Modern Islam - Part 3

The first two parts of this trilogy began with the renewal of Islam, the results of this renewal and the internal dawa or mission that has resulted from the renewal. After the internal mission has been started and some progress made then the external part begins.

The External Dawa starts with revisionist history and efforts to reshape the Western mind. All discoveries become Muslim. The invented hospitals, and all manner of things. A book published in the UK called “1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World” for example lists many inventions self attributed to Islam but all but a few of them are in fact not.

Then comes the protectionism of all things Islam and in particular Mohammad. No criticism at all is acceptable and any, like seen with the cartoons, triggers a mass response form the Muslim community.

The Dawa also includes and drives demographic changes. This occurs through migration, immigration and higher birth rates. If for example Turkey is allowed to join the EU he resulting exodus is estimated to have Europe 47% Muslim by 2020 and in the majority by 2022. Remember that most Western nations have zero or slightly negative birth rates so they remain static while Muslim families breed to steadily increase numbers.

There is also a push for Islamic schools in places like the UK and Australia, Islamic schools and what is taught in them has an ethos that is not common with Western societies and civilizations.

There is no freedom of speech, no freedom of choice and more importantly no critical analysis allowed within such education systems. It is all rote learning of the Koran, the Sunna and Sharia.

An Islamic school then will teach only internal subjects and will work to ensure that the government and relevant departments can not control their curriculum.

The effect on the boarder society then is that the children grow up with no understanding for, or tolerance of the Western society in which they find themselves. They become insular and society becomes fractured similar to what happened in Lebanon.

Islamic society is also connected in a far greater way than say Christian societies are. What is taught in mosques is typically preauthorised and distributed globally. Compare this to the messages say taught in Christian churches. These are not focused on a single topic and neither on a single or unified defense.

The general mindset is also not understood. If you hold up your hand and spread your fingers then ask someone “how many” the common answer if five (fingers) if these say represent the different elements within Islam that are fighting amongst each others what happens when you challenge Islam? The fingers close back into the ‘family’ or Umma and form a fist. We saw this with the cartoons and we will see more of this in the future.