[mukto-mona] Re: Talibanisation reaches Dhaka Airport

Islam does not worship idols. But Islam says to respect other religions. Islam does not say anywhere in the Quran to kill people with bombs if they do not accept "the rule of Allah" but Muhammad repeatedly said to show respect toward people of other religions.

 

If having sculptures of noble people and great people in a country inspires the nation towards doing good to other people, what can be the wrong there? Sculptures inspire us, help us to think of good things, good works of those people. We never worship any sculpture, any more than we worship photos of ourselves, which no one condemns as un-Islamic. Because all these imams and mullahs have their passport having their photograph. If that is not condemnable, why should they condemn and break such national monuments. Is their religion a real 'Islam' or 'the Islam that these extrimists'created of their own. A monument or painting or photograph shows how we are grateful to those departed people who contributed to this world. We do not worship any idol or statue or sculpture which is being erected on our way, in the park, in the museum and so on. There are thousands of Muslims in European countries where hundreds and thousands of sculptures are there everywhere. Are those Muslims becoming frantic like these of ours? Are we creating terror in the madrasas? We have seen the madness and vandalism by the small madrasa students. What are they learing from the imams of the madrasa? We have observed that one of the madrasa teachers or imam was encouraging the small students (children) to break the sculptures. If it is a 'sin' for the madrasa teachers and students to see the national sculptures or monuments to outstanding people, they can turn their face away but they don't have any right to destroy them.

 

In a sense all Muslims are worshiping a picture or a building (the Kaaba Sharif building in Mecca, pictures of which are displayed in many mosques). Is Islam teaching tolerance as Muhammad taught people to be patient? Is this the sign of 'peace' these Muslim imams and mullahs use to prove that 'Islam is a religion of peace'? What are they teaching the numerous small children who are studying in the madrasas? What can we expect in future from these little children of madrasa who were used and abused by these mullahs and imams of that mosque? Can we think of anything positive about them?

 

Rosaline Costa

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