Re: Somalia announces Prophet’s (SAW) Birthday as National Holiday
Religion is a tool often used by politicians to keep masses busy with these ‘controversies’ while they consolidate their power and wealth. I bring it up because you asked what could be the motivations behind such actions by the Somalian president.
I mean, how much love for Rasool (SAW) would Solmalian politicians have? If they followed his teachings even to an extent of 10%, they wouldn’t be running one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
How does not working for a day prove your love for your Prophet (SAW)?
About correlations, there are several studies showing a positive correlation between how ‘religious’ a country is and how much corruption exists in that country. I am not talking about Islam in particular. Philippines, for example, is a highly ‘religious’ society and also a highly corrupt one. If you like, I can point you to some, but as you said that is not the topic here.
The idea is this… once you are indoctrinated with that idea that everything is “God’s Will”, then you do not have much motivation to stand up to injustices in the society. Again, this is about ‘public display of religiosity’ and not true faith that can make humans, humans.