In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
West and Islam
If one ponders over relations between Islam and the West: the creation and preservation of Israel by the US and the West, their unconditional support to all it’s illegal actions, their all-out aid for Israel’s military, moral, financial and propaganda needs; one aquatinted with the situation can be dead sure of one implication – US and the West are not interested that peace comes to the Middle East. The two are only engaged in that amount and that kind of peace, which furthers their own interests. The US cares the least whether the problem is solved on the basis of justice and fair play, while the Western leaders view that human beings do not live in the Middle East, instead a race lives there whose religion and culture had in the past ruled over them for 1,000 years and has the potential to pose threat to them in future as well. Their other interest in the area is oil, which is inevitable for their progress and prosperity.
During World War I (1914-18), when the West realized its systems were decaying and that their progress is unattainable, it turned towards what it considered a threat to it’s existence — How to contain Islam so that it might never rises supreme again. With this end in view, on the one hand, a rift was created between Turks and Arabs which ended the Ottoman Caliphate due to infighting among Muslims. On the other hand, the Middle East was divided into small power pockets unable to defend themselves. By fueling own-invented notions of nationalism and race, the Western powers ensured that Muslims not only continue with the in-fighting, but also that they would never be free from colonial hegemony. They thus made it sure that there was no possibility of Muslims rising to power again. Most significantly, European powers, having realized that they would not militarily control the area indefinitely, decided to create a center in heart of Middle East that would forever serve their interests.
Thus, Israel came into existence with immense Western backing symbolizing their dominance in the area. There was no need to send Christian armies to conquer the area; creation of a Jewish state served the purpose much better. After this, the Palestinians were treated and reduced in number as the red Indians in North American. The West now considers nothing more or nothing less in the path of important cultural aims it sought in the area.