...we Must Learn -once Again- To Regard

If The Muslims Keep Their Heads Cool And Accept Progress As A Means And Not An End In Itself, They May Pass On To Western Man The Lost Secret Of Life's Sweetness.

I Do Not Feel That The West Has Really Become Less Condescending Toward Foreign Cultures Than The Greeks And Romans Were: It Has Only Become More Tolerant. Mind You, Not Toward Islam—only Toward Certain Other Eastern Cultures, Which Offer Some Sort Of Spiritual Attraction To The Spirit-hungry West And Are, At The Same Time, Too Distant From The Western World-view To Constitute Any Real Challenge To Its Values.

For, According To The Teachings Of Islam, Moral Knowledge Automatically Forces Moral Responsibility Upon Man. A Mere Platonic Discernment Between Right And Wrong, Without The Urge To Promote Right And To Destroy Wrong, Is A Gross Immorality In Itself, For Morality Lives And Dies With The Human Endeavour To Establish Its Victory Upon Earth.

By Imitating The Manners And The Mode Of Life Of The West, The Muslims Are Being Gradually Forced To Adopt The Western Moral Outlook: For The Imitation Of Outward Appearance Leads, By Degrees, To A Corresponding Assimilation Of The World-view Responsible For That Appearance.

If Water Stands Motionless In A Pool It Grows Stale And Muddy, But When It Moves And Flows It Becomes Clear: So, Too, Man In His Wanderings.