Iran Needs A Rebirth Of The Islamic Golden Age

[Sum Ergo Cogitabo]

I speak of Iran specifically because it is by far the most powerful regime committed to the destruction of Western values and were the regime to reform significantly in the right direction, the power-base of the Middle East and Islamic terrorism would swiftly fail.

One of the key problems with Iran currently is that it believes its current ideology is necessary in order stay 'true to Islam', which is the cornerstone of the Islamic world. However historically there was a period from the 8th to the 13th century known as the Islamic Golden Age, whereby the Middle East managed to harmonise Islam with (comparatively) liberal traditions.

Holy books are often riddled with contradictions. The Koran is no exception to this. Whilst there are plenty of parts to justify the kind of regime Iran has now, there are also parts which are relatively peaceful, and it these that the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age chose to follow, in much the same way as most modern Western Christians only follow the relatively liberal parts of the Bible.

I think the most rational approach one can take, besides advocating military intervention, towards Iran and the Islamic world is to encourage them to rediscover the Golden Age of Islam. This solves their problem of Islam needing to be a cornerstone of their society and is also great for the West because it means an end to terrorism.

[Michael Stuart Kelly]

SEC,

Welcome to OL.

One HUGE problem with aggressive Muslims states is leftover Nazism mixed into their approach. Nobody ever talks about this, but all you have to do is look.

Whenever you see Islamism (the political expansionist ideology as opposed to Islam the religion), look a little deeper, like to the mentors of the present people in power (or the mentors of those), and you will find Muslims who worked with Nazis.

I have talked about this frequently here on OL. But if you are interested in looking, here is a great site to start with:

Tell The Children The Truth

Since you are talking about Iran, read the section on Iran. It's an eye-opener.

Michael