On Freedom of Thought

Free thinking is freedom of thought from the insidious babble of the “spin doctors”. Spin doctors is a term that has its origins in the nineteenth century but did not develop into an actual career for another century around the 1980’s. Spin means to tell a tale to sway the stories printed and broadcast by mass media. The original spin doctor also known as the father of PR was Edward Bernays who worked during the WWI in the Wilson administration to promote the idea that America's war efforts were primarily aimed at “bringing democracy to all of Europe". Once the war was over he decided to find ways to use it during peace times. His efforts were called public relations. Now every politician in the “free” world has a spin doctor, forgive me, a Press Secretary on staff. But this nephew of none other than Sigmund Freud was able to “spin” any governmental idea into believable shall we call it propaganda? These were the humble beginnings to the end of free thought. Plant an idea for the sheeple to grasp and believe. But as Muslims we are reminded constantly to “reflect”. We are encouraged to verify information that we are told. If we fail to do that we are also contributing to spreading lies. We are not supposed to be sheeple but pensive reflectors of light. In reflecting, we will think deeply, freely, as prescribed by our Creator to follow the just path. So being free thinking is to be Muslim.