Pan-Islam[ism]

Submitted by trans-parere (Canada), May 26, 2010 at 00:02

Great Britain has a fairly long history[comparatively]with working together with "selective"Moslems in the M.E. as they have had or taken "protective" responsibility esp. Aden protectorate since ~1874, -and being a very small and then undermanned "station" -having by necessity and in the interest of political stability re: Ottoman Empire; to work closely with and not only induce but to induct these same Moslems towards something greater than their then tribal entrenched world view [and what of Islam that perpetuates that same thinking].

Under the thin skin of todays Islamic States lies that same tribalist mentality perpetuated by Islam. Even secular Turkey today is barely hanging on to that secularism as Islamist insinuate themselves into the governing bureaucracy.

The Islamist movement is and always has been about raw power and influence for a very narrow interpretation of Islamic domination, and requires a disconnected and disoriented society to flourish. It is a simple matter to look around the worlds hot spots of Islamist activity today for an example.
And to what is happening in the U.S. and many European countries now with small but constant attacks on "democracy" and the rule of law is the methodology that perpetuates that disconnected and disoriented society.

Speaking of inducting Moslems into the governing bureaucracy of a democracy. How many Moslems has Obama brought in to his "government" to molify Moslem world opinion? In this regard Britain does not stand alone.

One can see the parallel from Dwight Eisenhower's governments attempt to use Islam to fight communism and the todays "liberals" in the U.K. and the U.S. to use Islam to defeat any rise of conservatism. However such use of Islamist has always been a two-headed snake that invariably comes back to bit one in the a$$.
Under Islam[ism] the first thing to go is any liberal ideal.

Peace
trans-parere

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