An appeal to American Muslims

An appeal to American Muslims

I was recently shocked at hearing one representative of Ennahdha party emphasising that there wouldn't be any harm in ladies being underclothed or folks sipping alcoholic drinks in post-revolutionTunisia.

However, the shock did not stem from my being indignified at such stand. The problem with such an announcement (to the media in the USA and to an Arabic paper) is not its ethical dimension, as every Muslim knows what's good and what's bad for themselves. The problem is: Is Tunisia so feeble in civilisation as to inspire her politicians in so narrow a perpective? Isn't there more to a Muslim's life than complaining about scanty clothing and condemning alcohol consumption?
I believe that on Jan. 14 Tunisians revolted againt a certain view of the world that had become so stale that life had lost much of the sense philosophers and thinkers had tried ti instill to it. Are Tunisians bound to be reduced to a veil, to a Jebba or to a beard?

We're undeniably far more inspired than that. And I believe time has come for our coreligionists in the States, elsewhere in the advanced world, and wherever Muslims happen to live, to think of the Muslims' future in more dignified terms. For instance, I suggest American Muslims create some lobbying aiming at the following: Preventing the implementation of science for causing damage to humankind and the earth. This objective alone needs a re-shuffling of the school system; it would be very religiously rational to teach the youth how to be critical of science itself; it is a purpose that would help decrease human greed, which is basically based on an unconditional faith in science, which is intrinsically anti-Islamic.
Anyway I have no doubt that cooperative work between associations of US Muslims and their counterparts in Tunisia, inclusive of CSID, could help raise awareness in this regard. This is the least one can wish for now.

Mohamed Hammar