Dr. Farid Younos is an Afghan intellect living in California, USA and who also runs a popular TV show on Ariana TV. He is also the author of several publications and books.
In his book DEMOCRATIC IMPERIALSIM, Dr. Younos claims that the form of Democracy that the western world enjoys cannot be applied to the muslim world, specially Afghanistan.
I thought about his premise and wondered to myself - How come thousands and thousands of Afghan families, or millions of other Muslim families who have fled their home countries, live normal, happy, affluent life styles here in the west ?? How did they manage to immerse themselves within the Western doctorine of Democracy - WITHOUT ANY FORCE - and reap benefits from it ?
Here is an example. Last year, a very conservative Afghan family, whose extended family have lived in Tora Bora region of Afghanistan for eons, decided to sponsor the two aunts whose husbands were mujahideen fighters and who were boht butchered by another mujahideen tribe. (They are pashtoons and hence the anmosity amongst their tribes).
Anyways, the two aunts came to canada with their combined 9 or 10 teenage kids. And once again, I need to emphasize that these are some seriously tribal families who only knows ”Ze Musilam yam…Ze pakhtoon yam” ..[I am Muslim and I am pashtoon]. The teenagers knew nothing but Islamic teachings, War, and scavenge for food.
Now, recently I got to see those teenagers at an Afghan wedding and the transformation was miraculous. They wore beautiful suits, they were very well mannered, they spoke of being in love with some girl…and in their eyes you could see that now they had a purpose in life, a goal, a light, a reason to live and enjoy life, a freedom to choose, a freedom to get education, a freedom given to them by the Western Democracy.
Now, how could such individuals from the mountains of Afghanistan, not go insane and deranged…infact, adapted beautiful to the new life style and this was not adaptation by force. This is a willing adaptation and the outcome has been spectaculor.
Examples like this would fill many many pages of this blog, but the bottom point is - Dr. Farid Younos has failed to acknowledge that the basic human need irrespective of ethnicity, religion, nationality is to find food, have a shelter, live in peace, and nurture love and affection. Now if a form of governance could champion such cause with absolute freedom, why can it not be applied to Islamic states?
He would probably bring in religion and how western democracy is not in fine terms with it … but what about millions of muslims in US or CANADA… are they living/leading a suffocating life style? NO - they still practise their religion, they still go to their mosques… yet at the same time benefit from what is provided to them by the western democracy.
The other thing I must point out… in one of the episodes He mentioned of how terrible the US is…and his proof was “Confessions of an Economic Hit man” … and it just made me turn off the TV and play GTA on my XBOX 360…and jump off Empire state building.
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