Islam,muslims and west by Hameedullah

here is need to understand the History of Islam and its origin and geographical impact on the people of Arabia who introduce new religion to other world. There is no second idea that Islam is most practical religion. It covers all dimensions of human life including religious, social, economic and political. It has been observed that that most of Muslims give more importance to religious side of Islam in modern time but totally ignore other dimensions. Western thinkers and philosophers has wrote so many books with political motivations in their mind. The basic problem with west is that they compare 1400 years ago situation with modern principles of ethics and laws that is just joke and nothing else when we logically look into matter.
Lets look at the history of Arabs who are people where Islam emerged first. Geographical conditions of Arabs has also impacted the shape of Muslim world which has nothing to do with basic philosophy of Islam. They first colonized other nation on the name of Islam and created large kingdoms and hereditary empires which are said to be Islamic but in reality there was nothing which could be called Islamic. From ummyads to Abbasids empire , one can not justify their attacks on Islamic principles because they served themselves not Islam.
Current socio-political environment of middle east is best depiction of ignorance of Arab world. They are dictators , brutally victimize their own people like Sadam in Iraq, Hussaini Mubarak in Egypt, Iran and few other countries. Saudi Arabia is one of major source of funding for Taliban ( Please refer Cristina lamb book on Afghanistan) who redefined the brutal face of Muslim.
West has been trying to get benefits from all situations in their own interests. once Taliban were good guys when they were fighting with Russia but now they are terrorists although their interpretation can not be justified on any ground or logic. after all they are people who have changed the world opinion in very bad sense towards Muslim. They have their own version of Islam which is very different from others. They believe in force but Islam is not religion of force but it teaches love and mutual harmony for other faiths too.
Islamic concept of democracy is not which western democracy based on one man one vote. That was democracy based on shura or grand council of intellectuals from all walks of life. It is commonly percieved that Islamic Shura means groups of religious people but one has to read the history of Islam not history of Muslims which is very much controversial and distorted.
Modern age of reason demands some basic changes in Muslim world in terms of economic structure of society, social interaction, legal means and interpretations of issues, Government structure and re-connection of logic, science and technology with social and cultural practices in Muslim world. I agree with that idea that West has monopolised the muslim affairs for their own intersts but we should not forget our ouwn ignorance. we are backward in all walks of life including, education, infrastructure, institutions and concept of Umma.
There is long path of struggle for common man to change the perception of west regarding his culture and faith. It is not only muslims who has been victim of western development but there are others who are worse affected like African nations, Sub-continent. There was popular slogan in 16th and 17th century that either blacks are human or not. In 18th and early 19th century whight man's burden theory, on which basis whole colonial process was justified by west that we are going to civilize them.
Basically It has been natural law that weak and oppressed has been victim of powerful and developed in modern sense. We need to change the conditions of Muslim world first then would be able to compete with other nations. There is lack of unity in Muslim world and Arab nationalism has further deprived the whole scenario in the favor of west. OIC is nothing but just meeting place and shaking hands with each other.