As I had remarked a few days ago, Islam is about 600 years younger than Christianity and, likely Christianity, Muslims too are going to be more 'secular' and 'pragmatic'. That might have sounded heresy to most here but I believe in human nature first and foremost before anything else.
I would have to disagree on the premise.
Its implied that because Islam is "younger" (which it is not) it have more zeal.
Couldnt be farther from the truth.
Xtianity is actually younger than Islam, and have far more zeal than muslims.
Its evident from the conquest of Americas and Africa... and even countries like Philipines and newly ongoing xtianization in Korea.
Judging the Euro-American world from the post WW2 perspective gives a complete false historic view of xtianity. Western Europeans were barbarians who adopted Xtianity, largely in the end of 1st millennium. Its effectively a Roman religion with a thin Semitic top layer.
Islam and muslims was always more pragmatic than Xtianity and other religions.
In fact the muslim community was commanded to be a nation of the middleground by the prophet himself. Islam by definition of Islamic theology and jurisprudence IS PRAGMATISM. The Prophet was the DEFINITION of pragmatism in all his political and strategic dealings.
So why do we say muslims are becoming pragmatists? When in fact its the western European world which came out of barbarism by coming in contact with the pragmatist high civilization of Islam.
What we in reality is seeeing today is a Western led world order and therefore also economic order, where every nation including muslim, hindu and chinese, must adhere to western success formula. Its always like this; the policies, tactics and culture of the dominant ruling political class/nation is always copied by those who are ruled over. Its human nature and a survival instinct.
I bet if western world and its economy collapsed completeley tomorrow by somewhow, then the rest of world will follow a completeley different trajectory.
Muslims countries historically was FAR more socially tolerant and laissez-faire than the Western European world. This role completeley reversed in th 20th century. Not because Muslim countries became a lot less socially tolerant, which it did to some extant, but its more about the MASSIVE change that took place in the western world itself, that propelled it to become MORE socially tolerant than Islamic world within a 100 years, as the western worlds main conquest phase had ended and The Age of Western led commerce replaced it.
Right. But I wont' blame the 'Arabs' just like I don't blame the 'Turks' or this or that. It has been a pattern of my posting to not pass blanket judgements and to make bold predictions of China-Russia-Arab-Muslim alliance blah blah that many do here.
Arabs sorrounding Palestine cant really do that much for palestinians.
Just like rest of South Asian pricipalities (warlords) could do very little to stem the establishment of a british colony in Bengal, which down the line went onto conqour rest of the subcontinent.
Israel continues to exists and kill and maim, not because its strong or anything. But because the countries sorrounding it are weak and fighting against eachother. If arab world was united, not even the United States could have come to Israels rescue.
Iran is already swallowing its pride. No country--with the possible exception of Yemen's Houthis--will allow itself to be bombed to the Stone Age to protect 8-10 million Palestinians who still reside in the historic Palestine.
I believe as dark as it may seem, we actually have seen the high tide of Israel pass already 3 decades ago. I firmly believe Palestinian, although they will suffer for while, will eventually vanquish the colonialists. There is a reason they have survived and thrived in that geostragically volatile area for literally thousands of years. Assyrians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians and Romans came and went one by one. But genetics show that Palestinians are largey descendants of the native semitic population who have lived there for almost 10 000 years. These people are some the most enduring and resillient on Earth. I salute them.
