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PREFACE
Islam has caused more
damage to the national dignity and honour of non-Arab Moslems than any
other calamity that may have affected them, yet they believe that this
faith is the ambassador of:
1. Equality, and
2. Human love.
1a. This is a fiction which has been presented
as a fact with an unparalleled skill. In fact, the Prophet Muhammad divided
humanity into two sections - the Arabs and the non-Arabs. According to
this categorisation, the Arabs are the rulers and the non- Arabs are to
be ruled through the yoke of the Arab Cultural Imperialism: Islam is the
means to realise this dream because its fundamentals raise superiority
of Arabia sky-high, inflicting a corresponding inferiority on the national
dignity of its non-Arab followers. From the Arabian point of view, this
scheme looks marvellous, magnificent and mystifying but it is debilitating,
derisory and destructive to the non-Arab Moslems. Yet under its psychological
impact they rejoice in self-debasement, hoping to be rewarded by the Prophet
with the luxuries of paradise.
2b. The Islamic love of mankind is a myth of even
greater proportions. Hatred of non-Moslems is the pivot of the Islamic
existence. It not only declares all dissidents as the denizens of hell
but also seeks to ignite a permanent fire of tension between the Moslems
and non-Moslems; it is far more lethal than Karl Marx's idea of social
conflict which he batched to keep his theory alive.
In view of its deep-rooted tendency of Arab- glorification,
Islam does not qualify as a religion but the Arab National Movement. Its
success lies in total brainwashing of its non-Arab believers who begin
to deplore their own national roots to adore the Arab sanctity, superiority
and supremacy. Its spring is the mythical Intercessory Power of the Prophet
Muhammad. This psychological paralysis caused the decline of great Asian
nations such as India, Egypt and Iran, which once constituted as the great
gushers of civilisation but now rank as members of the "Third World" for
losing their national identity and zest under the influence of Islam.
The issue this book discusses is a serious one though
mischief-mongers may try to make a religious and political capital out
of it. If they are really honest, they must not forget the Koranic principle
of debating:
"Bring your argument, if you are one of the truthful."
(The Cow: 111)
Finally, I may add that this essay is a part of my
unpublished work: "Culture, The Destiny." It is being printed as a separate
book owing to its religious and international significance. The reader
may find it repetitive in style but it is deliberate to remind the reader
of its salient point.
Anwar Shaikh
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