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“A land of many Muslims but little of Islam,”published on July 25, 2013
M. Ashraf
We have every right to be proud of our religious identity. Islam does cover political and judicial aspects of society. It should certainly primarily define us and our activities. Nothing has been stated about the rampant theft and corruption of the current government. Are they all not Muslims? Or is it ok for people of other religions to plunder public money? This article is nothing short of the regurgitation of ruling party propaganda.
Nds
How this most objective and impartial critique of the abuse and misuse of religion in this society can be seen in parallel to ruling party propaganda is really beyond my comprehension. Do even religious principles allow such opinionated and self-serving interpretation of an innocuous observation? Simply not fair.
M. Ashraf
People should really re-assess their position on fairness and comprehension of religion. Why does it appear unfair when the religion card is played by the bigots and ruling party alike? Or does one need to be highlighted and the other does not. Is that fair? Corruption in Bangladesh is more ingrained to greed and abuse of power than religion by the two major parties. Unfortunately, truth is a hard pill to swallow.
Nds
It is really an enigma to me how a country being at the top of the list of most corrupt countries consecutively for four or five times can claim itself to be the most religious-minded nation in the world. The claim itself constitutes an act of sacrilege. I think it would be more appropriate and objective to identify ourselves as the most hypocritical nation in the world. I will be happy if I am proved wrong.
T. Husain
Thank you, Brig Gen, for daring to write such an article. And I thank the editor too for publishing this sort of eye-opening write-up. But would the great Muslims of Bangladesh ever learn anything from such article?
mrdingdong
Religions only brainwash people.
agent_47
Then read the holy Quran and find out yourselves and preach/correct the masses. Or educate the masses so that they can read it themselves.
Having an opinion is one thing, but antagonizing the majority of the citizens of a country is completely another. This goes for the author too and his “strategy”.
Zahir Karna
Mrdingdong's comment in my opinion is not productive. But the article raises very good points. And, you do not need to read from just one single source to educate masses about religion. Maybe people should look into more than one source.
Akash
The general Muslims in Bangladesh are mainly non-practising -- they do not act upon the teachings of Islam, neither do they adhere to the universal human rights. The end result is quite easily predictable.
Sara
Using religion for personal gain is nothing new or specific to Bangladesh... people all over the world do it... for many religions... and have been doing so for centuries...
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