The Moral Vision
Muslim Journalism
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MUSLIM JOURNALISM
The first generation of Muslims were moved by a
sense of discovery. But present generation Muslims
base their efforts on a feeling of loss. This is the
basic reason for all the intellectual and ethical
differences between latter-day Muslims and the
original Islamic community.
For those who became Muslims at the opening of
the Islamic era, Islam was the greatest of blessings.
But present-day Muslims have no such feeling for
their faith. All they have is a feeling that other
nations have taken away from them the political
supremacy that Islamic history had granted them. It
is for this reason that Muslims the world over are
today suffering from a persecution complex. They
look at other nations as oppressors and themselves
as the oppressed. They hold different nations
responsible for their problems in various parts of
the world.
America, Israel, and Russia are variously the target
of their anger and resentment. The Jews, Hindus,
and Christians, are held responsible at different
