> mel: > This is not quite right. There IS a strong anti-intellectual > tradition in many Arabic Muslim clerical lines. This is a > significant part of the modern unrest within the Muslim > world. Many Muslims want to embrace certain western > forms and look forward to a Renaissance of their own. > Others want to do just what they did in the 17th century > and purge the foreign thoughts and learning from their > society and return to a fundamental recreation of the > 7th Century. (They succeded that time.)
Hello Mel This has been a very lively discussion. There is a book by Bernard Lewis called 'What went wrong", in regard to the closing of minds to the west, especially when Europe went into its renaissance period and the Arabs were left to reminess on the golden age of Andalusia. As for the closing of minds and hearts toward the west, two major events led to that. First, Operation Ajax that brought the shah back to power, eventually leading to Khomeini. yes I know Iran is not an Arab country, but nonetheless it's religious and political sphere of influence is obvious in that part of the world. Second, the closed minded ness of John Foster Dulles in refusing to help Egypt finance the Aswan dam. Driving Nasser, Egypt, and a few other Arab countries into the soviet camp. A not so smart move by the west in trying to help budding cultures that were trying to embrace the west. Khaled ____________________________________________________________ Click to get 150,000 in student loans and find the lowest rates http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2OOlcP4d1OG6CnYs615eFRs96xwz2zNWy4olHA33HFe87KU/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
