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06-09-2005, 13:46
The New Surge for Real Independence
By abid Ullah jan
Published: September 02, 2005
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After more than half a century of strategic withdrawal of the West in the name of decolonization, Muslims everywhere are disillusioned with the experimentation of political democracy and market economics. However, reawakening is underway. Today many Muslims equate democracy with crime and disorder, and the market economy with corruption, systematic exploitation and perpetual poverty.
Who do they blame for that? The kings, the generals and so-called democratic presidents, of course, and their supporters in the West who left behind systems and structures that ensure their perpetuation in power. Distrust of the West skyrocketed in the post 9/11 period in which Bush and Blair administrations lied through their teeth to portray their bloody adventures as operations for freedom and democracy.
As a result, public opinion is slowly returning to pre-decolonization attitudes. A visceral perception of the West as an alien and hostile force — that remained in place due to continuation of colonization with other, more effective means — has now further consolidated. It is being stoked continuously by the Western leaders’ tall claims to the supremacy of their “way of life” and by the constant criticism that the problem lies with Muslims, their faith, their way of life, their corruption, lack of education and overall under-development. ...
read more at:
http://www.icssa.org/real_independence.html
By abid Ullah jan
Published: September 02, 2005
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After more than half a century of strategic withdrawal of the West in the name of decolonization, Muslims everywhere are disillusioned with the experimentation of political democracy and market economics. However, reawakening is underway. Today many Muslims equate democracy with crime and disorder, and the market economy with corruption, systematic exploitation and perpetual poverty.
Who do they blame for that? The kings, the generals and so-called democratic presidents, of course, and their supporters in the West who left behind systems and structures that ensure their perpetuation in power. Distrust of the West skyrocketed in the post 9/11 period in which Bush and Blair administrations lied through their teeth to portray their bloody adventures as operations for freedom and democracy.
As a result, public opinion is slowly returning to pre-decolonization attitudes. A visceral perception of the West as an alien and hostile force — that remained in place due to continuation of colonization with other, more effective means — has now further consolidated. It is being stoked continuously by the Western leaders’ tall claims to the supremacy of their “way of life” and by the constant criticism that the problem lies with Muslims, their faith, their way of life, their corruption, lack of education and overall under-development. ...
read more at:
http://www.icssa.org/real_independence.html