Allah hu Akbar!!!!, the world's intellectual power is tilting towards Islam (well Bakistan in Particular, says letter in Yawn)

World’s top 100 intellectualsTHIS month’s Foreign Policy magazine and Prospect Magazine recognised prominent Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen as the top public intellectual among a list of 100 nominees. This is according to a reader poll in which 500,000 people(mainly Peelivar) voiced their opinion on FP’s website.Bangladesh’s Muhammad Younus and Pakistan’s Aitzaz Ahsan too are ranked among top 20 public intellectuals, who are predominantly Muslims.This can be seen as recognition of Muslim thinkers’ dedicated efforts in counteracting Muslim-bashing with positive action based on global dialogue and accepting everyone as they are.While Gulen, a well-respected contemporary thinker and social renovator with over 150 books written and available in 40 different languages, was chosen at the top of that list, Aitzaz Ahsan and Muhammad Younus, a democratic civil rights defender and a realistic economist who offers tangible solutions to the poor, appeal to the common sense of large masses.The list of public intellectuals reminds us of the fact that in this day and age the world’s intellectual balance of power is gradually slipping towards Islam and the Muslim World.While the likes of Chomsky and Eco rise into prominence due to their critical approach to the West, Muslim thinkers like Gulen rise into prominence through their positive action and constructive thought which pledge with the wisdom to bridge the intellectual divide between the Muslim world and the West.

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