The
Third Global Revolution
By G. Asgar Mitha
07 October, 2007
Countercurrents.org
Some
5000 yrs ago, the last remnants of a human civilization were drowned
in the great deluge. We’re probably now in the second civilization
that has thus far seen two global revolutions of a natural order to
correct imbalances in society. The first of these revolutions took place
at the peak of the Roman empire’s decadence and is termed the
Christian revolution under Jesus Christ (SAW). The forces of evil were,
then, stronger than the forces of good and the revolution’s natural
objective was to reverse the two forces. Remarkably, while the decadence
was in Rome and Europe, the revolution took its birth in Jerusalem where
the empire had its eastern boundary. On the western boundary was Britain.
600 years later, the entire
Middle East and the Eurasian regions were in a state of decadence and
of moral, religious and social decay. So it was in Arabia, a desert
region forgotten by man and time that God selected His messenger, Mohammed
(SAW) to deliver and perfect the message of Islam. It was here that
Arabia was destined to give birth to, and nurture, the second revolution
albeit a peaceful one but not without sacrifices. The aspects of that
revolution and its impact are well documented in the historical annals.
Both revolutions were not
spontaneous but spanned a generation, which is 50 years. From the roots
of that Islamic revolution by Mohammed (SAW) in Mecca and Medina to
completion of the message on the Arabian Peninsula’s peripheries
took 50 years. Soon thereafter the proliferation started to the farthest
end of European west and Asian east. Similarly, the Christian revolution
from its birth to the eastern and western boundaries of Palestine had
taken 50 years and then proliferated west to the European boundary and
into the heart of the Roman Empire.
There have been lesser revolutions
throughout human history but the messages were delivered on regional,
and not global scales. And when the messages went unheard, nature had
to force reversals. No matter what, the divine message was and will
always be identical: come to terms with nature willingly or else nature
will dictate the terms unwillingly. Man has always been irrational and
has chosen for nature to impose its terms.
So are there signs that a
third revolution is soon to emerge? The current state of decadence and
of moral, religious and social decay is globally far worse than it was
before the Christian or the second but first Islamic revolution. Today,
wrong is considered right and right as wrong. Those that yield power
justify evil. Liars are commended and rewarded while the truthful are
questioned and punished. Those that stand up to justice are silenced
by their leaders and termed terrorists and driven from their homes.
Poverty, hunger and disease are considered as the unfortunate lot of
the majority. The rich and the powerful are unjustifiably using their
wealth and sophisticated weapons to intimidate those who are without.
There are those that fear
the revolution and are like the Romans and tribal leaders of pre-Islamic
Arabia. Today’s despotic and corrupt leaders are no different.
They desire domination through accumulation of wealth and by depriving
the masses of their rights and of justice. They promote immorality,
sensuality and ignorance. They’re themselves ignorant and attach
no value to philosophy and use the sciences to promote evil in the form
of weapons of mass destruction to threaten our civilization.
The Corporatoracy (mentioned
in the book “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” by John
Perkins), which comprises an alliance of big governments, big banks
and large corporations, are plotting for global dominance. Those who
support the corporatocracy buy and blackmail politicians all over the
world to achieve their goals.
The forces of nature are
highly dynamic and, though not clearly visible in their dynamism, these
forces are definitely working. Neither the human faculties nor the scientific
tools devised by man can measure the true dynamism. Only nature can
measure that dynamism and cause a reversal. Yet the signatures of the
forces of nature can be understood when it is the intention to use humans
to enforce a revolution or reversal in the imbalances caused not by
nature but by mankind itself. The process of reversal or revolution
requires the faculties, not in the ear and the eye but in the mind to
intelligently gauge the dynamism.
What about those that are
destined to lead the third and next Islamic revolution? The leader will
be characterized by the true understanding of Islam as a way of life
and not simply as a religion because the revolution is expected to touch
humanity as was witnessed by the Christian and Islamic revolutions.
The leader must be a great negotiator, truthful, learned, strategist,
modern but yet possessing Islamic values, demand justice, refuse to
be blackmailed into complacency by the Corportocracy and, should be
morally and socially decent and extol simplicity. The leader or their
proxies will demonstrate true jihad in the process, challenging and
repelling the enemies of the revolution, unafraid of the consequences.
So what about the signs being
manifested that the revolution is already born and being nurtured? It
has to be in that particular region whose leadership is refusing to
be blackmailed and that stand up to justice. It has to be in that region
whose leadership has already declared the birth of the revolution, one
of Islamic and not sectarian nature. Jesus and Mohammed declared revolutions
in Jerusalem and Mecca. Those Muslims or non-Muslims that fear the revolution
label it sectarian and wish its destruction at the hands of those that
very well know that once the revolution is in full gear, they will be
defeated.
The revolution will demand
sacrifices and only those who know no fear will come forward to offer
their personal sacrifices. Those that believed in the messages of Christianity
and Islam made those sacrifices and, generally were the deprived and
downtrodden lot.
The Islamic revolution like
any other will be a movement to counter imbalances in the society but
the inherent characteristic of the third revolution would be to foment
it globally because the imbalances are not regional but global. Its
objective will be to restore justice for those deprived of it, the unfortunate
poor and hungry, the innocent and those that are downtrodden. Its other
objective is to uproot the rich and the powerful, distribute wealth
equitably, return right to right and evil to evil and, remove the moral,
religious and social decay so prevalent in society today. And more importantly
to prevent the complete annihilation of our civilization.
On a time scale, since the
previous two revolutions spanned a generation to reach the regional
peripheries, the third revolution could be completed in less than a
generation considering the current speed of communication and disposal
of such tools that did not exist 2000 or 1400 years ago. Those that
consider this as an impossible task should look no further than prevailing
achievements in space and communication technology advances over the
last decade.
It is in the hubris of empires
that leads to its profligacy. The empire pretends that in the psyche
it is beyond all reprehension and possesses all rights to conduct all
wrongs be they moral, social or religious. It takes on the role of Goliath
and assumes that the David it encounters is just a mere blip (malfunction)
on the screen. Empires loose all senses of reality and like those preceding
them fades into history books. The twentieth century saw no less than
half a dozen empires fade into history books from the Turkish at the
beginning of the last century to the Soviet Union at the end of it.
All these empires were felled in a mere century. Empires expand only
to contract in the end. The American goliath like the Roman or the pre-Islamic
Arabian tribal goliath stands alone and, is waiting for the David with
a simple but deadly sling.
Those that do not learn from
history’s mistakes are destined to repeat them.
G. Asgar Mitha can be reached at [email protected]
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