Islam is a way of life that respects every native culture, but in recent years, and centuries there has been a re-birth of cultural imperialism. There is no limit to this form of imperialism, and it can be seen as dominant in foreign lands by certain Muslim movements. This is clearly a dis-service and disrespect to Islam. That cultural imperialism and dominance is very dangerous because it generates hostilities and hatred. If Muslims do not start to change this kind of thinking and / or opposing that mentality, people will begin to see Islam as a cultural destruction machine implementing a certain culture over other cultures, that's oppression.

You cannot dominate people by way of culture, that makes you an oppressor. How can we not learn lessons of the past. When renegade Muslims, tried this approach in Africa, it cost wars and the feelings of Islam being a dominating power. An Arab cannot impose his culture on an African, an Afghan cannot impose his culture on the people of sub-Indian region. When the French attempted to dominate the people of West Africa, it had a rude awakening. West Africans fought back, not only to defend the Muslim empires (of West Africa), but to defend their cultures.

In America, the entertainment culture has many twists and turns, so Muslims can't push the entire culture into one form. Hip-hop culture is the most powerful and influential music genre in the world today. One of the groups who spear-headed that music genre, was the Last Poets (a Muslim group). If cultural expression are corrupted, remember it didn't start out that way, and people involved in a particular culture are not all corrupt. Hip-hop and its early era was nurtured and influenced by Islam.

Islam can bring dignity, respect and accountability to culture in America, but we must become involved, not isolated and saying that's bad, and that's bad. But not strive to change its perspective.

Hassan ibn Thabit, who was one of Prophets comrades, used his poetry as a sword against poets of the Qurayshi tribes and against other pre-Islamic poets who ridiculed Islam, its ideals, the new revolution and the new school of thought.