By Lennard James
It seems religious fanaticism is like a plague in South Asia. In India, attacks on Christians in certain parts of the country is increasing. In Bangladesh, the Government is becoming a mute spectator as well as a direct supporter of religious fanatics. I am talking about the Islamic fanatics' attack on a Statue of Baul Folksingers at Dhaka airport, because statues are haraam in Islam. Appeasing the fanatics, the military-led government quickly removed the statue.
Pakistan has barely six more weeks of Forex to feed its population and recently it is residing in a "red zone" in the U.N. hunger index, indicating more than 50% of the Pakistani population already slipped into one meal a day. Bangladesh, is no better and is ensuing in a financial crisis would curtail foreign aids to Bangladesh severely.
With this background of hand-to-mouth situation faced by South Asian countries, it should surprise everyone that, instead of a concerted effort to alleviate poverty and hunger, we are plunged deeply into a myriad of religious fanaticism, which severely diverts our attention, time and efforts away from planning for food production and industrialization. This is true for all major South Asian countries, prominently the two Islamic nations: Pakistan and Bangladesh. What a shame on our people and our civilization! Read more ...
It seems religious fanaticism is like a plague in South Asia. In India, attacks on Christians in certain parts of the country is increasing. In Bangladesh, the Government is becoming a mute spectator as well as a direct supporter of religious fanatics. I am talking about the Islamic fanatics' attack on a Statue of Baul Folksingers at Dhaka airport, because statues are haraam in Islam. Appeasing the fanatics, the military-led government quickly removed the statue.
Pakistan has barely six more weeks of Forex to feed its population and recently it is residing in a "red zone" in the U.N. hunger index, indicating more than 50% of the Pakistani population already slipped into one meal a day. Bangladesh, is no better and is ensuing in a financial crisis would curtail foreign aids to Bangladesh severely.
With this background of hand-to-mouth situation faced by South Asian countries, it should surprise everyone that, instead of a concerted effort to alleviate poverty and hunger, we are plunged deeply into a myriad of religious fanaticism, which severely diverts our attention, time and efforts away from planning for food production and industrialization. This is true for all major South Asian countries, prominently the two Islamic nations: Pakistan and Bangladesh. What a shame on our people and our civilization! Read more ...
Source: Islam Watch
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