Ibn Bazz: How can Islamic societies fight the Western and Eastern cultural invasion, which they are encountering at the present time?

How can Islamic societies fight the Western and Eastern cultural invasion, which they are encountering at the present time?

A 3: Undoubtedly, the most serious problem facing Islamic societies at present is the cultural invasion with all its means, such as books, broadcasts, and printed press. This is because colonialism in the modern age has changed its old­fashioned style after recognizing its failure, ineffectiveness, and resistance of other nations who struggle to protect their Din (religion), countries, destinies, and heritage. The use of force, violence, and terrorism is naturally rejected. This is especially so during these times after awareness and intercommunication have become widespread, as well as the emergence of many organizations that protect the rights of nations, refuse forceful colonialism, and claim every nation's right to self­determination and their right to rule their territory, invest their resources, and govern their countries according to their interests, views, and beliefs. This is in addition to various forms of government techniques they follow and were then compelled to leave these countries after conflict, armed battles, and bloody wars. However, before the departure of the colonizers, they thought of several means, plotted many plans after deep study, thinking, and thoroughly understanding the dimensions of these plots to reach their aims. These aims can be summarized in finding weak curricula of weak link to religion. This reflects much astuteness, slyness, and deceit in which they concentrate on serving their own interests, spreading their own culture in addition to consolidating admiration of their accomplishments in 

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different fields of industry and their profits and instill this into the minds of most people, in order to be become overwhelmed by the glare of success and great worldly achievements and inventions. They carry out this in particular among students as well as teen and youth learners. 

Some misguided people from among them may choose to complete their education in European, American, or other universities, where they face a set of doubtful and lustful matters through Orientalists and atheists in a well­planned, indirect, and cunning manner. They also find themselves face to face with all forms of Western life that includes indecency, dissoluteness, break­up, impudence and licentiousness. In the absence of religious or governmental restraint, it is rare that anyone can be saved from the sedition of such things. Thus, after completing their study and returning back to their homeland, the enemy tends to be sure that they will implement the villainous instructions they learned after the enemy's departure, using more violent and vigorous ways than those pursued in the presence of colonialism. This happened in many countries that have been inflicted with colonialism or are connected to it. In order to be safe from such danger and keep away from its disadvantages and hazards, we summarize the remedy in the following: founding universities and institutes in all specialties to limit the number of students sent abroad; teaching various disciplines of knowledge; and paying due attention to religion and Islamic culture in all universities, faculties, and institutes to safeguard the `Aqidah (creed) of the students, protect their morals and future. This is to let them contribute to building their society in the light of teachings of Shari`ah (Islamic law) and according to the needs and requirements of this Ummah (nation of creed). Therefore, it is obligatory to restrict the sending of students in scholarships abroad to special branches of sciences that are not available in the home country. 

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