Author: Abu Raef
Colonialism (Part 35)
Effects and consequences of colonialism
The ominous effects of colonialism are actually the goals and ideals that the colonialist countries sought to fulfill, and considering that the colonialist countries have unfortunately succeeded in achieving their goals, the following can be mentioned as the ominous effects and results of colonialism:
1. Marginalization of religion and its principles and rulings from Islamic life and governance, which is actually the theory of secularism and the separation of religion from politics; Today, unfortunately, Islamic countries ignore the application and implementation of the majority of Sharia rulings, especially those rulings that are related to the Islamic system, religious politics, divine limits, and intellectual and colonial battles, and they have removed this important feature of religion and governance from Islamic lands and countries.
2. Mastery of media and mass communication tools; The colonizers have been able to take over the mass media and information tools with their plans and investors and broadcast audio, visual, written and research plans and programs for their colonial goals and desires. This movement has caused the media to have a clear and significant difference with the culture and religious and national orientation of the colonized country.
3. Rooting out religious reform movements and fighting against them; Today, the most struggle and confrontation of the colonialists is with those people and intellectuals who are trying to defeat colonialism and remove its carpet.
4. Abolishing religious judgment and eliminating Sharia courts and replacing them with civil laws; Today, the courts of Islamic countries refuse to implement the Islamic Sharia in many different issues and fields, and they apply and implement the rules and civil laws that are derived from the culture and laws of the colonizing countries.
5. The spread of promiscuity in Islamic societies and the eradication of the Islamic hijab and its effects, and efforts to make Islamic clothing optional for women; This case was perhaps the most severe blow that the colonialists were able to inflict on the Islamic society and culture, and after succeeding in this case, they implemented their wishes and goals without any hindrance. Because women play an important role in society and their deviation will mean the destruction of a society.
6. Spreading the invitation to Christianity and Judaism in the form of charities and aid organizations; One of the very profound results and effects of colonialism is the expansion of charities and aid institutions in colonial countries, and in fact, humanitarian plans are implemented in these institutions, but in reality, poverty and people are abused under the guise of charity work, and they are invited to Christianity and Judaism.
Sometimes this invitation will be for conversion to these religions and sometimes it will be for friendship and heart desire and close relations between colonized countries and colonizing countries.
7- Creating an atmosphere of administrative corruption such as: bribery, betrayal, laziness in duty and getting used to boredom and unemployment; The important reason for these events is that the foundation of this type of administration was based on administrative corruption and looting of assets, and the colonial countries never supported transparency and honesty in work.
8-The normalization of illegitimate relationships and marginalization of Islamic and traditional marriage; Because when people can achieve their desires and sexual desires with ease and without any hindrance, they will no longer have the motivation and feeling for religious marriage and accepting its responsibilities.
9- concluding commercial and exploration agreements based on the wishes of the colonists and plundering the wealth of Islamic countries; There is no doubt that the colonialist countries have been eyeing the God-given wealth of Islamic countries such as mines, reserves, etc., and have taken these rich and fertile resources as hostages at various stages.
10- Opening space for deviant organizations such as orientalists, freemasons, feminists and secularists; In fact, these movements found a suitable platform for their growth and development in the colonized countries and were able to have a negative impact on the nations and different strata of those countries.
11-Inciting ethnic slogans and nationalism among Muslims and creating ethnic tensions; This has been one of the negative and destructive effects of colonialism on Islamic countries, and today Islamic countries compete and fight with each other with ethnic and national demands and have moved away from unity and cohesion with each other based on Islam and the word Tawheed.
12- Taking over the global economy by the colonial countries in order to make the colonized countries needy; In such a way that the colonized countries are in need of the colonizing countries in various economic fields and are not independent of themselves.
13- Where is the tension between Islamic countries and encouraging and persuading them to war and conflict; This case is also done for the purpose of selling military weapons to the colonialists and creating conflict among Islamic countries.
14- Eliminating Jihadist thinking among Muslims and accusing Jihadist and Mujahideen movements of terrorism and extremism; This case has also caused Muslims to move away from jihadist thinking and to have a sense of fighting with the infidels and consider this issue trivial and worthless.
15- Teaching irreligion and atheism and opening and expanding important and fundamental centers secretly and openly in this field; In such a way that in many Islamic countries, Christian and Judaism propagation centers and other ideas and religions have been set up and, in this way, they spend huge amounts of money.
These were a small part of the effects and consequences of colonization on the colonized countries, and these effects can be diverse and more.
