Why blame ISLAM?
TERRORISM IN ACTION”
Iqbal Syed Hussain In exile in Switzerland Lenin observed that “there are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen”. We are going through such weeks, I presume, at present time. The process of dehumanization and structural dissolution is so rapid and uncertain that it drives man from depletion to depredation, from depression to degeneration. Man today is so much suppressed by the dehumanizing conditions that his very soul seems to be crushed under the debris of brutal attacks and physical assaults. Entrapped in the cobweb of antagonistic forces he is deprived of the essence of moral and human interior. With evils and terror on the horizon man wonders if he has lost track with the stars of civilization and gone back in the Stone Age with no hope of reaching the stage of consummation.
In an age of oppression and deprivation terror has added a new element of confrontation in the rival systems of thought and ideologies. It has given rise to new doctrines and new methods of suppression. As such terrorism and military intervention have replaced the essence of human nature and man appears to be more beastly inspired than at any other time in human history. In the words of Plato the beastly desires “bestir themselves in dreams when the gentler part of the soul slumbers, and the control of Reason is withdrawn. Then the wild beast in us becomes rampant and goes in quest of what will gratify its own instincts”.
In modern age of dehumanization, 9/11 was the most disdainful event which shook the spectrum of world peace and harmony. In the aftermath came the bombing raids which caused destruction and demise on an unprecedented scale. Brutality was visible in the most naked form. The very shape of civilization seemed to be fragmented and deformed.
TERRORISM IN ACTION; WHY BLAME ISLAM” is a comprehensive, analytical study of the 9/11 incident, and its interpretation both from human and historical perspectives. From the pen of Iqbal S. Hussain, an internationally known author, the book is the most conclusive study of the causes and purposes that led to mass bombing, invasion and destruction. Should man be allowed to choose a reasoned or desperate, resigned or despairing response to suit their own philosophy and personal way of life? Should adventurism and militarism be the response to terrorism? Should it be the basis for the animal to replace man in the law of jungle? Such are the questions, which bestir the minds of readers. They are discussed critically to seek release from the wheels of fire, which set ablaze the wells of hatred.

It is a compact study of religious and ideological divergences, crusades and cultural conflicts, terrorism and adventurism. Fundamentalism and clash of civilization form the ingredients of modern theories and ideologies, which have been, accorded special, deeper analysis. The book, based on a broad and balanced analysis, is a convincing contribution to a rational and scientific study of the subject.
“TERRORISM IN ACTION: Why blame ISLAM?” deals with the nature and development of history to find out how history delineates the parameters which determine the contours of destiny. Islam paves way for a course of action which is peaceful, productive and truly humane in essence. Hence blaming Islam for terrorism is contrary to the very conception that it propounds.