OIC chief attacks Islamic world (BBC, Monday, 14 June 2004)

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shriadishakti , " jagbir singh "

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> shriadishakti , " jagbir singh "

> <adishakti_org> wrote:

> >

> > Only after reading the entire www.al-qiyamah.org will Muslims

> > understand the depth of centuries-old deception, falsehood and

> > conditioning the Ummah has been led regarding the Resurrection.

So

> > my question off the bat: When the ulema are so erroneous about Al-

> > Qiyamah, the heart and soul of Islam explicitly entrenched in

> > numerous surahs, what makes them think there are correct in even

> > more difficult issues? Why talk about purifying Islam when the

> > unsurpassed beauty of His Holy Qur'an regarding the Resurrection

> > has been mutilated beyond recognition by the same people?

> >

>

>

> Our real situation is this: we Muslims have lost theologically

> sound understanding of our teaching. Islam has been hijacked by a

> discourse of anger and the rhetoric of rage. We have allowed for

> too long our mimbars to become bully pulpits in which people with

> often recognisable psychopathology use anger - a very powerful

> emotion - to rile Muslims up, only to leave them feeling bitter and

> spiteful towards people who in the most part are completely unaware

> of the conditions in the Muslim world, or the oppressive assaults

> of some Western countries on Muslim peoples. We have lost our

> bearings because we have lost our theology. We have almost no

> theologians in the entire Muslim world. The study of kalaam, once

> the hallmark of our intellectual tradition, has been reduced to

> memorizing 144 lines of al-Jawhara and a good commentary to study

> it, at best. ...

>

> It is ironic that the Western media while producing many vile

> programs on Islam has also produced and aired material of the

> highest quality with a high level of accuracy only to be vilified

> by Muslims because it was not good enough. Where is our media?

> Where are our spokespeople? Where are our scholars? Where are our

> literary figures? The truth is we don't have any

>

 

 

OIC chief attacks Islamic world

 

A top Muslim official has denounced what he called the extensive

backwardness of the Islamic world.

 

Abdelwahed Belkeziz - Secretary General of the Organisation of the

Islamic Conference (OIC) - made the stinging attack at meeting in

Turkey.

 

He blamed the rise of Muslim extremism on the feeling

of " powerlessness " felt by members of the Islamic world.

 

The meeting also heard a statement from UN chief Kofi Annan calling

for Islamic support for Iraq's government.

 

Mr Belkeziz told the foreign ministers from the 57-member states that

their countries had a poor record on issues ranging from education

and health to economic development.

 

" The aggregate gross domestic product of all our member states

remains lower than that of one single advanced country such as France

or Britain, " he said.

 

Mr Belkeziz concentrated on the failures of the Islamic umma or

community. There was, he said, a sharp contrast between its present

and past.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3805649.stm