Matters of religious faith have started becoming increasingly significant as they have been perceived as impinging not only on our daily lives but perhaps the future too. And it is indeed a pity that if one one hand religion breeds compassion then on the other hand a misinformed individual or group breeds hatred! I have always wondered how any man can actually kill another??? From where does he get the heart to slit the throat of a fellow human being? From where does he borrow the courage to create a bomb that will wreck havoc on his own fellow humans?? and then, another group of people, the politicians, take over. Their role in the carnage that follows in indescribable.This group is lke a vulture who waits for the living to die. And once dead, the patient vulture takes over and leaves only when the carcass is devoid of any further eating matter. Just the skeleton left.
Killing of innocent is totally unpardonable. And indivduals who kill over matters of religious faith need to actually do some introspection and re reading of their scriptures. And then maybe a re interpretation of thier own actions and deeds.This may lead to a relook at the societ in which they live.If only we had a video camera attached to oursleves in our daily lives and then we could rewind and see what we did and how we did what we did.Many an action would be abhorrable! And we would give whatever it takes to erase and expunge those moments when we lacked sanity,justice and the feelings of a normal human being.
We all need a more compassionate, warm and hospitable world. And I am impressed with the actions of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. His second effort in reconcilliation between faiths has been a great act. He brought the matter to the notice of the world in a very subtle manner. He has actually appealed to one and all, especially the influencers of opinions and beliefs, that mutual trust resides very much within all of us. Just that some trample on it so severely that trust breathes its last. Some of us are scared of the others and push our feelings into a comatose condition. The King has been forthcoming and straight forward. Let us all introspect and see how we can weed out the little satan from our own lives. That satan which grows and prods us to evolve into a dracula!!
I am grieved at what happens across the world.I am particularly depressed when I see how politicians first vitiate and then mutilate. I feel sad when these politicians speak a differnet language depending upon to whom they speak.I am reminded of the Batla house( New Delhi,India) episode. When the VC of the Jamia volunteered to stand by the students untill proven guilty, many politicians hurled accusations against him and came close to labelling him a traitor. Now, following the sensational revelations by the ATS in the Sadhvi Pragya and Purohit case, the same politicians are saying that they will provide legal support to the accused untill proven guilty!! What better case of double speak!!
No one has the right to take the life of another.
No one has the right to create an atmosphere of fear and terror.
No one has the right to suppress the emotions and beliefs of another.
No one has the right to breed hatred.
In matters of faith, let the faith flow fearlessly!!
Make this a more comfortable world. Make this a more warm and livable world.
