The Dividing Line Between Wish And Need

Liberty In Islam Is The Liberty To Be A Muslim, Democracy Likewise, Individualism Likewise.

Ever Since The Destruction Of Baghdad By The Mongols In 1258, The Muslim World Has Been In Slow Decline Relative To The West. With Napoleon's Invasion Of Egypt And The Creeping British Annexation Of Muslim India, That Decline Took On A Malign Aspect.

My Belief, For What It Is Worth, Is That City Dwellers Cannot Understand The World. Insulated From Reality By Complex And Expert Systems Of Provision And Police, Baffled By Fashion And Spectacle, City Dwellers Can Distinguish Neither The Sources Of Their Existence Nor The Consequences.

The World Survived The Fall Of The Roman Empire And Will No Doubt Outlast Our Own So Much More Splendid Civilisation.

The Aircraft That Blew Up The World Trade Center In New York And The Pentagon In Washington Conveyed Several Messages To The World, Of Which One Of The Least Remarked Is This: The Muslims Of The World Are Suffering.