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Re: Pakistani mind and its ambition
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Subject: Re: Pakistani mind and its ambition
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From: mppatkar@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Mahesh P Patkar)
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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 16:01:56 GMT
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In article <2lr5p5$odd@ucunix.san.uc.edu> Dinesh Agrawal <DXA4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU> writes:
>The Ruler Syndrome
>By Mr. D. N. Mishra
>Observer, February 18, 1994
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> The recent rejoinder to Mr KR Malkani's article, published in an English
>daily in Islamabad, by one Tarik Jan of Rawalpindi reflects the malaise of
>Islam.
>(Stuff deleted to save bandwidth.)
>to democracy , secularism and nationalism. Democracy demands participation of
>every citizen in governance. Dar-ul-Islam does not allow for this right to
>non-believers. There are only a few Islamic democracies. The rights of non-
>believers there are inversely proportional to the grip of the fundamentalists
>over the state. Unlike Christianity, Islam could not distance its clergy from
>the seat of power in the absence of any reformation movement, leaving the
>ruler syndrome intact.
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Very enlightening article indeed. But, my question is, we, as Hindus,
would talk about our religion, try to explain its greatness to others,
and yet, why it is that we would not talk about finding solutions to problems
like the ones mentioned by Dinesh? I am not saying that we should not discuss
religion. All I am saying is, we ought to discuss solutions to our
problems too. In other words, just words are not enough.
Some so called secularists (who frequent soc.culture.indian)
might retort by saying that the fundamentalists are trying to instigate
people by generating fear in their minds. I would say that such articles
should be posted, since they bring out the facts that would otherwise stay
unrevealed. It is upto the people how to perceive them.
Regards,
Mahesh.
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