We always been observing UAE's policies of development by
promoting liberal values in its society which are fundamental for every society
to develop, sustain and survive in modern Industrial and post Industrial
culture where people from all across the world to come into contact with each
other in pursuit of work, tourism, trade and socialization.
We, too been critic of Al-Jazeera TV whose most of the staff
had been trained by BBC. I myself one of its viewer observed it’s screening of
events particularly when it come to jihadi political segment among Muslim faith
communities. In my view it had been out
of promotion highlighted the subject segment yet ignoring their ideological
impact over social-fabric which is an exclusive utopia, pro-moting sectarian
hatred and detrimental to the very unity of every social fabric.
The mother and father of modern cancer of
jihadi-politics-cum-terrorism is the ideology spearheaded by the founders of
Jamat-e-Islami and Ikhwan-ul-Muslimoon. What ISIS fascists seen on screen force
raping young Yazidi, Kurdish and Shia girls is the interpretation of Islam by all
fundamentalists’ doctors including Muhammad Ibn Abdul Whab and Syed Mawdoodi.
To high light ISIS barbarity by detaching from its history and how this mind-set
had developed over the time in this day and age is very dis-service to its
viewers.
We do recognize their democratic rights but democracy and
fascism don't go together. We do re-cognize that Ikhwan do have right to rule
the Egypt or any other country but they have no right to promulgate laws which discriminate
citizens just because of their faith, colour, gender or to promote sectarian politics within state
institutions. Ikhwan after taking over power in Egypt, the first thing they
tried to infringe individual rights of the citizen by using religion as a popular
force of majority segment. In democracy, no society can infringe the basic
rights of a person. All member states are abide by UN Charter where it is agreed
to abolish all such laws, may be inherited through its local culture, norms or
faith yet discriminatory, exclusive and do not meeting basic standard set in UN
Charter and UDHR. The jihadi concept of democracy is that with majority vote
they can do whatever they like. This is very misconception. Seven billion
people of the planet cannot take my right to life except it is for justice and
proper rule of law.
This is surprising for us that UAE leadership
took such approach toward Al-Jazeera. More over Saudi Arabia and its ally must recognize
that Qatar is a sovereign state where as Al-Jazeera is a media outlet and both
cannot be mix together. The quality of news and views by Al-Jazeera is open to competition
and let the market decide its winner and loser rather through political
pressures. What Al-Jazeera is ignoring or painting one side of the picture out
of its promotion, other TV channels can jump in to fill the space but we must recognize that we are
living in 21 century.
The problem is not with Qatar and Al-Jazeera but the entire Muslim
understanding of Islam. The Qur’anic text which was composed 1400 years ago, was
addressing mostly its’ own environment and time. To approach its’ text literally, today, would
be misleading and cannot help people of Islamic faith in their life of socio-political and
socio-cultural realaities of today. That is why the great Islamic scholar Dr. Muhammad
Iqbal had recognized the need to reform and had suggested 100 years ago even
choosing the title of his write-up: “The Reconstruction of Religious Thought In
Islam.” The old religious thoughts are
not working today, therefore we need to bring change at grass-root level and nurturement of our children.
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