Re: Secularism Is Pakistan’s Way Out to End Sectarian Violence
Well if your telling us that the sort of thing that happened on that bus is symptomatic of chronic LACK of religion.. Well I gotta tell ya, that’s perplexing to say the least. I think the people who commit themselves to such zealous and bigoted actions will tell you that they ARE following their religion in letter and spirit…
This Muslim extremism in Pakistani society seems to correlate with increasing religiosity in the society as a whole, as encouraged and facilitated by the govt… You can trace how its gotten more and more conservative and militant over the years with each respective govt passing legislation to appease and court the religious right. From banning of Alcohol, to the Anti-Ahmadi laws etc. Its only now that the govt has realized how deep of a hole they have dug for themselves.
Now i agree that people should approach faith with the right intention, your “Neeath” should be pure. However, i have yet to meet someone who has done evil, but with the intent of doing evil. Often, its the best intentioned that do the most harm. In the case of religion, your really playing with fire. People have their own interpretations. Its naive to believe that people will choose the right path, because in the realm of faith, all interpretations being more or less equal, there is no single path.
This is not like a queue. When your out of the queue, everyone knows it. But when your not in line with populist understanding of religion, then your either a heretic to those in-line, or your the one person who has it right…