08-17-2003, 10:57 AM
[url="http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/defensewrapper.jsp?PID=1051-350&CID=1051-081403A"]Paul J. Cella' article[/url]
[url="http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/metabook/heresies.html"]Link supplied by Acharya[/url]
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A void is made in the heart of Islam which has to be filled up again and again by a mere repetition of the revolution that founded it. There are no sacraments; the only thing that can happen is a sort of apocalypse, as unique as the end of the world; so the apocalypse can only be repeated and the world end again and again. There are no priests; and this equality can only breed a multitude of lawless prophets almost as numerous as priests. The very dogma that there is only one Mohamet produces an endless procession of Mohamets.
This is a very succint and precise description of Islamic ideology. It is taboo in India and Indian circles to discuss the corollaries of this diagnosis and in some case to mention the very diagnosis itself.
Yet, India is one of the countries that is the main experiencer of the effects of this "endless procession of Mohamets". The response of the Indians to these stream of Mohamets is, IMHO, rather confused and takes the following forms:
1)Mohammedanism is not bad, it is just its modern followers who have misinterpreted the originally peaceful doctrine.
2)Mohammedanism is no problem at all. rather it is Pakistan that is a problem.
3)Mohammedanism is no problem at all, it is the discrimination of Mohammedans by their non-Islamic neighbors that is the main problem.
As a result of these ideas the origins of many of India's problems are neglected and correspondingly the solutions are ineffective.
My main reason for raking this controversial issue is to get some prognosis for the future regarding how the civilizational conflicts of Islam may play out. There is no doubt that we have not seen the last of our conflicts with Islam. Some pertinent questions that arise are:
1) Is there going to be any apocalyptic show down between Islam and its rivals?
2)Is the sub-continent going to be the focus of a great civilizational strife involving Islamic and would it be a grand war?
3)Would the various Non-Islamic parties, eg Hindus, Jews, "The West", Russia, China make a common cause against Islam?
4) Are we going to see Islamic potentates making common cause with each other- the Ummah, in their struggle against the Kaffirs?
An unfettered discussion of these problems may do us some good.
[url="http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/metabook/heresies.html"]Link supplied by Acharya[/url]
Quote:
A void is made in the heart of Islam which has to be filled up again and again by a mere repetition of the revolution that founded it. There are no sacraments; the only thing that can happen is a sort of apocalypse, as unique as the end of the world; so the apocalypse can only be repeated and the world end again and again. There are no priests; and this equality can only breed a multitude of lawless prophets almost as numerous as priests. The very dogma that there is only one Mohamet produces an endless procession of Mohamets.
This is a very succint and precise description of Islamic ideology. It is taboo in India and Indian circles to discuss the corollaries of this diagnosis and in some case to mention the very diagnosis itself.
Yet, India is one of the countries that is the main experiencer of the effects of this "endless procession of Mohamets". The response of the Indians to these stream of Mohamets is, IMHO, rather confused and takes the following forms:
1)Mohammedanism is not bad, it is just its modern followers who have misinterpreted the originally peaceful doctrine.
2)Mohammedanism is no problem at all. rather it is Pakistan that is a problem.
3)Mohammedanism is no problem at all, it is the discrimination of Mohammedans by their non-Islamic neighbors that is the main problem.
As a result of these ideas the origins of many of India's problems are neglected and correspondingly the solutions are ineffective.
My main reason for raking this controversial issue is to get some prognosis for the future regarding how the civilizational conflicts of Islam may play out. There is no doubt that we have not seen the last of our conflicts with Islam. Some pertinent questions that arise are:
1) Is there going to be any apocalyptic show down between Islam and its rivals?
2)Is the sub-continent going to be the focus of a great civilizational strife involving Islamic and would it be a grand war?
3)Would the various Non-Islamic parties, eg Hindus, Jews, "The West", Russia, China make a common cause against Islam?
4) Are we going to see Islamic potentates making common cause with each other- the Ummah, in their struggle against the Kaffirs?
An unfettered discussion of these problems may do us some good.