41 Chuki ya Wapiganaji wa Msalaba - Ukhalifa wa Kiislamu | Quran Course

41 Chuki ya Wapiganaji wa Msalaba - Ukhalifa wa Kiislamu | Quran Course

Kwa hakika, mwamko wa Renaissance, au kufufuliwa kwa sayansi na sanaa za Ulaya ambazo zilitegemea sana vyanzo vya Kiislamu na Kiarabu, ulikuwa ukihusishwa na mawasiliano ya kimaada kati ya Mashariki na Magharibi. Ulaya kwa hakika ilinufaika sana kutokana na ulimwengu wa Kiislamu, lakini haikuwahi kutambua wala kukiri neema hii, wala haikuonyesha shukrani yoyote kwa kupunguza chuki yake dhidi ya Uislamu. Kwa kweli, chuki hii iliongezeka na kuwa kubwa na ya kina zaidi kadiri miaka ilivyopita, na wakati mwingine ilifikia kiwango kisichoweza kudhibitiwa. Chuki hii iliingia katika hisia za watu wa kawaida, na ilichochewa kila neno "Mwislamu" lilipotajwa. Chuki hiyo ikawa sehemu ya urithi wao wa kijamii hadi ikakita mizizi moyoni na akilini mwa kila mwanamume na mwanamke wa Ulaya. Cha kushangaza zaidi ni kwamba ilibaki hai hata baada ya hatua zote za mabadiliko ya kitamaduni yaliyofanyika. Kisha ikaja enzi ya mageuzi ya kidini, wakati Ulaya ilipogawanyika katika madhehebu, na kila dhehebu likasimama mbele ya madhehebu mengine, likiwa na silaha kamili, tayari kwa vita. Hata hivyo, uadui dhidi ya Uislamu ulibaki uleule ndani ya kila dhehebu. Punde baadaye ulifika wakati ambapo bidii ya kidini ilipungua, lakini chuki dhidi ya Uislamu ilibaki kuwa imara kama zamani. Mfano wazi wa hili ulitolewa na mwanafalsafa na mshairi wa Kifaransa Voltaire. Ingawa alikuwa adui mkubwa wa Ukristo na Kanisa katika karne ya 18, wakati huo huo alikuwa akionyesha hisia zake za chuki na kiburi dhidi ya Uislamu na dhidi ya Mjumbe wa Uislamu ﷺ. Baada ya miongo michache, ulifika wakati ambapo wasomi wa Magharibi walianza kuchunguza tamaduni za kigeni na kuziangalia kwa huruma fulani na moyo wa kupokea mawazo mapya. Lakini ilipofika kwenye Uislamu, dharau ya kimapokeo ilianza kupenya katika tafiti zao za kisayansi kwa namna ya ajabu na yenye upendeleo. Pengo kubwa ambalo historia lilichimba kati ya Ulaya na ulimwengu wa Kiislamu lilibaki bila kuzibwa, na kisha dharau kwa Uislamu ikawa sehemu muhimu ya fikra za Kiulaya.

“Verily the renaissance, or the revival of science and European arts which owed a great deal to Islamic and Arabic sources, used to be attributed to the material contact between East and West. Europe has indeed benefited a great deal from the Islamic world, but she never acknowledged or recognized this favor, nor did she show any gratitude by easing her hatred to Islam, in fact this hatred grew stronger and deeper over the years and at times reached uncontrollable proportions. This hatred engulfed the popular feeling and was triggered each time the word Muslim was mentioned. The hatred became a part of their popular heritage until it took root in the heart and mind of every European man and woman, and more astonishing though was that it remained alive even after all the stages of cultural change that took place. Then came the era of religious reform, when Europe became divided into sects, and each sect stood in the face of other sects, armed to the teeth, ready for battle; however, animosity towards Islam remained the same within every sect. Soon after, a time came when religious fervor diminished but the hatred of Islam remained as strong as ever, a clear example of this was delivered by the French philosopher and poet Voltaire, although he was an arch enemy of Christianity and the Church in the 18th century, he also was at the same time expressing his feelings of hatred and arrogance towards Islam and the Messenger of Islam; after a few decades, there came a time when the Western intellectuals began exploring foreign cultures and looked upon them with some kind of sympathy and openmindedness, however when it came to Islam, the traditional disdain began infiltrating their scientific researches in an extraordinary factional way; and the wide gap which history dug up between Europe and the Islamic world remained unbridged, then the contempt for Islam became an integral part of the European mentality.”.