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There is an article posted on The Burning Platform, entitled 2012 The Year of Living Dangerously. It has a great analysis of why we are we are right now and where we are going.
Here’s an excerpt:
“…[the] core elements that created this Crisis and the reaction of generational cohorts to the implications of debt, civic decay and global disorder will drive all the events that will occur in 2012 and for as far as the eye can see. Linear thinkers in mega-corporations, mainstream media and Washington D.C. focus on retaining the status quo, their power and their wealth. They believe an economic recovery can be manufactured through monetary manipulation and Keynesian borrowing and spending. They are blind to the fact that history is cyclical, not linear. In order to have an understanding of what could happen in the coming year, it is essential to keep the big picture in focus. As we enter the fifth year of this twenty year Crisis period, there is absolutely no chance that 2012 will see an improvement in our economy, political atmosphere or world situation. Fourth Turnings never de-intensify. They exhaust themselves after years of chaos, conflict and turmoil. I can guarantee you that 2012 will see increased mayhem, riots, violent protests, recessions, bear markets, and a presidential election that will confound the establishment.”
In extreme situations, people will do extreme things. We (Muslims), unfortunately, will be the scapegoats. Don’t get me wrong, some “Muslims” will do some pretty stupid things, some pretty extreme things, because they too are pushed to extreme circumstances.
But there is opportunity…
(a) We can learn from articles such as the one above to prepare.
(b) When we are prepared, we are in a better situation to help our families, and our neighbors (Muslim and non-Muslim) when they are in need.
(c) When we are prepared, we can respond more appropriately to ignorance. We can take a moment to understand that as we are made into scapegoats, and people are suffering hardship, some will fear Muslims, some will mistreat Muslims. But if you are prepared – not just financially, physically, and emotionally, but also – spiritually, you will be in a better position to respond as Islam calls us to respond… with gentleness, kindness, and understanding. After all, you will not be asked about how people treated you. You will be asked how you treated them.
(d) The world is witnessing the collapse of riba-based economies. God forbade riba (interest/usury) in the Old Testament, Jesus (peace be upon him) obeyed the Law and also turned over the riba/money-changer tables in the Temple in the New Testament, and God forbade the riba in the Last Testament (the Qur’an). This is a wonderful opportunity to bring the world back to the faith-based, honest, just, and God-decreed monetary systems of the past.
It sure is. Watch this video of people exercising their Constitutional right to dissent. Pay close attention to the women behind the orange police barricade. They are armed with nothing but their presence and their words. Yet they are the ones sprayed with mace/pepper spray by the police. For what?
Here’s a quote from the YouTube Channel that posts this video:
While on a peaceful march near Union Square in downtown Manhattan, multiple female protestors were penned up in the street by orange mesh baricade, then maliciously maced.
The women were peaceful and unarmed. They were secured by barricade with an overwhelming police presence. And they were then sprayed directly in the face with pressurized mace…
WeAreTheOther99 continues to peacefully occupy Lower Manhattan to begin a dialogue with the Top 1% with the goal of a peaceful transition of power back to the People.
This can no longer be stopped. But be advised, this will not be televised…
I don’t know about you, but I didn’t see this on the news.
This is only the beginning folks… Combine a failing economic system, with a very small cadre of beneficiaries, with a pervasive entitlement mentality, in an election year… and you get a mess.
Most people know something is wrong. They… no, we… feel it in our gut.
Unfortunately, though, most of us are distracted, so we tend not to see it. And when we do see it, if we don’t understand it, we tend to move to something that is easy to understand… something emotionally easier to handle. It’s easier to blame them. It’s easier to have a scapegoat or to look to someone who is far worse off than ourselves. Rather than trying to understand what is happening.
Watch this video about what is happening to the fabric of American society.
The Arab Spring, the riots in London and Greece, the bailouts of governments by the European Central Bank, the wars in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the countless other places we have invaded have nothing to do with al-Qaeda or Muslim extremists or loose immigration laws or any other convenient “other”. These things have to do with our financial system and the control of resources. Until you wake up to that fact, you will continue to feel that dull ache in your belly. When you get a moment of stillness, you will quietly wonder what is happening, until something comes along and distracts you yet again.
Whether it is financial collapse, a false flag terror event, or some other socioeconomic nightmare, it appears as though our government is preparing for something of epic proportions. Maybe it will be rounding up well-intentioned, good-hearted Muslims like me and putting us in internment camps. Or perhaps crime is expected to skyrocket in the face of hyperinflation, higher taxes, and cut services.
Who knows? But anyone who thinks this is a good thing… well, you drank the Kool-Aid.
You will see protest after protest in many major cities. More is yet to come and all of them will not be as peaceful, unfortunately.
The global economy is on the edge of a cliff – deflation in some markets, high inflation in others – as our government nears default on its debt and the Federal Reserve continues to spew currency, things are going to get much worse.
The tragedy is that most people do not understand why or what is at the heart of the problem. You will see many protests and at first, they will appear disjointed. At first, it will seem like the events are dealing with totally different issues. Those people protesting outside of a Muslim fundraising event for battered women’s shelters, the Wisconsin workers upset over the attack on unions and pensions, the people rising up and taking over their governments in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, etc, the protests in Greece, etc.
All seem to have a slightly different angle, but the root is the corrupt monetary system.
These protests are going after single issues, not the broader based foundation. In some cases they’re protesting against scapegoats (Latin immigrants, Muslims, etc) and in others they’re protesting some of their benefits that have been revoked. And in countries abroad, the main issue has been food prices as the initial spark.
These things aren’t separate, though. Every protest you see, ask yourself, “How is this related to the last few I heard about? What’s the link?”
All of the news, all of the activity, and all of the emotion is being portrayed as a people-against-a-tyrant kind of movement. But I don’t buy it. (It may be true for individual participants, but the news media, in my opinion, is being very irresponsible with such a portrayal.)
Keep in mind though, I am sitting here in the US, completely removed from what’s happening on the ground in Egypt. In fact, I’ve never even been to Egypt, so please take my thoughts with a grain of salt.
But let me say this… Sometimes it is easier to see things as they are from afar.
We (the world) are in the middle (perhaps only the beginning) of a global financial crisis. The global financial system is backed by the US dollar, which is backed only by debt and is on the verge of collapse. To keep up, governments are printing currency like there’s no tomorrow. As a consequence, food prices are soaring. Unemployment (no matter how many times talking heads and governments redefine it) is skyrocketing. And people are rising up in protest… however, not necessarily with knowledge of the real problems… There are definitely scapegoats (Mubarak and others… and some are deserved, for sure), but the issue is a financial one.
Do you really think what happened in Tunisia, Yemen, and Egypt is an Arab thing? Do you really think it’s a Muslim thing?
No… this is a global thing. It’s a human thing. It’s a trend.
Now, if you’re on the ground in Egypt or Tunisia, sure, your concerns are yourself, your family, your country, and how bad will this really get? But if you’re not in the thick of it and you do not float from one TV show or news item to the next without context, you will start to see a trend.
Remember Greece last year? How about France? Those protests looked the same – tear gas, gunfire, government and military response, people throwing rocks – and everyone talking about what’s happening locally.
And if you’re in the US (where I am), you know that the sense that something is wrong is quite palpable. Gas prices are going up. The number of people using food stamps is up to 42 million. Banks are going under. Local and state governments are bankrupt. You know people who lost their jobs. Heck, maybe you lost yours.
The fact is, the financial crisis is here. And these uprisings must be viewed in that context.
Now here’s where I may be going off the deep end… Is it planned? Is this the old game of creating a problem with the goal of implementing the “solution”?… namely a one world currency. We shall see.
(Which is why I’m moving all of my money out of US dollars and into things of real value – gold, silver, farm land, real estate. I’m not sure if the dollar will completely collapse, but the world will certainly leave the dollar standard in the near future… When that happens, it won’t be pretty.)
Now, hey… Most of you know that I’m no fan of the far right or the far left for that matter… (I’m like morally on the right, culturally & foreign policy on the left, and probably financially radical… so no party represents how I feel or think… but I digress)
Chicago protesters voiced concerns over bailouts and how the financial situation is being addressed. It was completely ignored by mainstream media.
Anyway, although I am no fan of the far right, that a protest of this magnitude in downtown Chicago was ignored by the media is an injustice. There were some other parts of the political spectrum in there as well (since most people were never told why bailouts are viewed as necessary… most of us oppose them)
Instead of ignoring the protest, engage it… address it… answer peoples’ concerns. It’s impossible to please all of the people all of the time, but at least listen to and honestly consider their concerns. If you still think your stance is correct, well, at least you reflected on it.
Ignoring the concerns either depresses or radicalizes people. It certainly doesn’t win their trust.
Let me just say this… Obama inherited a horrible situation. I wouldn’t want his job, because I’d never sleep at night (I’d probably be awake vomiting between prayers… the responsibility is immense… I hope he feels it. And I wish he would read and reflect on the inaugural address of Abu Bakr (the first khaleefah after the death of the Prophet, alayhis-salaam)… I’ll find the translation & post it in a day or two, insha’Allah.
** Footnote: BTW – Just so you don’t think I’m some whacko that will take matters into his own hands… I said “financially radical” because I think interest is included in the usury of the Old Testament and riba mentioned in Qur’an. Interest-based economies are what I take issue with.
1 – It highlights one individual. Usually our media highlights one individual when that individual is Israeli. It’s bittersweet to see someone with individual coverage when they are protesting Israeli apartheid and aggression. I look forward to the day when our media cover one individual Palestinian or one Palestinian family.
2 – Crowd control measures and anti-protest measures are not benign. I am tired of media coverage that mentions “rubber bullets” and “tear gas” as afterthoughts.
3 – The reason for the protest was actually mentioned… although probably not enough. “They traveled to the West Bank to rally against the Israeli-erected barrier that could cut off Palestinian villages from valuable farmland.” No mention of starvation, inequality, military occupation, etc. No mention that the land belongs to families that depend on it for food.
4 – There were no quotes from people that would inflame the situation even more. Usually there’s what appears to be a deliberate attempt to get emotion reactions from both sides of any conflict… to give the appearance of objectivity… but we know better. Conflict sells. And finding the most emotional, irrational, non-articulate person to speak is par for the course. It’s nice to see an article (despite tragic news) that is not hitting par.
5 – The comments that follow the article are disgusting… from both ends of the spectrum.
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“…[the] core elements that created this Crisis and the reaction of generational cohorts to the implications of debt, civic decay and global disorder will drive all the events that will occur in 2012 and for as far as the eye can see. Linear thinkers in mega-corporations, mainstream media and Washington D.C. focus on retaining the status quo, their power and their wealth. They believe an economic recovery can be manufactured through monetary manipulation and Keynesian borrowing and spending. They are blind to the fact that history is cyclical, not linear. In order to have an understanding of what could happen in the coming year, it is essential to keep the big picture in focus. As we enter the fifth year of this twenty year Crisis period, there is absolutely no chance that 2012 will see an improvement in our economy, political atmosphere or world situation. Fourth Turnings never de-intensify. They exhaust themselves after years of chaos, conflict and turmoil. I can guarantee you that 2012 will see increased mayhem, riots, violent protests, recessions, bear markets, and a presidential election that will confound the establishment.”
These protests are going after single issues, not the broader based foundation. In some cases they’re protesting against scapegoats (Latin immigrants, Muslims, etc) and in others they’re protesting some of their benefits that have been revoked. And in countries abroad, the main issue has been food prices as the initial spark.
