Castigating Terry Jones for his stupid burning of the Koran is easy
because fools deserve this. In the same way if anyone tries to burn
any other historical book including Adolf Hitler's the Mein Kampf
needs to be condemned equally. In the realm of knowledge books are the
silent witness of the eternity and their importance in understanding
the past can't be over emphasized. I don't find any difference between
those who killed dozens of people in Afghanistan to protest the
burning of the Koran and priest Terry Jones. The Koran is a vivid
documentation of the early medieval pagan Arab society beyond its
religious importance. I read the Koran and the History of the Rise and
fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbons with equal importance. Both
of them are scholastic and poetic in essence and contents. Problem
arises when we examine these books with reverence and super natural
powers. Human intellect does not come from the sky it's a product of
observations and interpretations. In my book shelf I have the Bible,
the Koran, Torah and Gita in the same row. A friend of mine expressed
his deep dissatisfaction after looking at my shelf and urged me to put
the Koran some where else because he thinks this book is superior to
any other book. I could not agree with him and left my shelf
undisturbed.
I respect his personal belief but deeply felt sorry for his poor
observations. I know a person who says that he profusely cry when
reading the Koran in the middle of the night and reason he himself
does not know. In the realm of intellectual business blind faith is
not a component in anyway. When people claim that God is the fountain
of all knowledge no fool will ever reach His domain.
Akbar Hussain
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