[mukto-mona] Is Barack Obama a Messiah for Muslims?

Two things can happen when a severe desperation grips a person or a community. Any ray of hope can multiply into a wild fire or it can create more desperation. That is what happening with the Muslims after Barack Obama got elected as the new president of the United States of America. A simple truth will be enough to explain that. The position of any US president in the world affaires is a very profound one. He being the leader of the free world can't be swayed by emotion. To keep his nation in its right place he has to play a very special role. He represents a predominantly Christian nation this is a fundamental truth. He will never do anything which will question his dedication and upright patriotism to his nation. I understand why the Muslims are so happy to see Obama because of his Muslim ancestry. It will be stupid on the part of Obama to show any kind of special love for the Muslims. There are many people in his nation who are still not reconciled with his Kenyan Muslim connection. The high calorie election debate which has ended in a surprise for many sceptics is really a kind of unprecedented peaceful revolution in the United States. There was a frustration among the voters who saw a decline in the role of a super power. They want their glory back with their economic supremacy re-established. Obama is very much aware of these aspirations of his nation and he will not deviate from this exalted mission and will do everything possible to prove himself worthy of his office. The president of the United States is not a dictator in any way. No US president can afford to become a dictator. Therefore he is bound to work under the traditional framework of the constitution. If the Muslims think that a pullout from Iraq and Afghanistan by president Obama will make the Muslim world an abode of peace and prosperity, they are wrong.

 

The conflict with the west started not with of 9/11 alone. There was religious fundamentalism in Islam and that was only galvanized by the establishment of Israel in 1948. Even if Obama is successful to bring a peaceful resolution of the Israeli Palestinian conflict that is not going to pour cold water in the current issues faced by the Muslims. That must be sorted out by Muslims themselves. Obama has no role to play in this fundamentalist chaos. Islam as a faith is standing in the edge of time. This is a decision time. Shall the Muslims accept changes or they will still worship the dogmas? Are they ready  to declare supremacy of man over religion? Muslims must be able to identify their position in the ever changing time. This faith should not be a prisoner of the illiterate mullahs. This faith must be liberated from the clutches of the vicious dogmas. Barack Obama is not an answer to all these crucial questions.

 

Akbar Hussain

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