[grey_whiskers]

This was written in 1937, when most of the folks looking at trends were debating German nationalism.

It correctly touches on the loss of the European will to defend itself, the post-Christian hopelessness.

Quite telling in the post 9-11 era.

Thoughts?

[sageb1]

bump! I need to sleep and revisit in the a.m.

[sageb1]

One comment before I sleep...why is this in general chat?

[SunkenCiv]

It's no coincidence that Moslems allied with Hitler. Now, here's something I've not reprised in a while:

Islam Faces a New Era
by Munawar A. Anees
1999, Civilization Magazine

Today's Muslim world is also being betrayed by a similar intellectual passivity regarding the Internet, the dynamo of the next Renaissance. While the French fight an uphill battle to prevent English from laying siege to the French-speaking world via the Net, none of the major Muslim languages plays a major role in this huge knowledge machine. Equally conspicuous is the absence of Muslim countries from one of history's greatest scientific endeavors, the Human Genome Project. Islam is not intrinsically opposed to ideals of justice, equality, and human dignity. It is folly to assume that technological sophistication or economic prosperity need weaken, or run counter to, religious belief. Meanwhile, at some distance from the ivory tower lies the grim reality of much of the Muslim world: poverty; mass illiteracy; want of basic hygiene and primary health facilities; lack of fundamental liberties of religion and speech; little protection from state persecution.