Showing posts with label occidentalism. Show all posts
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Friday, 4 November 2011

Western Influence: Western Ambition which Long Lying Dormant

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah


I had checked about this small book. There isn't much can be founded online. Maybe the title in English is different. It's ok I can still briefly do some translation for benefit of Muslim nations in the East and in Eastern Europe who speak English only for the God pleasure. Please don't look down on English as a medium. It's now an effective medium compared to French. God saves the Queen, hahaha! 

This is the first part of the book. It also mentions something about Protocols of Zion and I will comment about it after I put up the points written by the writer of the book regarding the matter as I don't like forgery. We talk with academic capacity and we are not American conspiracy theorists. Conspiracy theory has no basis in Social Science and academic tradition. 

After a year learning Social and International studies with all of the difficulties facing these chaotic Western thoughts, I found that every Muslim must have these lessons in their selves even if they do not talk much. We must be aware about what we talk. As a confused Muslim boy who had been involved in Buddhism teaching, I always have this in my mind where it comes from wisdom speeches of lord Buddha as one of teachers that I had ever have. If I talk without awareness, then my speech should be dumped into the thrash can.

Even if it is coming from Talmud which is influential in Judaism law... I would avoid from being dishonest because it is not the morality of noble prophet Muhammad s.a.w. He is an honest person who speaks the Word of the God. The God is not like human-being or our schoolmates who are crazy : ) Man without pure mind could not be a person who speaks His Word... It also shows we don't simply absorb everything that we read but we have our own filters... We don't stop at one side but we also read in many angles, we don't simply agree with everything that we read : )

1. Western Ambition which had Long Lying Dormant

Say the writer, there is an alarming efforts trying to reject that there are movements which lead global toward Westernization, cultural colonization, activities to assimilate Islamic thoughts into foreign thoughts, and holding up high the coming thoughts created by the West.

These efforts trying to expound arguments in two manners:

1. The opinion which questioning on where are those institutions known as the "Westernization Institution"? In fact, there is no such institution and it has no proper building with signboard displaying such words "the School or Foundation for Westernization." Thus, this question raised is a shallow question from those with shallow mind. For these groups of Westernized people assumption, they are good and useful agents of the West who served the movement without any payment and they are sincere toward the West.  

2. The discretion of Western stooges in hiding their loyalty to their movement makes it easier for them to deceive human-being as a whole.

It is so disappointing that, those who instil doubt on the Westernization movement are of the first group. Their heart and observation was closed. Westernization movement nowadays is not a secret anymore. It is not something which is undeniable. It is perhaps something that can be denied in the past 30th century where our Arab nation were in the dark age. Nowadays, many things are doubtful for example, the Protocol of Zion which had been widely spread all over the world around 1902. It was prohibited from entering the Middle East except in 1952 after the establishment of Israel as a modern country in the middle of Arab countries. 

The secret had been opened up by its own supporter. The book "Towards Islam" written by Hamilton Gibb together with other Orientalists is among important documents in relation to this matter. Gibb had obviously mentioned the purpose of researches being conducted is to decipher on how far Westernization impacted Muslim nations. It is portrayed in his statement as below:

"How far is the Westernization affecting and what are factors which preventing it from achieving its objective. It is important so that immediate actions could be taken for the objective to be achieved."

Readers of the book could obviously get to know the effects of Westernization movement. It is like an arrow which rushed into the eyes of those deflected where it will cover their heart with ignorance. Researchers who emerged after the period had also explained this fact more precisely and they also have their own documents and notes for references. These facts could also be founded in books written by Dr. Umar Farukh and Dr. al-Khalidi entitled "Missionary and Colonization." Those from the West also had written about the issue in the book. For example, Toynbee in his book "the World and the West."

In this regard, there are many evidences which could eliminate all of the doubt for those who intend to seek truth and for those who has no crooked intention in order to stop from serving the leaders of Westernization movement such as national movement or party based on racial as such being written by scholars of cultural colonization movement. 

Those who had ever read this book titled "The Attack on Islamic World" which had been published earlier than of Hamilton Gibb's and was translated by Dr. Muhibuddin al-Khatib in al-Moaiyid few years before 19th century had explained the determination of Westerners. The book had explained what had long been dormant in these people which is to dominate the world and it is something which should be achieved. Besides, they also had stated methods in executing their mission which had been divided into few institutions for example educational institutions such as school and university, missionaries, mass-media such as journalism or publishing. There are also other institutions such as literature and art, drama, theater, movies, and broadcasting.

There is no need for other evidences to confirm that there are Westernization movements which are supported by cadres and writers who are creeping around the world. Anyone who had joined any meeting organized by them through influential news agencies will found that those mentioned matters are obvious. Hence, there is no need for new evidences in order to enlight those who were lied. It is because they are determined with deep feelings to be blind followers to racial writers. These people are just like fragile rotten fruits produced by old hideous trees.

Those who analyzed and observed activities of missionary organizations, oriental studies foundation, and confusion raised by these two institutions could be more than confident that there are Westernization movement in all of the time.  

The definition of Westernization which could be understood from dozens of definitions forming new streaming of thought. It is based from the concept and values of Western thought. It is later becoming the benchmark for other thoughts and values around the world. Its aim is to make Western cultural traits and values being regarded highly exceeding those of other nations. Most of the time, they keep attacking cultures of Muslim nations. (Later when they found that Islam has nothing to do with cultural traits, they would bend it to other things. It shows that they hate the God because Islam is One of His Glorious Names).

Christian missionaries and Orientalists ever stated their ambition and objective is to create a new generation who would feel disgusted with Islamic values, those who low-esteem oriental values and thoughts, and working hard in preventing Islamic elements of morality and devotion to the God from entering educational institutions. The supporters of Westernization movements trying hard to pulverize Islamic figures such as prophet Muhammad s.a.w through finding the flaws of his characteristics, trying to demonize companions of Muhammad s.a.w, overshadowing Muslim philosophers of prophetic traditions with other extraordinary figures such as al-Hallaj, al-Sahruwardi, Bashar, al-Rawandi and many others.  

These efforts (their jihad for their own satisfaction) had been implemented through news papers and other so-called "standard quality" publishing with writers who were given fantastic images and titles to impress others.

Their writing technique would first explain the resolution which will be followed by few assumptions. Through assumptions, they created theories.

We don't treat these figures whether Muhammad s.a.w, celestial angels, prophets like Jesus a.s or Moses a.s and good people of the past like our schoolmates, buddies nor parents like in the West. We have 'respect' traditions in the East where manners and politeness is the most important thing as a mean to respect the soul within physical bodies of everyone. In Western world perhaps, people can call their dad or mum with their name. In Eastern part of the world, we respect them with titles. It is the same from Japan to Middle East and degree of politeness decreases as far as the sun sunken. Western thought indeed had entered educational institutions even in Malaysia. I still remember a leader had said that those religious studies students could be nothing in the future rather than being coconut graters in the village and later burdening the government. As the reslut, many religious studies students feel disgusted of themselves and for my case, I had fought teachers and seriously turned to Buddhism at that time shortly before I shifted to a technical school in Kajang. We are the products of those educational system which looks at material as a benchmark for development and not of soul based : )

Now... brothers and sisters that I love the most. This is how those "scholars" in the net work too. If we wanted people to live a noble life. We do not talk evil about others nor slandering because only people with evil mind will do that. This is not from Islamic teachings but from Buddhism teaching. I am actually more proficient in Buddhism and Brahmanism teaching compared to the religion of my ancestors which is Islam. Usually when I talk about these two traditions of philosophy from Indian sub-continent, I would treat them with respect, unlike those pastors nor hateful atheists because I was also once an atheist. Buddhists are atheist Hindus : ) 

End for this part, 9th of Zulhijjah 1432 wishing the Lord to bless creatures and universe with His boundless Mercy, Peace, and Love in this period near Resurrection, amin!    

Western Influence: Challenges for Eastern Muslims

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah


This is actually a short book written by Mr. Anwar al-Jundy with its translation published in 1983. The Malay translator of the book is Dr. Ishaq Muhammad Rajab. It's Arabic title is التغريب اخطرالتحديات في وجه الإسلام at-Taghreeb Akhtarut Tahaddiaat fee Waghil-Islaam. I would also post some excerpts... I mean simplified excerpts of the chapter that I read about racism in European continent and we could see why people keep contradicting each other. 

This book is written in the period of Western studies of Orientalism and Imperialism where Westerners had colonized lands of the people in the East. The world today is colored with what had happened in the previous time. We could say that this is the initial studies of Occidentalism.

It's just like what Westerners had done to people in the East through their studies about Orientalism which does not only cover Islam but also others like Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and others. But most of all they studied about Islam and attack Islam in their so-called 'scholarship' for the reason that their area which is European continent is close to the areas of people who rivaled with them like Turkish empire or the Arab lands where they called Arabs with their narrow generalization of ethnicity as Saracens.

I would also try to bring brothers and sisters in faith attention to translators of Quran from the Western world particularly in Europe where those translators are people involved in Church. How could Church people behave in such a way where they portrayed people whom are not according to their way with negative images and slanders? Examples of them such as George Sale, Ludovici Maracci, Theodore Rodwell, and many others. It shows how intolerant are the Europeans and this is what we in the East should not imitate. These people are just the same like the nowadays non-state actors in political science such as terrorists (which they refer to Muslim) or Taleban. Their thought are just the same. They think that only they are the rightful ones. Where is heart purification and their sincerity toward the God if the God is demanding creatures to live with His Mercy, Peace, and Love? It is also mentioned in the Second Commandment of the God to the noble prophet Moses a.s and mentioned again by the noble prophet Jesus a.s in his Sermon of the Mount.  

This book is divided into four parts:

1. Western Ambition which had Long Dormant 
2. Islam as a Dynamic System of Life
3. Anti-Islamic Values
4. Campaigns and Movement Objective

Biography of the Writer

First, let us see who is this writer of the book? He is Anwar al-Jundiy born in 1917 and he was raised in his hometown in Deirut in Ashyut province in Egypt. He wrote since he was a young teenager. The first writing issued by him is a literature criticism published when he was 21 years old. His writing tends more to bringing society toward charity and chastity according to the value of Islam and what had been taught by the God through Revelation.

He was also imprisoned because of his writing around 1984-1950. The book which makes him being imprisoned entitled أخرج من بلادنا Okhrog min Blaadina which means Get Out of Our Motherland which harshly criticized Imperialism on Egypt.

He is also experienced in journalism, a philosopher and a thinker who tried to expose the hidden agenda of western movements in order to validate their acts of violating others human rights in their own lands. 

His attitude is explained in his statement which says: "Materialism and strong position in journalism will never pay equal price for me to join the traditional parade of famous writers."

Among his other works are:

I. The Unity of Islamic Thinking
II. Youth in Facing Emptiness of Thought and Soul
III. The Errors of Materialism Ideology
IV. The Errors in Current Islamic History 
V. Biography of the Martyr Hassan al-Banna       

I had actually read this book several times. Need sometimes to rephrase for everyone to read in English. I don't know if there are English versions of this book but I would appreciate if anyone came across here could also provide me the link. I am still practicing translation for non-profit purpose. I do not know how to make profits from services and I don't like to take money/anything from others although I am capable to do so. For this job I am doing it only for the God and for the benefit of brethren to reach the God. Whatever that I am studying is not for me but for the God as He is the Central Figure for us : )

I just wish everyone to get together and spend times with everyone that they love besides spreading peace, love and mercy to others through some humble sharing while I am still in this world. I don't know how long will I be alive : )

Sealed with prayers for mercy, peace, and love, amin!
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