. < Read> #TaslimaNasreen #CharlieHebdo Will gunmen get me too? Ending #terror requires that #Islam is reformed, modernised Most people today would stand by Charlie Hebdo. They would criticise the murders and claim that their version of Islam is not in the true spirit of the religion. That real Islam does not provide any sort of influence for killing unbelievers. But numerous verses in suras like al-Bakara, al-Nisa, al-Anfal and al-Tauba of the Quran speak of killing people who have no faith in Islam. There is express advice to Muslims to kill non-Muslims. Many Hadith have enumerated instances where Muslims were ordered to murder infidels. Islam has largely been exempt from the critical scrutiny that other religions have undergone to modernise them. Now fundamentalist followers of Muha-mmad want to establish a quintessential Islamic caliphate to rule the entire world. Whoever happens to disbelieve or mock Islam, they reserve the right to do away with that person. Islamic terrorist groups like al-Qaida, ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab are waging ‘holy terror’ across the world and all of them have the same ideology. They do not believe in plurality of thoughts or in democratic principles, relying instead on a theocratic, monolithic version of their medieval belief system. Islamic fundamentalism is not a negligible problem. If one wants to address this problem, one has to go to its very roots. Preaching principles of freedom of expression alone won’t do any good. One has to know what mantra makes terrorists tick and influences them to take up arms. It is important to stop indoctrination of children with irrational religious faith at home or institutions like madrassas or mosques. They should be raised to have logical, rational minds and to adopt scientific outlooks that are able to distinguish between right and wrong. I strongly believe that as long as Islam remains unreformed, there can be no end to terror. blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes/toi-edit-page/will-gunmen-get-me-too/
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:00:40 +0000