There are two views regarding what has caused the recent tragic catastrophe that the Muslim Ummah is facing. According to one view it is primarily America, Jews, Bush, Tony Blair etc… who are responsible for our woes. Once we get rid of them convincingly, the Ummah would regain its past glory. Such people are resorting to all sorts of means to criticize, condemn, and even ridicule these enemies of the Ummah. Thus we receive through e-mails expert political and military analyses, slogans of protestations, jokes about Bush showing him a born idiot, his photographs along with those of monkeys proving that both belong to the same category etc… If the view is correct, it is probable that the conclusion these people have drawn as to what they should do is also logical, even though some of the stuff we receive leaves a bad taste.
The other view is that whatever has happened to us owes itself to our sins, both individual and collective. The Almighty is punishing us for our inept behavior and even if we are able to get rid of America, Israel, Bush, Blair etc… the Almighty will create others to inflict His punishment upon us. Such people are urging Muslims to mend their ways and do individual and collective repentance (Taubah) so that His displeasure gives way to His grace. They are therefore asking Muslims to do serious soul searching to find out where they have gone wrong. They are asking them to become more God-fearing, knowledgeable about Islam, disciplined, patient etc…
These are two different views about the prevailing situation that are bound to lead to two different remedies.