Alexandra von Maltzan introduced her readers today to a superlative blogger, an American "apostate"--their word, not mine--from Islam, who calls himself Muslihoon.  Her post reproduces his essay, entitled "Muslims--No Authority To Whine Or Accuse," first published here on October 14, 2004.  It analyzes at length the mentality that has long blocked social, political, and economic progress in major areas of the Muslim world. Alexandra's post permits you to savor the article in full.  However, readers are urged to become acquainted with Muslihoon's excellent, indeed indispensable blog, bookmark it, and revisit it often.

The sequel contains a few representative excepts.  The classical admonition to "Read the whole thing" has never been more appropriate.

The Muslim world (hereinafter “the Ummah”) is quite fond of whining and complaining. For decades now, the Ummah has been whining incessantly (and quite stupidly) of the West imposing itself upon and perpetrating inhuman injustices upon the Ummah. They accuse Israel with such stinging words that one must either doubt the existence of their heart or of their mind.

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The Ummah fell as a world power when it, full of arrogance, ignored the West. Europe emerged from the Dark Ages and began developing like never before, with a speed and with such momentum as never before was seen in the history of humanity. If the Ummah swallowed their pride and kept a watch on Europe and adopted their changes, perhaps they could have stood against them once Europe began flowing over her banks. But instead, the Ummah ignored the ignorant and uncivilized Europeans, and so the Ummah began to become more and more obsolete and outdated. Once Europe reached the bounds of the Ummah, it easily overpowered it.

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The Ummah, even today, cannot accept that their fall was their fault. They commonly blame it upon Western conspiracies. Most Muslims truly see America and/or Israel as bent on destroying Islam, depriving it of its power and vitality, and bringing about the extinction of Islam and Muslims. The Crusades and current Western heavy-handedness with the Ummah is proof in their mind for this.

The article goes on at considerable length in this vein.  Every paragraph, every sentence, every phrase merits careful reading and eventual absorption.  Final note: one cannot fail to marvel at the wisdom of this young American, and to admire his courage.

Contributed by John Werntz on August 31, 2006 at 05:53 PM in Current Affairs, Islamism Delenda Est, John "72nd TCS" Werntz, Politics | Permalink

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