An excellent reply by bro abdul, and i do agree with what he is saying, apart from the fact that i think, bro abdul, you do fit in somewhere, you just need to find out how.
Right well its only fair that i write my answer now, im going to write quite a lot, you see i told myself that, if i can write 2 pages on a games review why cant i write more on islam? anyway, here are my answers.
1) I think there are so many problems, so it would only make sense to define the few major ones that cause the trouble and the fundamental trouble makers. I think the root to all of this is being selfish, as humans we were born selfish and it seems this nature has popped up within ourselves and caused us to care more about ourselves and love ourselves, and so, we commit sins like, lazyness, anger, lust, caprice, plotting the list goes on and on. I think one of the major problems is, family problems, a lot of marrige issues, or generally the family is the cornerstone for an islamic community or state and since our families arent exactly in ship shape its caused huge problems and only instills within us the view to disunite, either consciously or subconsiously.
Another problem is passivism, people are never activists, they never get active and do things they just sit there and think all day, not just that but thought itself, how many times has Allah SWT said in the Quran, "This is good for you if only you knew" is he not telling us to THINK? Unfortunately, the traps of the media and egotism run wildly and stop us from thinking about the important things. One quick other big big problem is, marrige in young people in the west, apparently its seen as "impossible" to marry and have education at the same time. Well go figure parents forget half of your childrens iman. If we get married, apparently we cannot be educated and remain dumb, but if we get educated, we start to indulge in all sorts of nasty sins. This is a big problem that really needs to be looked at carefully.
2) As i said somewhere else in LI the key...to all the ummah's problems is
Individual Reform because Allah said in the Quran "Allah only changes the situation of a people unless they change themselves from the inside" This is the clear solution lying there right in front of our eyes yet we never bother to look or apply it. I tell you why the situation of the ummah hasnt got any better, because we simply dont deserve it, everything is in Allah's control not ours, if we show Allah we are good muslims he will, inshAllah, bestow us with victory again. Thats all thats required, just change yourself from the inside, present islam in its pure form to the rest of the world, and the media will not be able to say one thing.
3) I guess the foremost goal i wanted to establish is, i wanted to reshape myself and people and develop a new angle from which people look at life and develop some new angles in different fields like photography, psychology, philosophy, oratry, poetry. I think one of my goals would be to write a book, on something i wanted to call soul psychology exploring the different essences. However this is a side goal, if it doesnt go ahead i wouldnt be depressed but nevertheless dissappointed. I also wanted to give a speech to different people, i feel that i am part of the solution by telling people to reshape and reshaping myself so that, when we are all good people, we will deserve what comes towards us in the future events. Basically, telling people how to change, but by utilising psychology and philosophy to do so.
Sorry for the long reply, but it is a very big issue which requires appropriate attention, still awaiting replies from other people, like, hint hint, ansar al haq.
