Rushdie Haunted by his unholy Ghosts — Page 6
6 Mohamed Arshad Ahmedi spiritually and because of their unerring and unyielding belief in the one God and their total and sincere loyalty to their supreme leader. Moreover, the qualities they had in abundance were based totally on truth and honesty, and perseverance in the face of adversity. If we compare that period of time with the present, we note the harsh similarity. Everything of advantage is at the disposal of the Judaeo-Christian nations of the West. Their total control of the media, radio, television and newspapers, though it is not always obvious, is all employed ceaselessly in attacking Islam and all that it stands for, from every conceivable angle and without missing any opportunity, is like the Meccan superiority in weapons at that time. Their physical strength is still ever-present, this was clearly vis- ible in the recent Gulf War when their bully-boy browbeating tactics were employed whereby the might of the Allies was pitted against one Muslim nation. The motives of the ‘Allied’ Western nations were all too plain to see but I do not intend to discuss this topic at length. It is to the poisoned pens of the Western orientalists that I would like to respond and to expose those whose magic and wizardry have been employed to stimulate dangerous thoughts and satanic impulses. Together with the orientalists are other philosophers and commentators (including some liberally reformed Muslims), who become so engrossed in these studies that they begin to lose their religious convictions. They begin to hold Divine Truths in contempt. The Being and Existence of God are not serious propositions with them. A great many are anti-religious, and being steeped in natu- ralistic thinking, they become hostile to religion. College-going young men, even before they are out of college, say good-bye to their faith and their duties towards the faith. It was to this similar background that one such person entered the scene and became an ideal tool for the West to exploit, and with a carrot of untold riches dangled in front of him , he became a more than will- ing accomplice. That person was Salman Rushdie. He would have