Egypt, Tunisia and the Death of Osama Bin Ladin

by Muqtedar Khan | huffingtonpost


 
In Tunisia, Muslims brought change and democracy through a peaceful uprising. The same is true of Muslims who for weeks campaigned peacefully but resolutely for justice, for dignity and for democracy in Tahreer Square in Cairo.

As dictators perish and democracies take birth across the Muslim World, terrorism, extremism, al-Qaeda and bin Laden look more and more irrelevant to the present and the future of the Muslim World. Neither bin Laden nor Al Qaeda, neither their goals nor their methods have any appeal anymore for the Muslim masses.

Because bin Laden does not inspire Muslims anymore, anywhere, his organization and his ideology are irrelevant and therefore his death is merely a symbolic success but substantively irrelevant.  Bin Laden showed a way to seek change and oppose Western domination and some followed him, because they found the conditions of their societies unacceptable and saw no other way to bring change.

Now with the example of Tunisia and Egypt, whose spectacular success stands in sharp contrast to the horrors that bin Laden's way brought to both non-Muslims and Muslims alike; Muslims seeking change will emulate Tunisians and Egyptians.

We see this happening in Bahrain, in Yemen, and in Syria already. bin Laden's way was murderous and brought shame to Muslims and Islam. The Tunisian and Egyptian way is glorious and brings dignity and pride back to Muslims.

We will deal with all that later, for now congratulations to the Special Forces that made this happen, to President Obama for his courageous leadership, and to all Americans who waited for justice all these years.
 


From CSID (Center for the Study of Islam and Development)
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