I read with interest the article “Dehumanization of Muslims” (Feb. 17) by Ramzy Baroud. Truth be told, we are not doing enough to protect our interest so it would be better if we stop blaming the West. It is very easy to criticize other and that is exactly we, Muslims, are doing. Unfortunately, the Muslim intelligentsia is also not doing enough to help the nation get out of the abyss. Our thinkers have also developed the habit of slamming the West and ignoring our own follies.

This is not about Ramzy Baroud. If we look at the entire Muslim world, we find a severe shortage of leading thinkers who are really working for the uplift of the Ummah. It is true that western interventions and policies have resulted in chaos in the Muslim world but who allowed them to intervene. Did we ever offer stiff resistance to those policies? No.

In such a situation, any criticism of the West is pointless. As far as the western media is concerned, it will naturally toe the official line. It is the fault of our media outlets who are unable to counter the western narrative effectively.