Question is do the followers of a relegion have the guts to question what is wrong in their relegion before others do that creating a rift between the two relegions?
for eg., the practice of sati and child marriage was prevalent in hindus before intellectuals like Raja Rammohan Roy challenged it. I am sure if hindus would have closed a blind eye to this and if this practise was rampant even today, western society would have pointed fingers at this malpractise. What should have been the response? Should we have said - this is what we have been practising since centuries and if u oppose it u are crusading against our relegion? Would that be correct approach?
The crux of the matter is house cleaning.
Islam or Hinduism or Christanity or any other relegion has lot of good things and a few bad ones. What is unfortunate is the reluctance of the followers to give up the bad things. The order of this reluctance is Islam, Hindu, Catholics in decreasing order.
If muslims continue to follow word by word what Quran says or what the Mullah's interpret it to say for them, they will only make people against them giving the Mullah's further strength in classifying these oppositions as oppressions.
Turing a blind eye to the evils in one's relegion will not cure it. Not every word in Quran is unquestionable. You just need the guts to do it. But if u fear that by doing so you will miss out on the chance of heaven, be sure you will make life hell on earth for urself and others.
Same holds for Hindus. How many people follow whats written in Geeta. How many don't cheat, lie or are not dishonest. Does Geeta say that the hindus are high or low caste. Does it forbid marraige between a brahmin and a shudra? does it say at any point that kill small kids of another religion( gujarat riots).
Truth is we are not following hinduism either we are following what we see others around us following- a twisted form of hinduism sick with malpractices and evils.
We try to hide it by putting saffron on our foreheads and ringing the bells in a temple.
Be it muslims or hindus or christians we are all too busy basking in the glory of our relegions to realise our follies.
for eg., the practice of sati and child marriage was prevalent in hindus before intellectuals like Raja Rammohan Roy challenged it. I am sure if hindus would have closed a blind eye to this and if this practise was rampant even today, western society would have pointed fingers at this malpractise. What should have been the response? Should we have said - this is what we have been practising since centuries and if u oppose it u are crusading against our relegion? Would that be correct approach?
The crux of the matter is house cleaning.
Islam or Hinduism or Christanity or any other relegion has lot of good things and a few bad ones. What is unfortunate is the reluctance of the followers to give up the bad things. The order of this reluctance is Islam, Hindu, Catholics in decreasing order.
If muslims continue to follow word by word what Quran says or what the Mullah's interpret it to say for them, they will only make people against them giving the Mullah's further strength in classifying these oppositions as oppressions.
Turing a blind eye to the evils in one's relegion will not cure it. Not every word in Quran is unquestionable. You just need the guts to do it. But if u fear that by doing so you will miss out on the chance of heaven, be sure you will make life hell on earth for urself and others.
Same holds for Hindus. How many people follow whats written in Geeta. How many don't cheat, lie or are not dishonest. Does Geeta say that the hindus are high or low caste. Does it forbid marraige between a brahmin and a shudra? does it say at any point that kill small kids of another religion( gujarat riots).
Truth is we are not following hinduism either we are following what we see others around us following- a twisted form of hinduism sick with malpractices and evils.
We try to hide it by putting saffron on our foreheads and ringing the bells in a temple.
Be it muslims or hindus or christians we are all too busy basking in the glory of our relegions to realise our follies.
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