Dear Dalia Sattar:
Thank you for the lovely thoughts. Well to be frank the secular treatment and liberal treatment towards all other religions is the true Islamic trend - but not comprimising with the unfaltered mnotheistic Quranic view. Being a Muslim means being able to tell your faith and practising it with the hope that others will see the true light - but at the same time allowing others to express as well as Muslims believe the truth is ever glorifyingly self-evident. We tend to forget that In Abu Rushd - was the first Arabian Western thinker who arrayed and collected the lost works of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. He was the First Scholar in the mid centuries to talk about Secularism in the fanatically Christian Europe. This is true Islam. But at the same time Islam does not believe to in 'No religion' or 'Joto mot toto poth' in the name of secularism.
I welcome you to follow the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averroes
Sincerely,
Mufassil M M Islam
Human Rights Advocate
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From: dalia_satter@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:58:49 +0000
Subject: [ALOCHONA] A Journey Towards Greater Liberalisation
Dear Members,
The most boring thing is urban life is probably waiting in a doctor's chamber. I was doing that and waiting to checkup my eyes. There was a TV in the waiting room, however, it was off due to electricity load shedding. When I was looking for something for passing time, I found a desk calendar in the receptionist'
It started with verses from Shahanama and continued with those of Ramayan, Mahabharat, Charjapad, Virgil and other famous literary pieces. I am not a student of literature but enjoyed the selected verses which were ornamented with good quality paintings. When I looked at the bottom of one page, I became astonished to find that the name of the organisation which printed the calendar is 'Ibn Sina Trust' which is known to be managed by a group of Bangladeshi Islamists. I think you will agree that printing verses of Ramayan and Mohabharat is in the calendar is not usual for Islamists.
It seems to me that the Islamic tent in Bangladesh is moving towards greater liberalisation in a commendable speed.
What do you think?
Dalia Satter
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