[mukto-mona] Re: Atrocites on Hindu Minorities continue

WRT: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/49862 Mr. Doulah, I appreciate you interest and concern. To me religion is love and compassion. Not devout dogma. Different religious beliefs, whether Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Judaism, seem does very good job dividing people up and creating more hate and animosity. They are doing or supporting hate-based violence against anyone? In Bangladesh religion is being used as a shill for right-wing politics. In many ways today's world conflict is not the actions of a few, but of a many. The idea of religion may have been started as message of peace, but it has been so horribly perverted over thousands of years it's bought death, pain, disbelieve and hatred with it. The Islamic civil war was fought between Aisha, widow of Muhammad [pbuh] and Ali. Aisha and her allies were defeated by Ali's forces. The loss in the battle was very great. This war marked the emergence of the two most populous sects in Islam. Despite the attempts of Mahatma Gandhi and others to prevent division along religious and ethnic lines, the departing British and various Indian politicians pressed for the creation of two states, one Hindu-dominated , the other Muslim-dominated. There is no doubt that the mass killing in Bangladesh [Genocide in Bangladesh 1971] was among the most carefully and centrally planned of modern genocides by Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the name of "Islam in danger". The conflagration in Iraq, neo-cons aggressive attitude, Afghanistan, Israel, India-Pakistan, only confirm in the popular mind that religion lies behind much of contemporary international conflict. Nigerians believe religion to be more central to their identity than nationality. Nigerians are thus more likely to identify themselves first and foremost as Christians or Muslims rather than as Nigerians. What I want to say that is the actions of humans who corrupted the religions they supposedly followed to meet there own ends. Through our journey to see if religion was the major cause of world conflict, you can find so much more. Western Anglo-Saxon society was founded on Biblical principles. Laws were Biblical laws, reflecting Ten Commandments and their attendant statues. In Islamic world especially in Asian origin follow hadiths, baba, pir rather than Qur'an.  In West a decline in religious observance over the last century was directly linked to a rise in average intelligence. Unfortunately violent people are using whatever religion or political philosophy they choose to justify their behavior. I believe the civil society of Bangladeshis is enthusiastically challenging the evil forces of fundamentalism and corrupt elites to secure human values for all Bangalees. Momtaz Ahmed

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