Who owns Islam?

Islam was introduced to the world around 590 AD at a time when idol worshipping was very common and people have forgotten about the teachings of the last religion, i.e, Christianity. The three main religions have all been introduced to the land of Arabia (loosely called Middle East). Three holy books accompanied the three main religions; Holy Taurah, Bible and Quran in that order. The world has not seen any new and widespread religion with a global appeal in the last 1500 years. According to repeated promises in the Holy Quran, Islam is the last religion until the Day of Judgement when the entire universe will collapse and all humans will be judged according to their worldly deeds. It probably refers to an antithesis of the Big Bang theory, as every system has a finite age.

The advent of Islam was an instant hit and it gained acceptance throughout Arabia, northern Africa, Balkans, and south and southeast Asia. This process was completed without any excessive bloodshed and it can be termed as a bloodless revolution. It took about 300 years to establish stable Islamic republics in all directions around Arabia.

As with its predecessor religion, the fall of Islam started after about 600 years of its existence around 1200 AD. Muslims rulers turned into monarchs and kings and despots and lost touch with their people. Justice system was the hallmark of all Muslim republics, and around the time of the fall of Islam, the justice system also went down the drain. Greed became more rampant and the rulers considered themselves above the law. Moral corruption started to crept into the ruling families. The general population remained pious, peaceful and pragmatic.

Since south/central Asia is a hot sport right now, I will restrict myself to Islam in India and Central Asia . Islam was introduced to the Indian subcontinent in 712 AD when Muhammad Bin Qasim (MBQ) invaded India from the south through the Arabian sea. He got limited success as his life was cut short in 715 AD by direct orders from his ruler in Arabia!!  Reason? His ruler Hujjaj Bin Yousaf got scared of MBQ's success in India. People started to convert to Islam because MBQ was leading by example. He did not use any force for converting the local population.

Fast forward to 1526 when Zaheeruddin Babar (ZB) attacked India from northwest (through Khyber Pass) and established one of the most successful dynasties called the Mogul Empire with capital at Delhi. ZB grew up in Central Asia, more specifically in Farghana (currently in eastern Uzbekistan). His successors ruled India until 1857 when British took over. Again they lost power for the same reason; conspiring against each other and not keeping up with the modern teachings. Islamic teachings have remained stagnant for the past about 500 years, though there is a very powerful in-built system in Islam where laws, rules and regulations are updated according to the research of the ones who know Islam.

Fast forward to post cold war scenario, where American foreign policy and interests are supreme and dictating and shaping up the present world. Usama Bin Laden (UBL) was heavily supported against the Russians and he turned against his western supporters right after the soviet defeat. Taleban and other terrorists were created and now no one knows how to control the situation where so many powerful players have met their ultimate demise. Saudis, Iranians, Indians, afghans, central Asians, Pakistanis, Chinese, Americans, Israelis and Russians, have all gathered in one tiny place around the Khyber Pass to battle out their proxies. Taleban and other fundamentalists are the current owners of Islam, lets see who will be the ultimate winners and losers this time around!