Is religion really private?
To be secular means that one does not consider religious values when making decisions, while following Islam means to promote Islamic values. Both cannot happen at the same time. Today, people are given the idea that societies must be secular to be fair to other religious groups. However, anyone can see in Islamic history that Christians, Jews and Hindus lived peacefully under Islamic rules. We are also given the idea that religion is a personal matter and should not play a part in forming a country's laws. That is not true, as Islam has social and legal components as well, and it is rightly described as 'deen' in the holy Quran, which means 'a way to lead life'.
We are exposed to more and more immoral things like immodest dresses, obscene dances and bad habits, and the youth are being taught that this is how they have to be. I am really afraid of what my country is going to be in the next few decades if this ideology continues and bad things are imported in the name of culture and arts.
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