Burning History

The enemies of Islam realized that the Muslim generation loves to have roots to be proud of and yearn for their glories. Therefore, they did not settle for defaming contemporary role models, but went back to history and dealt with it by: 1. Burning 2. Ignorance 3. Defamation. Burning libraries, making the youth ignorant of the past, and defaming what they know about it. 1) Burning: It is striking that the enemies of Islam hardly invade a Muslim country without targeting its libraries to burn them. They burned and drowned the libraries of Baghdad, Cordoba, Granada, Seville, Toledo, Valencia, Zaragoza, Tripoli (Lebanon), Jerusalem, Ascalon, Gaza, and others. Two and a half years ago, on Saturday, December 17, 2011, the Egyptian Scientific Academy was burned down, which was established in 1798. The thugs were seen throwing stones at people from the roof of the academy, and 200,000 manuscripts and books were left to burn without intervention. A year before that, when the group "Ansar al-Din" took control of Mali and established Sharia with the support and love of the population, 13 European countries led by France attacked Muslim Mali, and the first thing they did was burn the ancient library of Timbuktu in January 2013. They burn our books and then write our history themselves. So, is it appropriate for us to neglect what remains of the works of our scholars and historians after that? 2) Ignorance: Western strategic planning centers include this method as an effective tool in their war against what they call Islamic extremism. For example, the RAND Center in its study (Civil Democratic Islam) on page 11 recommended measures in dealing with the Muslim youth, including: (Facilitate and encourage an awareness of their pre and non-Islamic history and culture in the media and curricula of relevant countries). Meaning: (Facilitate and encourage the new generation to know the history and culture before and outside of Islam through media and educational curricula). School curricula teach the history of the Assyrians, Pharaohs, Canaanites, Arameans, Babylonians, Greeks, and then medieval and modern Europe, while the bright side of Islamic history is not worth studying! Students are even taught the names of the works of atheists or those criticized, such as Ikhwan al-Safa, Ibn Sina, and Ibn Rushd, and Islamic history is presented in a boring way that makes the student dislike the phrase "Islamic History"! When students enroll in universities in a subject like (History of Islamic Civilization), for example, they are surprised to find the focus on the architectural aspect in a boring way that reduces our history to decorations and walls! 3) Defamation: The little we know about our history must be defamed! And within this defamation campaign are series like (Harem Sultan). The goal is to make the new generation feel that they have no roots or history, that they are parasites on humanity, and that they should imitate the dregs whom the media highlights.