Our Decline: Its Causes and Remedies

salam

am reading a book, Our Decline: Its Causes and Remedies. Its a wonderful book despite of its factual style. Its not a newly published book yet has been released since 2005.

the first book i read since the school holidays started. i get hooked to the topic being discussed in this book. Its definitely an eye opener for people like me who still at a stage where i keep questioning about the hidden reasons behind wars in Islamic countries and why we should gather our strengths to boycott this and that company. Its a shame to accept the fact that this is my first factual book that successfully triggers my neurons excellently. indirectly, it tells us the secret behind every westerner's success. boycotting. i just know the vocab yet the westerners have been practicing it since hundred years back. they are very supportive among themselves though they might be at lost by supporting their own people. i've posted a long story about  a businessman and his slave on my fb wall based on this book.

"Everyone asks how the British acquired such might and splendour, greatness and glory. 

Here goes the answer;
The Englishman had instructed his servant to buy all the necessaries from the shop of an English merchant of his town. One day th

e servant brought him a statement of expenditure in which he had saved 20 pounds from the month. On being asked to account for the saving, the servant replied that he had closed the account with the English merchant and started an account with a native Arab merchant.

guess what the Englishman replied;

"All transaction should be made with the old English merchant even it means spending an extra 20 pounds,"instructed the master.

The reason is the Englishman wants to ensure that their money does not go to the foreigners.

Compare them to Muslim who regard it as a matter of pride to go to Europeans's shop, leaving aside their own brethren in faith.

How much you advise them to buy from their fellow tribesmen and their fellow countrymen, they prefer to buy from a European if they save five cents on each item by doing so.

If you are the one who's still doing so, stop asking the reasons for the failure of our boycott of the Jews.

The only reason is the Muslims' behaviour.

(OUR DECLINE: Its causes and remedies, Amir Shakib)"

This book isn't a new book  and of course the compilations of example in it isn't any from the latest tabloid. long long time ago, the westerners specifically, the Jews and its snobbish twin (US) have been practicing the boycotting agenda. let's compare to us. will we spent our money for Muslims product even it means we need to spend more? hurm. stop making excuses. take your time to ponder.

from the first page of his book, sarcastic words and sentences are used widely. read thoroughly. keep your comment till the final page of this book. those sarcastic words and sentences make my brain works brilliantly though i can't deny, its killing me inside. Amir is talking about me.yes, he's talking about me, you and us because we are muslim. we are family.

now i understand why the old folks want us to learn from the past and move ahead. the past is passed but don't let the past conquer us again if it isn't for good. learn from the past and create a new history.

From now on, stop pointing your fingers to other Islamic Countries that lie near to Palestine. Stop asking why they didn't play their role when our Muslim brethren are in needs. Start to ask ourselves, what have we done? what will we do? what can we do? to what extend have we lend our hands when our Muslim brethren are in need of our help?

Let's stop questioning and start doing.

We can do so many things. Enlarge our scope.

worth reading. =)