How to refute Islamist, terrorist, apologists

About 700 years ago, Islamic civilization almost completely lost the will and ability to do science. Since that time, apart from attempts during the Ottoman period and in Mohammad Ali's Egypt, there have been no significant efforts at recovery. Many Muslims acknowledge and express profound regret at this fact. Indeed this is the major preoccupation of the modernist faction in Islam. But most traditionalists feel no regret in fact many welcome this loss because, in their view, keeping a distance from science helps preserve Islam from corrupting secular influences.''

1. They can choose to create theocratic Islamic states and follow the traditions of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar of Afghanistan, Ayatullah Khomeni of Iran and Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan, who hanged Zulflqar All Bhutto, a democratically elected prime minister. The Islamization of many Muslim countries has occurred partly because of the teachings of Muslim scholars like Abul Aala Maududi and Syed Qutb, an ideological leader of Al-Qaeda who wrote, "It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its laws on all nations, and to extend its power to the entire planet."

2. They can choose peaceful Islam by following the teachings of Muslim scholars like Ghulam Ahmed Pervaiz who support studying modern science, psychology and philosophy and adopting the practices of reformers like Abdul Sattar Edhi who dreams of creating Muslim socialist welfare states.

3. They can choose to create secular states like Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Canada where there is a separation of church and state, mosque and the parliament. In those countries religion is considered a private matter and the state is run on a foundation of secular and humanistic laws that respect all citizens, especially women and minorities. In those states all citizens have equal rights and privileges.

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