Re: [mukto-mona] Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques

I will definitely protest if one day Bangladesh declares Ahmadiyas non-Muslims. I am and will remain vocal against any discrimination against any religion in any country. So I do not see any ethical dilemma from my side.

On Friday, November 29, 2013 6:36 PM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

@ Mr. Chakraborty:

I want to stick to the broader issue – which is - religious discrimination; everything else stems from it.

The world has lost the right to take moral high ground on religious discrimination issue thousands of years back.

I did not say – religious discrimination anywhere is ethical or right; not at all. In fact, my ethical mind tells me that - I cannot give a pass for such discrimination in one country, for whatever reason, and object it in other countries. That's discrimination, in my view. Therefore, I cannot blame or protest religious discrimination in Angola. I have no right to do so. I hope you will understand my position now. And, please do not bring other ancillary issues into this discussion. That's just distraction.

Jiten Roy

On Friday, November 29, 2013 6:27 PM, Subimal Chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

As a matter of fact my position should have been clear from my first post in which I talked about possible disastrous effect of the chain reaction of retaliation by competing countries by banning rival religions. 

Your 'appropriate' judgment seems to be unethical. Angola has taken away the religious rights of some groups within Angola. Would it not be unethical for another country to take away the religious rights of some other groups? Are you not justifying the demolition of temples in Bangladesh as a reaction to demolition of the Babri Mosque in India? 

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On Nov 29, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Yes, Mr. Chakraborty, now I can understand your point.  You have generalized your view in the last post. Dr. Bain promotes generalized views like, "Barbaric acts should not be retaliated with barbaric acts," and you support it.  Both of you identify something as barbaric act, but do not support similar reaction to that. This is exactly Gandhism, whether you realize it or not.

You said, "My point is: Angola has banned Islam, so another country will have to retaliate by banning Christianity---that cannot be a wise step."

Now, I can agree with you - this is an extreme reaction, but not totally inappropriate in the realm of appropriate reactions. 

Saudi Arabia has practiced religious discrimination for thousands of years, and the world has looked the other way, which has resulted the spreading of religious discrimination (virus) in other Muslim majority countries too. If you think clearly you will have no difficulty to see the host country for this virus. I am puzzled by the fact that you guys have so much difficulty to see this reality. And, in that line of thinking, I judge Angolan action as extreme, but not inappropriate.

Jiten Roy

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