'No Muslims allowed': how nationalism is rising in Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar

The Guardian ^ | 23 May 2016 | Poppy McPherson

[maine-iac7]

Small but viciously insular,..."

"viciously?

No prejudice there!

[odds]

“but the decolonization process probably diverted a lot of would-be Islamic militants toward nationalism and then Communism during the Cold War.”

I tend to agree, but am not 100% convinced it was about ‘decolonization’ or post-decolonization. If it was, then, they managed the process very badly.

Funny thing is, Islam is against both Nationalism and Communism. At least that’s the traditional Islamic stance. Islam is, actually, very ‘international’ (imperialist, if you will) in its true belief system.

“When neither of those delivered any improvement in their general status, Islam became “the answer” and the rest as they say, “was history”.”

I’d define Islam as a ‘unifying element’. It was actually set up to bring down the Soviet influence, globally - 1979 was the start of a prelude to it with the Ayatollahs gaining power in Iran.

Perhaps, those, who (internationally) participated in it didn’t know they were feeding and raising a more potent, out of control monster (vis a vis communism). Though history and actions since then point to the fact that it was done deliberately.