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The Age of Peace

The title of one book in this series is Ajniha al-Makar ath-
Thalatha wa Khawafiha (The Three Wings of Conspiracy and
their Secondary Feathers). In this book he mentions three anti-
Muslim conspiracies at work to destroy Islam and Muslims.
According to the author, these three conspiracies are: the
Christian Mission (at-tabshir), Orientalism (al-istishraq) and
Colonialism (al-istiʿmar).

However, this kind of labelling is completely unjustified
for those targeted by this author are not conspirators. Their
activities are purely representative of the concerned groups’
point of view. Each group has its point of view just as Muslims
have their point of view. The above kind of labelling is the result
of a lack of objectivity in viewing these factors and typifying
them in a selective manner. If others also look at Muslims’
activities in a selective manner, then they too would think that
Muslims were involved in conspiracy. For example, a survey
reported by the media said that Islam was the fastest growing
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religion in the UK. If taken in a selective way, others would
tend to think that Muslims were involved in a conspiracy
to Islamize Britain. But if this trend is explained in terms of
people’s exercising their freedom of choice, it will appear to
be a normal development.
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, certain historical
developments took place, chief among them being Zionism,
colonialism, communism and American expansionism.
Muslims wrongly supposed that these were anti-Islam. Due
to this wrong supposition, they started fighting against these
forces and, to justify their actions they related them to Islam,
declaring that Islam was in danger. But this was not true.
Muslims should not have taken these changes as anti-Islam.
They should have taken them as normal phenomena. It is a
wrong supposition on the part of the Muslims that has created
the problem.

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