Bush and Muhammad

Mehdi Mozaffari, Iran va Jahan:

What President Bush is doing for the democratization of the Middle East has no other historical equivalent than what Prophet Muhammad did in the 7th century (A.D.) when he came forth with a new religion: Islam.

At that time, the people in Arabia, in Persia, in Great Syria, in Egypt and other parts of this region lived under repressive regimes whose corruption and extravagancy rendered life insupportable. Muhammad showed them a way to get rid of their oppressors. He came with simple but powerful ideas: "There is no God other than Allah" and human beings are equals before Him. Powered with these ideas, Muslims spread the new doctrine in all directions. Repressive regimes fell one by one and became Muslim, but not always peacefully. And this was the end of Jâhiliyya (Ignorance).

Now, after fourteen centuries, signs of deep crisis and incurable fatigue are evident in Muslim societies where violence, repression, backwardness and discrimination, are revealing the presence of a New Jâhiliyya.

New epochs demands new solutions. In our time, human rights and democracy are the most effective remedies to political diseases. Bush's project on democratization of the wider Middle East is the most serious and the most courageous project that has ever been implemented in this region, since the Prophet Muhammad. George Bush is not a prophet, nonetheless, he is the man who fully understood the exigencies of the world time and stood firmly on his position. Encouraged by his steadfast support, Afghans, Iraqis, Egyptians, Saudians, and Lebanese are standing up to obtain their democratic rights. Soon other peoples will join the new cohort of democracy.

One day, the people of the Middle East will thank President Bush for his outstanding efforts and will raise monuments in honour of American soldiers, killed in the cause of liberty and the well being of the descendants and disciples of Muhammad. READ MORE