Mr. Khan, Mr. Islam, and others,
I am sorry it took a while to reply to your following question:
Being Hindu yourself, did you renounce your own faith?
No contemporary religion makes total sense to me. These are just
faiths, no action can verify their authenticity; no knowledge can
prove their legitimacy. Therefore, in short, I have no faith in
faith-based religions.
Are you against religion in general or just Islam?
I am not against any religion, including Islam. You can follow
anything you want, why should that bother me? After all, it is your
life, do whatever you want, leave me alone. Let me say whatever I
think. If you do not like them then reject it. If you have counter
point, present it without provoking personal attacks.
You guys are angry at me because I congratulated Ex-Muslims. They
are Ex-Muslims, so what? I can show you thousands of Ex-Hindus
around me. That does not bother me at all.
You and few others are trying to portray me as anti-Muslim. You guys
have been saying that I carry 'OM' sign on my forehead. Where does
it come from?
I remember, Jaffor Ullah introduced this phrase and you have been
using that ever since. Well, last weekend, I went to that website
for the first time in my life. I saw my photo, with some others, and
the 'OM' sign on that webpage, but not on my forehead as you guys
have been portraying. That group picture was taken by someone from a
conference in New York at around 2001 – 2002. The conference was
organized by Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC), USA
The topic was – "The plights of minorities in Bangladesh after 2001
general election." We invited Congresswoman Illena Ross, Co-chair of
the Indo-Bangladesh Caucus, as the chief guest. This group photo was
taken at the end of that conference. I was completely unaware of
that photo, being there on the website, until Jaffor Ullah
discovered it while checking on my background.
Time to time, I write articles on local newspapers, magazines, and
Souvenirs during Durga Puja festivals. In most of those articles I
try to express my views on what's wrong with Hindus, and Hinduism.
Many Hindus think that my views are anti-Hindu Dharma and anti-
Hindu.
I have never written anything about/against Islam because I do not
know much about that religion. Although, I have learnt a great deal
about it after 9/11.
I think one should criticize his/her religion from being within the
religion, not from outside. This way it becomes more genuine. No one
will take it seriously if someone from outside the religion
criticizes other's religion. I would be happier, if those Ex-Muslims
would have stayed in the religion and criticized the political
Islam. It was an error on my part to assume that they were still
within that religion.
I hope this will clear up, at least, some confusions about me.
Regards,
Jiten Roy
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