This is a crucial time. True
Quran followers
(Muslims/Submitters) should
come forward to preach the
holy Quran. In the holy
Quran nothing is irrational
nor unscientific. So once
those European people will
realize what is true Islam
and what is the Quran I
think many people will
embrace Islam. Most of them
simply do not know what are
the messages of the holy
Quran. Besides due to some
terrorists and hadiths, the
great religion 'Islam' based
on the holy Quran/koran only
is now the most
misunderstood religion!
Anyway, I think Mr. Imran
has realized this rotten
society from his personal
experience!
Md Anisur Rahman has
expressed his views about
European society which is in
line with the views of Imran
Khan, politician and former
Pakistan's Cricket captain.
Imran Khan's write up in
this regard has been added
below.
by Imran Khan 10
November 2008
My generation grew up at a
time when colonial hang up
was at its peak. Our older
generation had been slaves
and had a huge inferiority
complex of the British.
The school I went to was
similar to all elite
schools in Pakistan.
Despite gaining
independent, they were,
and still are, producing
replicas of public
schoolboys rather than
Pakistanis.
I read Shakespeare, which
was fine, but no Allama
Iqbal — the national poet
of Pakistan. The class on
Islamic studies was not
taken seriously, and when
I left school I was
considered among the elite
of the country because I
could speak English and
wore Western clothes.
Despite periodically
shouting 'Pakistan
Zindabad' in school
functions, I considered my
own culture backward and
religion outdated. Among
our group if any one
talked about religion,
prayed or kept a beard he
was immediately branded a
Mullah.
Because of the power of
the Western media, our
heroes were Western movie
stars or pop stars. When I
went to Oxford already
burdened with this hang
up, things didn't get any
easier. At Oxford, not
just Islam, but all
religions were considered
anachronism.
Science had replaced
religion and if something
couldn't be logically
proved it did not exist.
All supernatural stuff was
confined to the movies.
Philosophers like Darwin,
who with his half-baked
theory of evolution had
supposedly disproved the
creation of men and hence
religion, were read and
revered.
Moreover, European history
reflected its awful
experience with religion.
The horrors committed by
the Christian clergy
during the Inquisition era
had left a powerful impact
on the Western mind.
To understand why the West
is so keen on secularism,
one should go to places
like Cordoba in Spain and
see the torture apparatus
used during the Spanish
Inquisition. Also the
persecution of scientists
as heretics by the clergy
had convinced the
Europeans that all
religions are regressive.
However, the biggest
factor that drove people
like me away from religion
was the selective Islam
practiced by most of its
preachers. In short, there
was a huge difference
between what they
practiced and what they
preached. Also, rather
than explaining the
philosophy behind the
religion, there was an
overemphasis on rituals.