Ali Ansari
Member
ISLAM IN AMERICA: ROUGH ROAD AHEAD
A Survey of Anti-Islam Activities
By M. Amir Ali, Ph.D.
This is in no way an exhaustive study of anti-Islam activities in the West
but exposure of a small tip of the iceberg. Anti-Islam forces in the West
may be divided into three groups, (a) Intellectuals, (b) Zionists, and (c)
Christians, particularly, Fundamentalists, born-again and Evangelical
movements, each with its own agenda against Islam.
1. Intellectuals
This group includes university professors, famous writers, journalists,
congressional staff writers and think tank writers. In
general, this group represents dedicated secular nationalists or secular
humanists with strong anti-religion biases. Their ultimate
goal appears to be the elimination of all religions or at least, to render
religions into a personal belief system and remove all its
traces from family life, social life, economic and political lives of the
people. Their special enmity against Islam is due to this deen's
comprehensiveness in providing guidelines in all aspects of human activity
as individuals as well as nations. Secondly, preservation of the Qur'an and
Hadith literature has made their alteration or corruption of their
interpretations extremely difficult which frustrates all anti-Islam forces.
Secularism has defeated all religions except Islam, which is the cause
behind their special enmity against it. Some of the well-known living
writers against Islam from this group are Bernard Lewis, Mervin Hiskett and
Samuel P. Huntington.
These writers are, in general, honest in not fabricating lies but they are
guilty of presenting half-truths, occasionally misinterpreting Islamic
teachings, history and frequently misinterpreting data. This group enjoys
tremendous influence over policy makers in the West, such as the
administrations, lawmakers, business executives and the media.
2. Zionists
This group may include some members of the intellectuals who are not
necessarily Jews but all those who have empathy with the State of Israel and
enmity against Palestinians. Since all Palestinians are Arabs and a majority
among them is Muslim it is expedient to defame Muslims, Arabs and put down
the religion of Islam which brings sympathy for Jews and the State of
Israel. They influence on one hand, policy and decision makers in the
governments of the West and on the other hand, masses. They understand that
in a democracy, people's opinion and their votes count and policy makers
respond to voters wishes. They develop support from the public on issues of
their interest and lobby with the policy makers at all levels. The Zionists
feed ideas to intellectuals, the media and entertainment industry. The
Zionists are result oriented pragmatists, therefore, they do not
differentiate between the truth and fabrications. It is difficult to name
representatives of this group because they operate from behind the scenes,
however, I put Steve Emerson in this group. In general, they operate in the
name of organizations, such as, AIPAC, Jewish Defense League (JDL),
pro-Israel Christian church organizations, secular nationalists and so on.
For example, the recent vote in Congress about moving the American Embassy
to Jerusalem was the work of this group and it shows their power.
3. Fundamentalist Christians
Members of this group are mean liars and merchants of hate. Their main
target is the masses and their goal appears to be the creation of fear and
hate of Islam and Muslims. They are envious of the spread of Islam and they
see Islam as a tough rival of Christianity worldwide. They take their lead
from the Crusaders of a thousand years ago and they use the same model of
spreading lies and bigotry against Islam and Muslim personalities, specially
against the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad. Their main goal is to stop the
spread of Islam in the West and fight Islam in the Muslim lands. They work
through creating
mis-apprehension of Islam, which is achieved by stereotyping Muslims,
spreading mis-information and dis-information about Islam and Muslims.
Fundamentalist Christians include born-again Christians and Evangelical
Christians. Among leading demagogues against Islam are Dr. Robert M. Morey,
Dr. Anis Sharroush, John Laffin, John Weldon, John Ankerberg, Dr. D. James
Kennedy, Sir Lionel Luckhoo, Joshan Katz, Joseph Smith, Abdullah Al-Araby,
William Miller, Jack Chic, William Campbell and John Gilchrist. They are
producing books, booklets, brochures, flyers, tracts, comic books, audio and
videotapes and a few
among them are on radio and TV talk shows spewing out poison against Islam
and Muslims. Recently, they are in the forefront of opening Internet web
sites.
but exposure of a small tip of the iceberg. Anti-Islam forces in the West
may be divided into three groups, (a) Intellectuals, (b) Zionists, and (c)
Christians, particularly, Fundamentalists, born-again and Evangelical
movements, each with its own agenda against Islam.
1. Intellectuals
This group includes university professors, famous writers, journalists,
congressional staff writers and think tank writers. In
general, this group represents dedicated secular nationalists or secular
humanists with strong anti-religion biases. Their ultimate
goal appears to be the elimination of all religions or at least, to render
religions into a personal belief system and remove all its
traces from family life, social life, economic and political lives of the
people. Their special enmity against Islam is due to this deen's
comprehensiveness in providing guidelines in all aspects of human activity
as individuals as well as nations. Secondly, preservation of the Qur'an and
Hadith literature has made their alteration or corruption of their
interpretations extremely difficult which frustrates all anti-Islam forces.
Secularism has defeated all religions except Islam, which is the cause
behind their special enmity against it. Some of the well-known living
writers against Islam from this group are Bernard Lewis, Mervin Hiskett and
Samuel P. Huntington.
These writers are, in general, honest in not fabricating lies but they are
guilty of presenting half-truths, occasionally misinterpreting Islamic
teachings, history and frequently misinterpreting data. This group enjoys
tremendous influence over policy makers in the West, such as the
administrations, lawmakers, business executives and the media.
2. Zionists
This group may include some members of the intellectuals who are not
necessarily Jews but all those who have empathy with the State of Israel and
enmity against Palestinians. Since all Palestinians are Arabs and a majority
among them is Muslim it is expedient to defame Muslims, Arabs and put down
the religion of Islam which brings sympathy for Jews and the State of
Israel. They influence on one hand, policy and decision makers in the
governments of the West and on the other hand, masses. They understand that
in a democracy, people's opinion and their votes count and policy makers
respond to voters wishes. They develop support from the public on issues of
their interest and lobby with the policy makers at all levels. The Zionists
feed ideas to intellectuals, the media and entertainment industry. The
Zionists are result oriented pragmatists, therefore, they do not
differentiate between the truth and fabrications. It is difficult to name
representatives of this group because they operate from behind the scenes,
however, I put Steve Emerson in this group. In general, they operate in the
name of organizations, such as, AIPAC, Jewish Defense League (JDL),
pro-Israel Christian church organizations, secular nationalists and so on.
For example, the recent vote in Congress about moving the American Embassy
to Jerusalem was the work of this group and it shows their power.
3. Fundamentalist Christians
Members of this group are mean liars and merchants of hate. Their main
target is the masses and their goal appears to be the creation of fear and
hate of Islam and Muslims. They are envious of the spread of Islam and they
see Islam as a tough rival of Christianity worldwide. They take their lead
from the Crusaders of a thousand years ago and they use the same model of
spreading lies and bigotry against Islam and Muslim personalities, specially
against the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad. Their main goal is to stop the
spread of Islam in the West and fight Islam in the Muslim lands. They work
through creating
mis-apprehension of Islam, which is achieved by stereotyping Muslims,
spreading mis-information and dis-information about Islam and Muslims.
Fundamentalist Christians include born-again Christians and Evangelical
Christians. Among leading demagogues against Islam are Dr. Robert M. Morey,
Dr. Anis Sharroush, John Laffin, John Weldon, John Ankerberg, Dr. D. James
Kennedy, Sir Lionel Luckhoo, Joshan Katz, Joseph Smith, Abdullah Al-Araby,
William Miller, Jack Chic, William Campbell and John Gilchrist. They are
producing books, booklets, brochures, flyers, tracts, comic books, audio and
videotapes and a few
among them are on radio and TV talk shows spewing out poison against Islam
and Muslims. Recently, they are in the forefront of opening Internet web
sites.