Islamic Ideology *THE LEFT AND ISLAM<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1540> *
The Liberal would dismiss Islam as sinister for its take on human rights and women in particular. The Left would fall into the trap of denouncing religion in general as ‘reactionary’. Maybe without realizing it, both Lib and Left are falling here into a clear supremacist argument. Since both Islam and Judaism are more than just religions, they convey a ‘way of life’ and stand as a totally thorough answer to questions regarding being in the world, the Western Lib-Left are at danger of a complete dismissal of a large chunk of humanity. I have recently accused a genuine Leftist and good activist of being an Islamophobe for blaming Hamas for being ‘reactionary’. The activist, who is evidently a true supporter of Palestinian resistance was quick to defend himself claiming that it wasn’t only ‘Islamism’ that he didn’t like, he actually equally hated Christianity and Judaism. For some reason he was sure that hating every religion equally was a proper humanist qualification. Accordingly, the fact that an Islamophobe is also a Judeophobe and Christiano-phobe is not necessarily a sign of a humanist commitment. -- *Gilad Atzmon* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1540> Urdu Section *Punish the perpetrators of Babri demolition<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1543> * *By Prabhash Joshi* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1543> Islam and the West *Colonizing Iraq: The Obama Doctrine?<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1541> * In 2007, Alan Greenspan, former head of the Federal Reserve, told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward that "taking Saddam out was essential" -- a point he made in his book The Age of Turbulence -- because the United States could not afford to be "beholden to potentially unfriendly sources of oil and gas" in Iraq. It's exactly that sort of thinking that's still operating in U.S. policy circles: the 2008 National Defence Strategy, for example, calls for the use of American military power to maintain "access to and flow of energy resources vital to the world economy." After only five months in office, the Obama administration has already provided significant evidence that, like its predecessor, it remains committed to maintaining that "access to and flow of energy resources" in Iraq, even as it places its major military bet on winning the expanding war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. There can be no question that Washington is now engaged in an effort to significantly reduce its military footprint in Iraq, but without, if all goes well for Washington, reducing its influence. -- *Michael Schwartz* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1541> Urdu Section *Homosexuality and world religions’ moral system<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1542> * *By Fateh Mohammad Nadvi* More..<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1542> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. Wanna subscribe to this group, send email to [email protected] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ *********************************************************** The Official Website of Group is LAUNCHED, http://www.geocities.co -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
