This is the
style of writing that I don’t like to read. In this age and time where there is
too much to read, I want to peruse in passing and pick up what the author is trying to convey, not read twice and still get lost in the vagueness of the author's thoughts.
To say that
Islam is opposed to globalization is not quite right. Resist is a more appropriate
terminology. To oppose is to fight, while to resist is the refusal to change, but
Islam is neither opposed nor resistant to change. It is simply exerting
moralizing influence on a globalised world where anything goes almost without limit.
The Arabian
Peninsula is not only the heartland of Islam; it is the heartland of change
towards globalization. If Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Arabs in the Gulf announce today that from tomorrow, no oil will be delivered to the world, there will be chaos, but that is only half of the story. If from tomorrow, no oil will be delivered by Muslim nations from Tatarstan in the heart of Russia to Brunei in the island of Borneo; planes will stop flying, cars will stop running, and major industries will grind to a halt. 70 to 80% of the oil that fuels the engines of global
change comes from Muslim nations, meaning the Muslim ‘Ummah’ is the Siamese twin
of globalization. Like a magic wand, this God given gift is transforming the
Arab landscape and a myriad of other Muslim nations in Africa and Asia. It has
changed the Arabs to a degree that it truly boggles the mind how, in just a few decades, they leaped from desert tents and mud-brick homes to palatial mansions, from donkeys and camels to luxury cars, not to mention the best of mind-boggling technological
gadgetries that money can buy. The world’s top two tallest buildings (Burj
Khalifa and the Tower Cock) are in the Arabian Peninsula; glaring examples of
how Muslims, not necessarily Islam, have adapted to a globally changing world.
Abstract:
Islam can be seen as a counter discourse to globalization, to the expansion of economic space and the fulfillment of the dreams of the social darwinists. However, even as Islam attempts to create new possibilities for globalism, national politics doom it to a politics of reaction, of reducing diversity and innovation. This is especially perilous as the next phase of globalisation promises to end historical notions of reality, truth, nature and sovereignty. In this dramatically changed world, Islam can join with other counter discourses to create a moral vision of a planetary society, an alternative vision and reality of globalization.
Islam can be seen as a counter discourse to globalization, to the expansion of economic space and the fulfillment of the dreams of the social darwinists. However, even as Islam attempts to create new possibilities for globalism, national politics doom it to a politics of reaction, of reducing diversity and innovation. This is especially perilous as the next phase of globalisation promises to end historical notions of reality, truth, nature and sovereignty. In this dramatically changed world, Islam can join with other counter discourses to create a moral vision of a planetary society, an alternative vision and reality of globalization.
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