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RELIGIONS AND CONFLICTS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 11:18. conflicts Franks GuruGranth Sahib intolerance Morrs persia religion Sikhs Soain ZorostrainismFrom time immemorial, prophets and God men have guided mankind on path of truthful living. Prophets took birth in various parts of the world and in many instances; there was no communication between one part of the world, societies and other parts of the world. Thus, religions developed in certain areas without close interaction with the existing religions. However, certain religions that evolved had an advantage of studying shortcomings in the practices and philosophies in the existing religions. Basically, religion can be described as a social prescription for an orderly way of life. Human beings live in organized societies and cannot live in isolation from another. Therefore, orderly behavior and proper conduct is most essential and religion thus became very important for cohesion and social conduct and living in human societies. Human beings in the primitive stages worshipped various powers of nature such as, Sun, star, Moon, Rain, Thunder, Trees, Lightening, Fire, Ocean, animals, Wind etc on which he had no control. Human being is the only living creature who has been bestowed with power of reasoning and analytical intelligence. He had the power of expression and interaction with others. He drew various forms of animals and imaginary creatures and worshipped them as Gods. He was highly fascinated by the sun, moon, thunder, fire, star, clouds, and wind and always believed that some mysterious forces that did not belong to this world and were from the far off places in the sky that he called heavens were influencing him......................
INDIA AND TERRORISM…. WHAT LACKS HERE?
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 10:13. appeasement bangladesh hyderabad intolerance Islam. Inaction Nehru Patel Tasleema terrorismFor the last twenty years India is plagued by Terrorism in J and K. Scores of Muslim fundamentalists out fits a have surfaced in India and these are abetting another partition of India. The appeasement policies in India have done great damage to the nation. Muslims in India feel that they have special status as citizens and are now even demanding special reservations in jobs and education. Indian justice is highly delayed. It is unable to even hang the anti nationals after awarding death sentence. India has failed to curb terrorism and its lack luster policies on this issue and policy of appeasement of a section of its citizens is the main cause for growth of Terrorism. It has no fixed policy of firmness and is vacillating while dealing with the enemies of the country.
SIMI IS ON THE RISE AGAIN SPREADING FAST AND IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO INDIA
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 11:31. Blind faith in religions Hatred intolerance jihad terrorism ViolenceThe Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was formed in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh state, in April 1977. SIMI's founding president was Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi, reportedly professor of journalism and public relations at the Western Illinois University. SIMI originally emerged as a student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH). The stated mission of SIMI is the ‘liberation of India’ from western materialistic cultural influence and to convert it into an Islamic society. SIMI have been influenced by Deobandi Islam which is a Muslim revivalist movement that started in India in 1879. It is perhaps most famous in the west as the philosophy of the past Taliban government in Afghanistan. Its slogan is "Allah is our Lord, Qur’an is our constitution, Muhammad is our leader, Jihad is our way and Shahadah is our desire". Among its various objectives, SIMI aims to counter what it believes is the increasing moral degeneration, sexual anarchy in the Indian society as also the ‘insensitiveness’ of a ‘decadent’ west. SIMI maintains that the concepts of secularism, democracy and nationalism, keystones of the Indian Constitution, are antithetical to Islam. They aim to restore the supremacy of Islam through the resurrection of the Khilafat, emphasis on the Muslim Ummah and the waging of Jihad.
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EVEN LEARNED MEN BECOME INTOLERANT
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 07:38. anger ego. wisdom enlightenmnet intoleranceIntolerance towards others is the fundamental short coming of a human being in particular because he has been bestowed with power of reasoning. If wants he can have control over himself and reason out. This of course lacks in other species. A bitch that suckles its ten or twelve Pups drives away another extra pup arriving from some where. Some birds drive out other birds trying to nest on the same tree. A dominant male ape does not allow other male ape to dominate the troop. It is by instinct. Yet we do come across some instances when mother cat suckles a pup and a bitch suckling tiger cubs. Such photographs were flashed in newspapers many times. These are exceptions. By and large animals tolerate others as long as they don’t interfere with them. But Humans are not so. They interfere with others even if other person keeps away. This is a typical trait....
Should Religions Try to Convert Others?
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Mon, 02/12/2007 - 14:58. akbar asoka constantine conversion fundamentalism intolerance proselytism SankaracharyaEditor's Note: This article offers a concise history of proselytism, showing the good the bad and the ugly of humanity's zealous efforts to lead one another to religious salvation. In the great Commons of Faith, proselytism treads ever so closely to the overgrazing that destroys the commons for all. Please read this article if you believe that coercing others to your religion will "save" them.
The aspect of conversions by various religions has always been controversial in the world. Hatred between certain societies in the world has been the outcome of this phenomenon. Inspite of modernity and dawn of scientific age and growth of scientific education in all corners of the world, the desire to spread the religions across various societies has not been eliminated and is being pursued with vigor too. Out of the important religions that are being practiced in the world today, Christianity and Islam are the active religious groups that are proselyte and are trying to expand their faith. Christianity from the beginning was a missionary religion and Islam did not lag behind either. Buddhism too is a missionary religion while Hinduism and Sikhism did not pursue this policy in vigor and remained passive. In fact Sikhism did not take up missionary activities. Most of the scholars claim that Hinduism has no missionary zeal although in ancient times Hindu princes invaded Malayan peninsula and established Hindu kingdoms.
