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iqbal_soofi
When we say history moves forward, then it's meant that mankind always moved forward in history. Those nations which got trapped in traditions and fundamentalism in the name of mazhab or deen or any other kind of spiritual ideology remained backward. Any society which fails to move forwards becomes stagnant and corrupt. That's why all those societies where the process of history is made to stop by turning it's face backwards to some old point in history develops nothing but corruption, poverty and illiteracy in its poeple.
Movement of history is natural like the movement of water. When the movement of water is stopped by trapping it in a pond, then it starts smelling bad and becomes unsuable and harmful. Similarly, those societies in which the movement of history is stopped by putting the society into the restrictions of religous fundamentalism, then that society also starts smelling bad and becomes useless and harmful.
You make certain presumption.
You equate Islam with backwardness.
The word backwardness is a vague word. If you mean technological advancement that is due to knowledge and means to apply it. It is all to clear that what we can achieve today we could not achieve 20 years ago or 40 years ago.
This is a delusion that one equate technological status of a country with practicing Islam, as in reality their is not such thing.
I propose that people who have left fundamental of Islam i.e. their deen, are backward. They have stopped thinking.
Moreso I believe that non-muslims countries are backward.
Evidence the are filled with ethical, social and moral backwardness. The women are in common, sexual promiscuity is all time high, drunkeness are all time high, theft and robbery are all time high. I can go on and on, I live in such country.
The only thing they have is worldy knowledge and technology, and this is achieved with time and education and not wether one follow Islam or not.
So before insulting everyone here with backwardness, following Islam with backwardness, Prophet Muhhamad(pbuh) with backwardness e.t.c it will be prudent of you to re-examine you certain ignorant presumption.