Dear Prof. Roy and Prof. Das and others:
Without any prejudice to any religion I may be allowed to say that
most of the religions are good in origin. The religions have been
made otherwise from time to time by its followers and traders.
Sometimes we may think that religion is responsible for all the
unhappiness we go through in our lives. I do not agree. Rather we
may say that decline in moral value and good conscience are
responsible for all the unhappiness we go through in our lives.
The Western countries mostly officially 'separated' church from the
state and generated the present state of declined social values and
cruelties. Excluding their capital gains, they continue to be in the
19th century. Sometimes tend to go further backward.
Most of the religions are guides for good living. But various myths
and taboos were injected into it. Islam wanted to get rid of those
myths and taboos. But again with the passage of time some
irregularities have been emerging due to poverty and educational
backwardness of the Muslims. Their present status is full of
ignorance and social ills.
What I pointed out above is already foretold in The Koran. As a
Muslim I must not point out any ills and taboos of other religions,
which are many and mostly known.
Today, what we need is understanding. We should love all human
beings. We should serve all humans. One cannot love by hating
others. Hatred may create partition, division, war, and killing etc.
[Generally the people of greater united Bengal are not religious
minded. Most of them adopt some religion for getting better social
identity only. Never in any country of the world so many people
became converted and changed their religion into another overnight
as we find in the greater united Bengal during the last 5,000 years.
From non-religious to semi-Hinduism; to Hinduism. etc.; to Buddhism;
to again Hinduism, etc.; to Christianity etc. This is also partly
applicable to the Bengalee Muslims but in most cases with the
Bengalee Muslims it was mass migration from outside of the greater
Bengal (Khondoker Fazle Rabbi explained this in his book on the
Origin of the Mussalmans of Bengal). I just add this portion for
understanding the status of spiritual beliefs of the Bengalees. I do
not want to pass any comments here as to the ritualistic practices
of the Bengalees.]
Looking forward to hearing from the learned readers of the Mkto-Mona
forum.
A.B.M. Shamsud Doulah
Advocate, Supreme Court
G.P.O. Box 351, Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh
Email: shamsuddoulah@yahoo.com
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