clash of civilizations-myth or reality

Samuel P Huntington in his book The Clash of Civilization and the remaking of world order proposed that cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict after Cold war. Although the debate continues whether this political scientist's propositions are right or wrong but proponents of this theory find vindicated by US led war against Iraq,Afganistan and the continuous threatening of Iran by the US and its allies. It really seems that western world is bent upon clashing with the Muslim world for establishing their new world order, which noted Islamic scholar Dr Israr Ahmad says, is Jew World Order. A large section of scholars contradict this theory claiming that cultural values and religious beliefs have nothing to do with the wars going on in our neighborhood or elsewhere in the world saying that these wars are just for the economic interests of the developed world. Whatever be the reason for these clashes, the reality is that U S and its Allies are safeguarding the interests of their own citizens at the cost of the citizens of the rest of the world. Civilizations have been distinguished by their means of subsistence, types of livelihood, settlement patterns, and forms of government, social stratification, economic system, literacy and cultural traits.

Those who say there is a clash of civilizations between western civilization and Islamic civilization seem to be wrong because we do not see the Islamic civilization existing anywhere in the world in practice. There are 57 countries where Muslims are in majority and Kosovo is one more addition but we don't find Islamic civilization even in a single country where it can be claimed be in its purest form. Islamic civilization lies in the books ,The Holy Quran and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him).There are glimpses of this civilization in the past when as a dominant civilization Islam spread to almost whole world and foundation of all the sciences was laid by the Muslim scientists, the scholars translated the treasures of knowledge from different languages of the world to Arabic and the local native languages, economic prosperity was at its peak, transparency and accountability were the hallmark of this civilization and this fact is acknowledged by the whole world. When Europe was passing through the Dark Ages, the Arabs stole a march over the rest of the civilization. They translated the Greco-Roman literature into Arabic and helped preserve ancient knowledge. Those who say that Islam was spread by sword are ones who claim to be civilized but are involved in ruthless wars against poor and hapless countries in the name of spreading democracy. Islam as a complete way of life was demonstrated by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his companions practically. And those who lead by example are followed by all. Such people do not preach what they don't do themselves. The corruption seeped into the Islamic world slowly and gradually-corruption in thought as well as corruption in practice. What we see in the present time, is a Muslim world devoid of its basic identity that is Islamic civilization. No field of life is guided by Quran and hadith.Islam has been limited to the prayers only divorcing it from all walks of life like what Europeans did to religion after Rennaissance.Western world had coined terms, moderates and extremists to create a confusion and chaos in the minds of Muslims around the world and strangely the Muslim world has accepted these terms as concepts and the likes of Parvez Musharraf are so vocal about this concept that he has divided his society into two groups. The Muslim world has accepted the concept of modernization as westernization, what the western world claims to be.Modernisation is seen as de-linking religion from all walks of life-governance, judiciary, economics, trade and even from the daily routine affairs of life. This is the type of civilization which the whole Muslim world is striving for and a few voices of Islamists who believe
Islam as a complete way of life are dubbed as extremists and enemies of progress, trying to take the world back to the era of Dark Ages. Western world doesn't accept such elements even if they are able to come to power through democratic means, like Hamas in Palestine and Islamic Salvation Movement in Algeria. Looking into the present Muslim societies, we see that the religion has been thrown out of the lives and limited to offering prayers or practicing the un-Islamic rituals in the name of pleasing Allah. People do everything in their lives what pleases them without any sense of accountability in the hereafter. Muslim societies are the most corrupt societies. They have made it a habit to blame west for everything. What is the role of West, when the Muslims indulge in corrupt practices? Even the religious parties which fight the elections in the name of religion are not pure enough to be seen as torch bearers. When it comes to their personal affairs they are least bothered about Islamic principles. They may talk of ADAL-O-INSAF from the pulpits of mosques but they don't practice this theory
I.e. why people do not follow them. The Muslim world takes no time in coming on to the streets to destroy properties of their own people when someone disrespects Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a mark of protest and they must protest but not by inflicting miseries to their own people. When it comes to their own lives, they have no honor or respect for beloved prophet (peace be upon him) while doing everything what the prophet (peace be upon him) has forbidden from doing.Organising NAAT mehfils but forgetting the same guide prophet (peace be upon him) even during these mehfils, forget about their personal affairs. Muslims as a whole should feel ashamed for this hypocrisy.
What used to be a taboo in a Muslim society is now accepted happily like any normal thing. Watching dances, movies showing vulgarity is not seen as something bad in any Muslim society now. The first thing a child learns is a film song and the parents feel proud when the kid starts singing and dancing. Who is teaching morals to the new generation? Generation next is following what their elder generation is doing. Deeds speak, not the words. No one should be surprised by the waywardness, corruption, heinous crimes, and inhuman acts in the present Muslim societies because the western civilization is being followed blindly. Ironically these Muslim societies do not follow the so many good things present in the western civilization. In fact the scientific approach, objectivity and quest for research were taken
by western society from Muslims and they have built tall buildings on the foundations which were laid by the Muslims in their golden era.
Muslims need to understand that westernization doesn't mean modernization.China is a good example of modernization without westernization. China as a nation has conserved its own culture and identity while progressing by leaps and bounds. It didn't sacrifice its culture whatever it may be, while modernizing its society. The Muslim world has been rendered into the colony of the west being governed by the favorites of western world. Defeatist attitude has grown in the minds of rulers of Muslim world. They have lost their self esteem and have reached the yielding point long back. Now they don't need any pressure from western world to serve them, they do it of their own. This is bound to happen when one looses its identity and ideology. In such a scenario the whole Muslim world is facing the worst kind of agony in the form of poverty, political wars, foreign occupation, violation of basic rights, economic exploitation, bloodshed etc. The solution doesn't lie in surrendering before the New World Order but the Muslims need to stand up, identify themselves because they themselves do not remember who they are, regroup themselves, identify their potential and take the guidance from their assets-The Quran and Hadith,follow their prophet(peace be upon him),make Islam their way of life and march ahead. Definitely they are going to face the hurdles and the challenges. Who doesn't? Didn't the prophets face the worst kind of opposition? The Muslim world doesn't need to be at war with the west. They need to put their house in order first and show the world that there is a civilization called Islamic civilization which is a solution to the world problems and the best way of life. If Muslims are able
to establish Islamic civilization in real sense which would definitely be without corruption, wars, deprivation, poverty and a society identified with peace, security, equal rights and opportunities for everyone and a system based on justice, which sane person would not love to have such a civilization in the world? It has to start from the individuals. Individuals make the families and families make the society.