“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.” WorldViewsMoralDegreesResponsibleWestWesternAppearanceMannersImitationOutlookAssimilationWorld ViewCorrespondingImitatingOutward Appearance Author:Muhammad Asad
“So long as Muslims continue looking towards Western civilization as the only force that could regenerate their own stagnant society, they destroy their self-confidence and, indirectly, support the Western assertion that Islam is a "spent force".” LongSelfForceSupportCivilizationIslamWesternSelf ConfidenceAssertionWestern CivilizationStagnant Author:Muhammad Asad
“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.” IfsMenMayMeanEndsLostSecretAcceptingProgressIslamWesternSweetnessSecret Life Author:Muhammad Asad
“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.” WorldFeelsMindRealSpiritualSpiritCertainValuesCultureChallengesViewsOffersWestIslamWesternAttractionHungryGreekEasternWestern WorldWorld ViewCondescendingForeign Culture Book:The Road To Mecca Source: The Road To Mecca
