After the Fall of Baghdad

In the developing rhetoric within the Muslim
society, people who support the Islamic reformation process are frequently
observed as agents of foreign nations interests’ or puppet (i.e., the US and
Jews). That rhetoric is intentionally blown up to revive the negative sentiment
of the Muslim community towards reformation. After the Iraq war, I am concerned
that these sort of claims will become increasingly prevalent. For example,
Yusuf Qardlawi, an Egyptian religious scholar, has written a book, Al Hulul
Al Mustaurodah about imported solutions. As a critic of progressive-liberal
Islamic notions, he considers them to be imported and thus necessarily bound to
fail. Moreover the progressive-liberal Muslims could become targets for the
Muslim community’s rage target.