Friends, This article provides some food for thought, and may help some of us to reflect upon what ails the Muslim world and how and why a partnership between the developed and Muslim countries may help all live in harmony, prosperity, and peace: As terrorists committed a primitive act of tribal savagery in the name of a prophet who lived 1,400 years ago, right above them, orbiting through space, was the most sophisticated expression of mankind’s ability to transcend ignorance and fear with hope and reason. Twenty-five nations from around the world have come together to build the space station. They include old enemies who fought each other for centuries over God and gold, Cold War rivals, small countries and large. But none are Islamic nations. It has become a cliché to point out that science and reason once flourished in the Islamic world. Nonetheless, it is true. Ironically, this isolation may be what the extremists actually want. Many of the terrorist attacks were meant to drive a wedge between the Muslim world and the West, to eliminate the degenerate influences of the outside. They want to be left behind, or at least left alone. .....But this is merely palliative. As the Muslim world is further contained, it becomes further alienated from the global community, and it falls further behind. This trend must change. We must recognize that as mankind moves further into space, some of us are being left behind.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:09:12 +0000
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