You said Saudi Arabia, being a barbarian state, can do such things, but that should not be repeated by others. Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia is very influential world power; whatever they do, many others emulate. There are many other countries, where persecution of religious minorities are rampant. Also, as you know, millions of people have no problem with Saudi religious practices. They will support it until they are subjected to such discrimination, as is the case in Angola.
You must have noticed that – there are no outcries over such unjust practice in Saudi Arabia also. That could be because most people love to take the moral high ground, as you did. They people have mindset of "we are not one of them." The result is – such practices have been going on unabated for thousands of year in Saudi Arabia. Iran has jailed a Christian Priest, recently, because he has been holding prayer meetings at private residences there. There are many such examples in many countries around the world.
When we say – Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc. are barbarian states, we kind of give them a pass to do anything there. This sort of moral high ground usually leads to vulnerability.
Most wrongdoers are lowlife people, but we still have to engage them to fight wrongdoings. In covert operations, good people have to act like bad people to fight wrongdoers. Sometimes, you have to use a thorn to pull out another thorn. Let's think about this fact – if a mugger gets mugged one day, I believe, he will learn a better lesson than sitting in the jail with free food, free lodging, and free entertainment.
One of the human characteristics is – we feel and understand some of our actions when it happens directly to us. Banning any religion anywhere is wrong; but sometimes it may be the best way to open up eyes and consciousness of some people, who otherwise won't learn lesson.
Jiten Roy
On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:12 PM, Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com> wrote:
That's the incorrigible logic of an Islamist.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yes, I get the point! Saudis can't do anything wrong while Angolans need some civic lessons?
-SD
"I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."
-Seuss
On Monday, November 25, 2013 8:14 PM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:
At first, I could not believe also; it seemed implausible. Then I thought - it could be cyber-propaganda against Islam. But, later on, I realized, why would this be so implausible? Saudi Arabia has banned all other religious practices, except Islam, from the beginning. I think - this is the first country in the world to ban Islamic practices.Jiten Roy
On Monday, November 25, 2013 8:13 AM, QR <qrahman@netscape.net> wrote:
Reading it felt like I was in a time machine. Which went back to 1492 Spain. Very interesting and shocking. Anyway I'll wait for Angola to come back to civilization. ;-)
Shalom!
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Subject: [mukto-mona] Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques
Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques
Last October, Muslims from the urban municipality of Viana, Luanda, attended the destruction of the minaret of their mosque Zengo.LUANDA – According to several Angolan newspapers, Angola has become the first country in the world to ban Islam and Muslims, taking first measures by destroying mosques in the country.
"The process of legalization of Islam has not been approved by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, their mosques would be closed until further notice," Rosa Cruz e Silva, the Angolan Minister of Culture, was quoted by Agence Ecofin on Friday, November 22.Silva comments were given during her visit last Tuesday to the 6th Commission of the National Assembly.
RecurrentThe anti-Islam comments were not the first by Angolan officials."This is the final end of Islamic influence in our country," President José Eduardo dos Santos was quoted by Osun Defender newspaper on Sunday, November 24.Last October, Muslims from the urban municipality of Viana, Luanda, attended the destruction of the minaret of their mosque Zengo.The provincial governor of Luanda, Bento Bento, has also said on the airwaves of a local radio that "radical Muslims are not welcome in Angola and the Angolan government is not ready for the legalization of mosques."He added that Muslims were not welcome in Angola and that the government would not legalize the presence of mosques in the country.According to CIA Factbook, 47% of Angolans practice indigenous beliefs, 38% Roman Catholic and 15% Protestant.
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