The first factor - the ideological factor which means the superiority of western values over the values of other nations, religions, Islam and the like - has been undermined because of a number of reasons. There are certain reasons why it has been undermined.
I have written down a number of these reasons to discuss in this meeting: one of the factors which has undermined the western ideological system and its spiritual domination is the increasing moral and spiritual crisis in the west. A clear sign of this crisis is that a feeling of absurdity, nothingness, desperation and psychological insecurity has been engendered in all western people particularly in youth. The foundation of the family has shaken in the west. And these are the consequences.
Western orientation towards the issue of women has caused intellectuals, thinkers and broadminded personalities to seriously question feminism which was formed tens of years ago. These intellectuals and thinkers believe that feminism was a trap for women and that it created many obstacles for them. This is a long story.
Another issue is the issue of giving value to decadent practices. For example, homosexuality becomes a value in the west and opposition to homosexuality becomes an anti-value. If a person, a government official, a president, and an outstanding personality is interviewed and if he says that he is opposed to homosexuality, this will be recorded as a negative point in his performance sheet. The moral environment has taken this direction in the west. Today, the situation is like this in the western world.
Of course, it will not stop at this point and it will be much worse and much more inappropriate than what it is now. Of course, some western thinkers and well-intentioned personalities have understood this and they constantly issue warnings, but it is of no use. When a system falls into this abyss, there is no way out and its fate will be nothing but destruction. This is one factor why western values have been challenged.
One of the things that ensure pure life is playing a leading role in knowledge and global civilization. If a people can play a leading role in global knowledge and civilization and if they can show a new ladder to human beings with the purpose of helping them to improve, they have achieved a constituent of the pure life. Westerners are not like this. Although they made many material achievements and put forward many new ideas and continue to do so, they have accompanied it by something with which one is certain to fall from this ladder. They showed the ladder to human beings, but they did something to make sure that they would certainly fall from it.
They are corrupting morality. If you take a look at the western culture in the present time, you will see that the most indecent and inappropriate acts are becoming normal, legal and ordinary. If someone makes objections, they will be condemned. They advocate such things only because people desire them. Well, one might desire many things. What will the fate of such decadence be in the west? They have no cure for that. Without a doubt, they have no way out of it. The path that they are taking and the manner they are wallowing in moral decadence will ruin the west. How miserable their people are! One really feels pity for the people of such countries. They are poor people. Their outstanding and influential personalities and their decision-makers are doing certain things because of their malevolent and vicious goals. Therefore, playing a leading role in knowledge and human civilization should be accompanied by spirituality.
