Westernization and Human Welfare · Maryam Jameelah
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In this chapter (7 sections)
- MODERNIZATION-OUR PANACEA? During.the Lahore Islamic Summit (February 22- 25, 1974) in an interview over Lahore Radio, when the Malaysian President was asked what was the goal or bia government, he replied : to raise the nation’s living standards, economic development and industrialization · to give his people Cia happy modern life.” The Malaysian President is by: rio means unique. All the politicalleadersbip of Asia and Afiica are wholeheart-
- After reading a .edly committed to the same ends.
- well-known biography of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser commented enthusiastically, “This has been themost important bookin my Ufel”l Almost all the elite of Asia and Africa wonhip the achievements of Ataturk as their supreme ideal. In their eyes, all indigpnous cultures are equated with “‘backwardness” and .~ modernization” is regarded as · the panacea for all political” eeoqomic and social difficulties.
- The. most conspicuous characteristic ofcontemporary civilization is its secularity. This irreligiousnesa is · to extreme that even organized religions are gradually becoming secularized.
- Instead of providing any” an~dote to the poison, religious leaders in the West condone the transformation of churches and synagOgues / into bingo halls, places to serve a wedding dinner and
- gymnasiums for the youth.
- So also in the East, •. n. Grqw.u. H. c. ArmIb’cIoI. CapricorJI Boob, New York. 196.,
MODERNIZATION-OUR PANACEA? During.the Lahore Islamic Summit (February 22- 25, 1974) in an interview over Lahore Radio, when the Malaysian President was asked what was the goal or bia government, he replied : to raise the nation’s living standards, economic development and industrialization · to give his people Cia happy modern life.” The Malaysian President is by: rio means unique. All the politicalleadersbip of Asia and Afiica are wholeheart-
After reading a .edly committed to the same ends.
well-known biography of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser commented enthusiastically, “This has been themost important bookin my Ufel”l Almost all the elite of Asia and Africa wonhip the achievements of Ataturk as their supreme ideal. In their eyes, all indigpnous cultures are equated with “‘backwardness” and .~ modernization” is regarded as · the panacea for all political” eeoqomic and social difficulties.
The. most conspicuous characteristic ofcontemporary civilization is its secularity. This irreligiousnesa is · to extreme that even organized religions are gradually becoming secularized.
Instead of providing any” an~dote to the poison, religious leaders in the West condone the transformation of churches and synagOgues / into bingo halls, places to serve a wedding dinner and
gymnasiums for the youth.
So also in the East, •. n. Grqw.u. H. c. ArmIb’cIoI. CapricorJI Boob, New York. 196.,
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