From
KKK to Daesh
Sam Ghandchi
http://www.ghandchi.com/1136-daesh-kkk-english.htm
از کوکلاکس کلان تا داعش
http://www.ghandchi.com/1136-daesh-kkk.htm
Today a new heinous crime was committed by Daesh terrorists in Brussels (1), the same way we have witnessed similar terror attacks on Sept 11th of 2001 in New York and on Nov 13th of 2015 in Paris (2).
Daesh is a symbol of resistance to the success of modern world (3), the same way Ku Klux Klan was a symbol of resistance to the success of free society.
It is important to know the difference between the past resistance to colonialism in 19th century and today's Islamism. The former were independence movements including Muslims and non-Muslims, whereas the latter is a reactionary movement trying to role back the clock from modern world onto Medieval Times.
Islam needs to be understood by both Muslims and non-Muslims, within the framework of globalization (4), to avoid extremism in reacting to the atrocities of terrorists, who have chosen the path of murder to achieve their retrogressive goals. Extremism in reaction to these calamities, both in the form of new wars in the Middle East and/or alienating Muslims in the West (5), is falling into the reactionary plans of Islamist extremists (6).
Hoping for a democratic and secular futurist republic in Iran,
http://www.ghandchi.com/index2.html
March 22, 2016
Footnotes:
1. Brussels Airport and Subway Attacks Kill 34; ISIS Claims Responsibility
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/europe/brussels-airport-explosions.html
2. Je suis Paris
http://iranscope.blogspot.com/2015/11/je-suis-paris.html
3. Why Islamism Kills?
http://www.ghandchi.com/880-why-islamism-kills-english.htm
چرا اسلامگرائی میکشد؟
http://www.ghandchi.com/880-why-islamism-kills.htm
4. Islam and Globalization
http://www.ghandchi.com/695-IslamGlobalizationEng.htm
اسلام و گلوباليسم
http://www.ghandchi.com/695-IslamGlobalization.htm
5. Trump, Islam and US Foreign Policy
http://www.ghandchi.com/1128-islam-and-us-english.htm
Mr. Trump and the New Muslim Reality
http://www.ghandchi.com/1059-trump-muslims-english.htm
ترامپ، اسلام و سیاست خارجی آمریکا
http://www.ghandchi.com/1128-islam-and-us.htm
آقای ترامپ و واقعیت تازه مسلمانان
http://www.ghandchi.com/1059-trump-muslims.htm
6. Muslims' Commitment to End Islamist Extremism in Turkey
and Iran
http://www.ghandchi.com/1058-end-islamist-extremism-english.htm
تعهد مسلمانان به پایان دادن اسلامگرایی افراطی در ترکیه و ایران
http://www.ghandchi.com/1058-end-islamist-extremism.htm
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