Islam is not in any danger…but Muslims are…immediate danger being Modernism!
Muslims all over the world are facing an adversary in the form of MODERNISM that has colonized almost all civilizations except Islam. Christianity the first to resist desperately was the first to fall victim. The others simply followed blindly but Muslims are standing up till now as modernists are encountering stiff resistance from them.
Modernism is re-modeling; a renewal according to the ideas of the twentieth century that professes manifold ideals, opinions, and tendencies. From time to time these tendencies work out into systems that are to renew the basis and superstructure of society, politics, philosophy, theology, of the Church and now of Islam in particular.
Fundamentals of Islam the Quran and Sunnah are intact unlike other religions. Islam is self sufficient, comprehensive and all embracing, not tolerating eclecticism or will compromise with any faith in conflict with its principles telling us what to do and how to do unlike the extant teaching of numerous –isms that are mere fragmentary borrowings, restricted or limited in scope.
When all what is said is true than the question comes up: why no Islamic leadership emerged from any of the Islamic States? The answers lie with the colonial forefathers of the current modernist regimes like Lord Cromer who in the end of his book ‘Modern Egypt’ states that Imperialistic England is willing to grant freedom to all its colonies provided a generation of brown slaves (politicians and intellectuals) educated by English system of education, are ready to take over but under no circumstances the British were willing to allow freedom to any as an Islamic State.
A look at the current social structure of post colonial states (former colonies) will lead us to two distinct groups.
The first are the same Modernists-Western educated elite, although a small fraction, are the remnants of their colonial masters determined to keep their countries on line with western values and systems and beliefs. Our senior politicians, bureaucrats and media backed intellectuals belong to this creed.
The second belongs to a very large population of Muslim countries. They do not receive a modern education or face direct impact of western culture. Ullama-e-Din also belong to the same class. These people are mostly poor, generally illiterate and hold humble occupations. Most of them are good Muslims but because of their ignorance, regardless of their number are easily deceived as they also happen to be weak and disorganized.
Hope can be the third and emerging group that by the grace of Allah (ST) belongs to the working class, are educated in the west being thoroughly exposed to the western culture. These are the torch bearers demonstrating their faith and love for Islam in their daily lives and readiness for self-sacrifice to implement their faith. This is the group that possesses the necessary intellect as a weapon to effectively resist the modernist penetration in the Islamic way of life. Such youth are really qualified for the future leadership of the Muslim world and not pretenders as seculars, liberals or modernists that are nothing but a class of opportunity driven hypocrite brown slaves
