#2 IIRC, this has been noted here before, with articles about malay or somali writers deploring the gradual loss of national identity under petrodollar-fueled and mecca-driven cultural imperialism, but the "re-islamization" of the muslim world is also an "arabization", and this is not new (back in the early 90's, I remember reading articles about how bosnians complained about how the reconstruction money from the persian gulf was linked to the destruction of traditional, richly decorated and flourished mosques, often quite ancient, to be replaced with arab-style white buildings).
And this is not really limited to the muslim world, in a large part, the western (most notably Europe) world is contaminated too, with a gradual loss of what made its character and success in inter-personal relationships, social dealings, relationship with society,... if only because the "alien" features (tribalism, clanism, sexism, zer- sum /looter mentality,...) are presented as superior (ethnomasochism) by the entertainment industry, through popular movies, rap music,... |