BOOK ON ARAB SPRING - DILEMMAS OF THE ARAB SPRING
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Introduction
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Introduction
The UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights was updated towards the end of last year – thus, demonstrating that its universality was not that universally accepted. This is a statement guaranteeing equal treatment, non-discrimination, and the right to life regardless of colour, race or language. In November 2010 the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee on Social, Cultural and Humanitarian issues removed the phrase “sexual orientation” from a resolution addressing extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Gay and lesbian groups claim that the removed “sexual orientation” from the resolution gives the green light for gays to be murdered by governments, death squads and vigilantes without cause.
“You are the best of the nation raised up for mankind because you enjoin what
is right and forbid the wrong.” [TMQ Ale-Imran: 110]
Allah tells us in this verse of the Qur’an that we are the best
nation raised up from mankind. When many people look
to the reality of the Muslims today and in particular the
reality of the Muslim youth in the West, they think to themselves,
‘how can these people be the best people raised from mankind?’When
they see the Muslim youth involved in gang culture and drug culture,
they can’t see the difference between them and the non-Muslim youth
in society.
We need to look to how the Muslim youth in the past used to be
leaders, not followers of the Kuffar as some of the youth have become