Upheavals and Revolutions - Not All Are the Same - Not All Seek the Freedom of the Truth

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Jun 27, 2011 at 17:15

So, using the caption 'revolutions,' let us approach the 'Arab Unrest' and answer the presumptive question: why not Muslims? Conceivably this could have far reaching implications, but let us consider just a few. Leave out the Western societies, for the circumstances of 'liberation and freedom' are considered differently from East to West.

From there, let us examine how it is that one of the most 'Muslim' countries around, the KSA, would not fare well in the process of democratization, for the people have expressed their hopes and fears there, but cannot successfully argue that separating the government from its Islamically instituted autocracy from the wealth that gives it its power can ever be accomplished to the benefit of the people. Or, let us move to the 'revolution' that formed the Islamic Republic of Iran, a government that took a form of democracy, but cannot practice it due to the overshadowing control of its Islamically controlled clergy.

Maybe Egypt then, which has a supposed framework of democracy, but of which it not instituted for the military intervention that is described as being necessary for the sake of the unity of the country, how is that working? However, do not try to explain the democratic 'freedoms' of non-Muslim citizens, Egyptians by ethnicity, yet foreigners in the place they were born for not aligning with the 'Muslim' ideology.

Then there is the Sudan, Somalia, and maybe Yemen. How do they work out their issues: are they intent on becoming democracies? For a while, Turkey came the closest to be democratic with a Muslim influence; but as can be seen, the secularism that once allowed Turkey to be more socially integrated has given sway to the more ideologically Muslim characteristics as outlined by PM Erdogan. Leave us not ignore Libya, which by this understanding is one theatre of operations the United States should have left well enough alone, even in view of the Lockerbie incident. If American justice was to be served for the murders of the passengers on 103, its execution was mishandled by others and it should fall to them to make restitution. It will never be properly accorded the justice necessary by this or any other means except that Qaddafi surrenders to authorities for his part in the conspiracy.

If we are to get at the true reason for the unrest that seems to trouble the world for its lack of understanding, Islam is not looking for democratic reforms, but a means to implement the tenets of belief in the quest for ummah. Quite a group of Muslims in America live in a society that has already provided the environment for freedoms in the framework of liberty; but it has been shown this is not good enough for many of them, their own words preaching the overthrow of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. If there are any doubts about how many Muslims view American freedoms, look at the dishonor being perpetrated upon the City of New York, being compelled to give space for the inceptive ideology that leveled the World Trade Center.

Why not the Muslims? Listen to the shouting all over the world, in Arabic, Berber, Farsi, Somali, Afrikaans and all the rest, in Waziristan, Tehran, Damascus, Amsterdam, London, Dearborn and all the rest. It is evident it is not what they really want; but for the moment, it is a means to get what they want.

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