and you are telling muslims to be strong.OK strong to do what? resist when they are suppressed and for the time being you are telling them to enjoy rape
if you cannot resist??
It is not righteousness but it is your firqa which makes you oppose every move of main stream muslims.
The decline of the muslim population all over the world started with the growth of european colonialism.
So its been going on for at least around 150 years.
Don't you think that its time that we figured out what is it that is keeping us from standing up to oppression and exploitation? That is what Moazzam is pointing to.
Self realization that doing the same thing over and over - i.e. being stuck in the victim mentality and not doing serious collective introspection is what is keeping us on the receiving end.
What is the "move" of the mainstream muslims? Some good for nothing 20 year olds who suddenly awakened to Islam and only owned the religion to perpetrate their cruel acts according to their narrow world view is not the move of the mainstream muslims.
The point is that the West openly says that they are furthering their "own interests" in the world. In other words what they are saying is that they will do anything even at the expense of human rights or human and moral values that will serve their interests. They would not give a damn about any of that when it comes to their own interests. We should know that by now.
Fact of the matter is that the Muslim countries are at the receiving end because they are weak. Its sad but the world and most people are not just. We will have to find a way to put a stop to this cycle and how we do that is certainly not through a few thousands deranged killers who have nothing on their mind except guns, bombs and killings. Its common sense and a realization that in this game you can't win over the people who now can rain down death from 40000 ft with a pilot-less craft. Is it fair - no! Is it just - no! Is it human, no! Is is moral, no! But they will get away with it just because they can 'at this time.'
There is nothing wrong in calling out the strategy that has failed us and will continue to fail us.
The west will not stop what they are doing if it serves their interests. NO matter how many resolutions you pass or protests you hold or their innocent folks that you kill.
It will only stop when muslims are strong enough economically and otherwise for the west to think twice before doing any of the violent acts.
Lets get our house in order and then it will be hard for others to throw stones as us without getting a strong response.