How the West manipulates narratives in the Islamic world
By Muhammad Luttfi Bin Abdul Khalid
In its quest for control of Arab and Muslim lands in the Middle East, the West resorts to overt action such as direct intervention with a multitude of pretexts, such as the need to fight terrorism in the guise of Al-Qaeda and ISIS and rid the world of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) when in reality they aim for the preservation of their interests in the region.
To dominate the narrative in Islamic circles apart from the Middle East, the West utilises more covert means such as the need to uphold democracy and human rights and back the spread of alien ideologies such as liberalism and secularism within such societies. They fund civil society organisations, opposition groups and spearhead efforts to get minorities such as the LGBTQ, Shia, Christians and ethnic organisations on their side.
For these double pronged efforts they have trained a plethora of local experts, legatees and fronts to carry out their agenda via their dominance of media, institutes, think tanks, political parties, individuals famous as well as obscure and all kinds of riff raff.
They stop at nothing to achieve their aims, including seeking to control the flow of natural and energy resources, such as oil and gas and ensure the interests of the Zionist entity that is Israel by the constant exercise of their veto power at the United Nations Security Council. This power of veto may be exercised at any point by the permanent members of either the United States, Britain or Russia but all have the same endgame in mind.
To contain the rise of the Islamic ummah they design and promote an industry of tantalising entertainment dazzling in its multitude of colours and tastes seeking to effectively distract, in much the same way opium or any other drug might, the Muslim people into an ecosystem that is hedonic, lustful and selfish with scant regard for societal morals.
The result is a new generation of our race and Muslim ummah who are selfish and constantly seeking to satisfy their own limitless lust for material pleasures the world has on offer.
In order to suppress counter narratives by members of the ummah who resist and repel the wave of self destruction and waning religious sovereignty wrought upon them by the West, they launch an effective campaign against them by label. The terms extremism, anti-national, anti-unity, racism, division, fearmongering, intolerance and what have you are but meaningless utterances designed to smokescreen the true intentions of these fighters who only aim at saving everyone, themselves included.
To safeguard their plans, the West will amplify those amongst the ummah who are apologists, progressives, inclusives and democrats from a selection of those whom they alone have access to and are responsible for, whether they be so-called “Islamists”, anglophiles, notable politicians as well as individual groups who are ever willing to execute the commands of their Western masters who are still dominant and pull the strings from behind the stage.
If need be these riff raff would be strategically placed within various levels of administration, power centres and departments, agencies or selected institutions and given prime time and attention on mass as well as social media.
To further ensure dominance over the collective hive mind of the public, the mass media who before were known as an alternative to the mainstream, have now had their roles redefined to become cheerleaders of this foreign based agenda and have merged with the mainstream media who have found their own objectives changed into becoming the official spokesmen for the now ruling coalition formerly of the opposition.
Thus the so-called news, information, editorials and even facts and data have been tailor made to influence and ultimately control the minds of the people and public at large.
Where be those of the ummah who are aware of this situation? What be their position?
Will they be content to acquiesce with what is happening, attributing these events to “taqdir” or fate?
Or leave their posts and take up weapons to fight?
Or prepare themselves for the hour that is at hand and embark upon their journey to the netherworld?
Or keep diligently to islah and tazkiyah of themselves and build happy and harmonious families?
Or sigh and throw in the towel?
Or journey to the foot of mountains and meditate in the caves thereat to achieve Ma’rifat, Fana’ and Hakikat?
Or take deep breaths of air, collect what remains of faith from within themselves and proceed to devise their next course of action as well as renew their vows and commitments to Islam?
Have you decided?
*Muhammad Luttfi Bin Abdul Khalid is the chairman of iPeguam. Views expressed herein are entirely his own and bear no relation to The Malayan in any way.
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