The World Accepts Islam

Sanaullah Sadique Taimi

Center Of Arabic And African Studies

Jawahar Lal Nehru University

            It's very possible to be fully surprised by reading the headline of this article. Where the whole world is against the Muslim community. They try their best to defame Islam and insult prophet Mohammad (peace be upon Him). They take every initiative  to alienate Muslim community from the main stream. Where there is no any value of what belongs to Muslims. The entire community lives in a sense of fear. They are usually taken for granted. In this critical situation if someone claims that the world is accepting Islam, then really it seems to be a miracle. Particularly when it does not mean to mention the increasing number of those who accept Islam and become Muslims. Undoubtedly the world reaches to Islam as well as Islam reaches the world. The number of intellectuals and academics entering Islam is highly inspiring. West fears the domains of Muslims on Europe if this continues. Ironically Hindu fundamentalist organizations like RSS and another extremist outfits are frightened to be surrounded by the population of India in which Muslims consist the majority. The most interesting point is that they feel that Muslims believe  in polygamy   and get marriages with four women and use them as the source of begetting uncountable children. There is no need to analyze the irrelevance of this false claim.

         To claim that the world accepts Islam here means that they willingly or unwillingly forced to bow down to the reality of Islam and the relevance of Islamic thoughts and teachings in resolving the problems facing them. This could be proved with many evidences. Let's try to explore it.

            Last month a Para-medical student was brutally gang-raped in New Delhi in a moving bus. The incident led to a multifaceted  discussion on the factors and solutions. Although there were many suggestions but the most forceful and prevailing was indicating towards intensifying the need of severe punishment , following Saudi Arabia model of conduct and the need of civilized dress of women in addition to morale education. Even some women rights activists and swamis demanded the   enforcement of Islamic Sharia in this particular respect. Delhi high court stressed in a report recently published in The Hindu that the link between alcohol and crime is very strong. It advised the government to take reformative steps to tackle the problem. Well known Bollywood actor Amir Khan's TV program SATYAMEV JAYATE  which successfully raised some social issues like child abuse, female feticide , parents' rights , dowry and so on. It also focused in a program on the dilemma of alcoholism. In an affective and appealing manner brought to the people the dangers of this inhumane habit. Jawed Akhtar  of film industry admitted that he committed all his mistakes when he was drunk. To  Islam     wine is the mother of evils. It is totally prohibited in Islam and those who defy it would be dealt with severe punishment to protect the society and human wisdom.

              Three years back the world witnessed a record breaking recession all over the globe. The economic system of America was fully unable to do  any good in this regard. World famous economists were clueless. Unemployment spread out from east to west and south to north. At that juncture when they wanted to find out the factors, interest and accumulation of wealth appeared as  the occupying main reasons behind the terrific failure. Islamic economic system is free from interest and monopoly. Interest is unlawful in Islam and a Muslim is bound to spend at least 2%5 of his wealth on poor section of the society. When this system was fully applied in the regime of  Umar bin Abdul Aziz, known as fifth caliph of Islam, there were abundance of wealth and prosperity. After math of recession people rushed towards Islamic banks, particularly European countries started experimenting Islamic banking system mainly to avoid the recession. That was  a reminder for the whole world to accept the reality and follow the rule of Allah. They actually realized the effectiveness of Islamic system but are afraid and little bit ashamed to announce it. China is known all over the world for its one child policy. In the recent past it was considered to be  a role model in controlling the birth ratio in another countries also. This policy made China a nation of old aged people. The system would be collapsed due to this unreasonable policy. The sign of change is apparent, hence it has been started. To the recent amendment, if a man has first child daughter , he will be allowed for second child  also. It was also forced to allow the people have  a limited ownership of their belongings. It’s a start ,the most has to come.

              In Europe people are rushing towards spirituality. They are tired of the culture of desires. Women are recovering their sense of chastity and dignity. They seek the  peace in Hijab. Although they didn't announce their Islam but their approach tends to announce it. A number of working women in India expressed their increasing tensions due to double responsibility of office and home. They advocated for the women to remain in homes , engaged in useful activities close to their nature like  home affairs and children care etc. The Hindu last year brought  these discussions on open page in its Sunday edition. In the light of these facts to claim that the world is accepting Islam is not a false claim. The people all over the world are compelled to accept the relevance of Islamic values and teachings. They are obedient to the rule of Allah in their natural demand , then why they are not willing to obey it by choice. This also calls on the Islamic scholars to focus on preaching more and more and tirelessly  try to uncover the veils of misconceptions  imposed on Islam advertently .The circumstance is fully in the favor of Islam if they are able to avail the opportunities. May Allah bless them.    

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