The controversy over the song Vandemataram, created by over zealous, ultra fanatic muslims in India has brought to the front a very important issue that needs consideration in today's world. And the issue I would like to bring to your attention is the phenomenon of imperialism. If you look at British rule in India, you would see that british were primarily an imperilisitc power driven mainly by economic interests. Apart from some isolated incidents, they did not have much interest in either assimilating in the local culture or spreading their brand of christianity. Although some would argue that missionary activities increased during British rule in India and that may be true.
I would like to argue that refusal of some muslims to change their habits and thinking in the face of the dominant culture where they live, should be seen as an imperialistic attitude with religious interests behind. Islam is an imperialitic mindset disguised as a religion and fostered in the name of their so called god Allah. Unlike British who came from outside India, most of the today's muslims in India are actually Indian by race. Even then they would object to a beautiful song Vandemataram by citing and interpreting their so called spritual book in a very rigid and inflexible way. It basically boils down to "We are muslims first and Indian later attitude". Anybody who argues otherwise is living in a wishy-washy world, detached from reality. Mohemmed was a schrewed person. This was no ordinary "Pr
