'll turn out to be better individuals than their parents & rest of the world that does not follow or understand islam as it is meant to be followed & understood.