Even I have subscribed to students collecting fund for Sirat-al-Nabi and different Puja occasions. That does not make me a believer or even tolerant of any religious creed. " Collection of huge information not properly processed can be very dangerous." If you don't have the information, how would you know that they are not 'properly processed'? If I quote a 'holy verse' or a 'hadith' here which inspire the believers to desecrate the 'holy' places, the 'islamists' and their apologetic would call it 'out of context'. For what reason, do they call themselves 'peace loving' creatures? The history is full of the atrocities committed by them.
The legends of 'Mahabharata' and 'Ramayana' have no historicity whatsoever. For example, both Kunti and Draupadi are manifestations of Venus. If someone demonizes a fictional character, it is his/her creativity. Valmiki wrote Ramayana based on 'Ramakatha'. The essence of the story was that the 'Earth Goddess' Sita is snatched by the 'Demon of Darkness' Ravana(the word probably meant the absence of Ra) from the 'Sun God' Rama. Then the story metamorphosed into the present forms. There are over twenty major versions of Ramayana today.
Art is long and Life is short. Nobody can read everything. An 'illiterate' is known by his/her lack of analytical ability. It is noticeable that those fellows failed to answer two of my earlier questions,viz., about the childhood name of the prophet and why Moses had horns(was he a goat or the devil himself).
The old tales I heard from old Muslims in my childhood that Saraswati was worshiped by them generations ago. I wanted to know how it occurred, and was told that the imams came and recited from the 'Holy Quran' on the same day as the Hindus celebrated 'Shri Panchami'.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:40 AM, subimal chakrabarty
<subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
- "Gut" was a typo. I wanted to mean "guy". Sorry about that.
- Collection of huge information not properly processed can be very dangerous. That's why I am "half literate" like Mahboob Kamal.
- All religions with the holy books, mythologies, and hundreds of thousands pages of commentaries by scholars make them big forests. They are full of contradictions. One example is: Buddhadev Basu (Mahabharater Katha) and his wife Prativa Basu (Mahabharater Maharanye) have seen Mahabharata and its characters from two different angles. The latter has demonized Yudhisthira. Madhusudan has portrayed Ravana in a non-traditional way. Because of all these conflicting interpretations, I see a religion in it's practiced form. This practiced form is the result of an adaptation process. Through an evolutionary process a religion adapts itself to fulfill the demands of time and space. I was talking about this adapted version which our people are following. In this form we have almost infinite tolerance to one another. In our school days we used to raise funds for Saraswati Pooja even from some Muslims. They were not less religious.
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Hindu Deities demolished at Serajdi Khan Upazila of Munshigonj district of Bangladesh on 21.01.2012
Chakravarty has not read any Jewish or Islamic scripture regarding the matter. These scriptures encourage iconoclasm. Probably he doesn't know the real meaning of the word 'gut' either.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Jiten Roy
<jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:
"This gut sees things from one angle only." Deities are desecrated by fanatical Islamists. What's the other angle of this story? Jiten Roy --- On Sun, 2/5/12, subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Hindu Deities demolished at Serajdi Khan Upazila of Munshigonj district of Bangladesh on 21.01.2012
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, February 5, 2012, 10:23 PM When some one's hatred for some thing or some community is so blind that it has reached the level of fanaticism, then it is really meaningless or wastage of time to engage in any fruitful conversation with him. In a forum like Mukto-mona we need to learn see things from different angles. This gut sees things from one angle only.
From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Hindu Deities demolished at Serajdi Khan Upazila of Munshigonj district of Bangladesh on 21.01.2012
Children of Abraham are assured of their place in heaven for such deeds. Hence they ruin the icons of other religions. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote: [Attachment(s) from Jiten Roy included below]
--- On Sun, 2/5/12, Rabindra Ghose <ravin_3bd@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Rabindra Ghose <ravin_3bd@yahoo.com>
Subject: Hindu Deities demolished at Serajdi Khan Upazila of Munshigonj district of Bangladesh on 21.01.2012
To: "Media Monitor" <media_monitor5@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, February 5, 2012, 1:56 PM
Hi all, Some unknown perpetrators on pof January,2012 unlawfully entered into Hindu temple and demolished "Kali Deity" at village-Chormordon within Serajdi Khan Upazila of Munshigonj District of Bangladesh. When the devotees on last Saturday went to worship their Goddess "Kali Deity" they found that Hindu idols have been broken into pieces. They also informed police and police visited the spot. As a result of repeated incidents of such desecration of Hindu dities Minority Hindus of those locality feeling unsafe as insecurity was prevailing. Mr. Sheikh Mahabubur Rahman,the officer in Charge of Serajdi Khan police station said that a group of unidentified perpetrators are very much active in doing this sort of nefarious activities in the area. He hoped that he will identify those perpetrators and bring them to book. In this connection a complain has been filed at Serajdi Khan police station. The matter has been published in the national daily "Jugantor" dated 22nd of January,2012. BDMW and GHRD hurriedly communicated with the local administration over phone who informed us the situation is now under control. But till date no perpetrators has been identified by police. Through Adv.Rabindra Ghosh Founder President-Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) 12, K.M. Das Lane, Tikatully, Bholagiri Trust, Sutrapur P.s.,Dhaka, Bangladesh. www.bdmw.org
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