format_quote Originally Posted by
ashraf__
I am from Bangladesh, in 1971 during our war of independence a lot of "islamic leaders" a la moududi and his cohorts actively participated in genocide, even to this day dudes are infighting one gives one opinion and then there is another to give a counter fatwa.
It seems like we have different opinions about who we consider to be "Islamic leaders". I look to those who were the best of examples that came before us such as the prophet (pbuh) and those closest to him. I don't consider youtube stars, muftis, political activists, modern day philosophers, etc. as so called Islamic leaders, especially if they go against their ways.
Besides, we don't have any unified Islamic governments, so to make the comparison between the so called leaders in America to the so called Islamic leaders is not a logical approach, especially if you think those in office actually care about the best interests of Americans. How many American lives have been ruined just by the "justice" system and "medicare" system? Poverty in certain areas isn't by accident. The opioid and overall drug problem isn't by accident. America doesn't have military bases around the world for the sake of the American citizen or to spread "freedom". Corruption exists at the highest level of government and there isn't even an attempt to hide it anymore.
These days, posts and threads seem to disappear rather quickly, so I try not to invest too much time into making posts anymore, so I'll just leave it there..