خوف الغرب من الإسلام ما مصدره؟
في بدايات عام 1410هـ
(1990م) وصلتني نشرة من معهد هارتفورد اللاهوتي بناء على مراسلات بيننا
وفي تلك القصاصة مقالة صغيرة أوشبه مقالة بعنوان (ما الذي سيكون الشبح الجديد؟)
وبناء علي تلك القصاصة كتبت مقالة في صحيفة المسلمون أيام رئاسة الدكتور عبد القادر
طاش رحمه الله بعنوان (لماذا يخوفون الغرب بالإسلام؟) واحتفظت بتلك القصاصة بين
أوراقي ورغبة في شكر القسيس على تنبيهه لي على هذه القضية حتى لأظن أن مقالتي كانت
من أوائل ما كتب عن خوف الغرب من الإسلام أو تحويل العداء من الشيوعية إلى الإسلام
(وفي رأيي أن الإسلام كان ولا يزال عدوهم) وإليكم المقالة:
WHAT
WILL BE THE NEXT BUGBEAR?
As a result of the tumultuous and
astonishing events in eastern Europe, the forces of world communism no longer
seem as a threatening as they did before. So, those Americans who constantly
dwelt on the supposed danger of communism to our nation are suddenly left
deprived or their favorite themes. A Doonesbury character, depicted by the
comic strip artist, Garry Trudeau, expresses the feeling by saying, “The cold
was can’t be over! It’s gotta be some kind of a trick.”
The question is, now, will the alarmist
of our population choose another group to be hold up before the public as a
threat to the U.S. A. and to the world? Knowing the generally bad press that
the Muslims have received in the American media, some of us are alert to the
possibility that Islam will be set forth as the new bogeyman. A recent
syndicated column by Charles Krauthammer (February 19, 1990) gives reason for
concern. Under the banner “Islam launches a new global crusade,” he writes
about what he calls a movement just as portentous as the collapse of Soviet
power, that is, the struggle of Muslims worldwide for “political independence
and political domination.” The columnist terms this struggle as “a global
intefadeh.” What makes it threatening according to him is that the force of
Islam is autocratic and intolerant. He writes, “… in the Islamic world
self-determination is permitted only to Moslems (sic).” As the restive Muslim
population in the USSR stir we see evidence, in the words of Krauthammer that
“the new arch of crisis grows.” The information in that column is badly
distorted. The worst thing about it is the statement that Islam is engaged in a
concerted movement world-wide. There is no central authority in Islam, so any
political or ideological struggle on a global scale is quite out of the
question. Readers of this Newsletter will want to be alert to counter such
unreasonable attacks as Krauthammer’s with authentic information regarding
Islam, as well as facts about particular local spots across the world where
Muslim peoples are involved.
R.Marston
Speight
Office
on Christian-Muslim Relations, NCCC USA
Hartford
Seminary
Hartford,
CT.
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