From: ksalah@nyx.cs.du.edu (Khaled Salah)
Subject: RE: Arabic Names
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 14:12:54 GMT


In article 12140, faris@sarcasm.trl.OZ.AU (Aziz Faris) writes:

>The present problems were all due to the Ottoman rule and discovery
> of Oil in the area that western society is enslaved to.
>Islam was the problem for allowing a foreign rule to take over, but don't
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>blame the entire population and denounce their culture.

Is this the way to do it?  Blame it on Islam.  The Ottman rule was
an Islamic Empire that was applying Islamic rules all over.  But the
history they teach us was all mixed up and wrong and serves the
justification to break down the Empire into small parts.  In history,
they pertrayed the last Empire of Islam as corrupted and injust.  I am
not saying that it was 100% purely Isalmic and free of corruption, but
its good was dominating its bad.  For example, Jews used to come to Sultan
Abdel Hameed who was the governer of Palestine at the time and try to
bribe him with money, gold, etc to sell palestine for them or at least
give them authority to migrate to it, but he refused to do so.  And he used
to say "Palestine is the Land of All Muslims and I am just a ruler here."
Muslims at the time used to live in honor and dignity.  They used to travel
from East to West without restrictions.  The only identity was Islam.
   
However, look what had happened since the Arabs and Westren world
conspired to break down the empire, you, I, and all Muslims all over the
globe are still suffering because of it.  Name for me one Islamic nation,
Arab or not Arab, without any problem.

The problem that is we are having now is that we are too far from Islam
and trying to imitate what is so called Westren Civilzation.  Islam is
the only way to bring us all together.  This has proven all the time in
history.  It was muslims (not Arabs) who liberated Palestines from the
crusaders (Salah El Deen who was from kurdish origin).  It was muslims
(not Arabs) who had the peek of civization in sience, philosphy, and
mathmatics.  Abin Sinaa, Raziee, Jaber Bin Hyan, who are not form Arab
origin.  We were all dominating the world when we were all muslims not
Arabs.  And that the true meaning of civlization.  It was moral and
cultural one.

How then could Islam have allowed for foriegn rule?  Just don't understand!
When the Isalmic Empired was broken, there was no Islam left.  It's the
ignorant Arabs traitors who did it, like Sharif Hussain.  Lawerence of
Arabia movie shows you how they went about breaking down the empire.
Lawerence used to travel to each village and tell them you are A R A B S,
and you should fight for your independence from the Ottmanis.
      
>I think Islamic teaching can be good for getting read of greed
>and criminal behaviour if it was more open minded to give equality for
>other religions and Women.

Islam is a way of life.  It is not only for criminals.  Islam does give
equality to other religions.  Christians used to live in peace in Palestine
when Omer Al Farooq entered Jerusalem and they even welcomed him.  Aslo
woman has its rights in Isalm, not the way the West sees it but the way
that Isalm sees it.  If you are not convinced read the articles that Anisa
writes in this group or ask her to write you some explanation.  The US has
a rape rate of one case per 6 minutes.  Is this the way for equality?
Yes Islam is open minded if you understand the rational behind every rule.
You better understand Islam before starting to accusing it with random
thoughts.

_ Khaled Salah