AKHTAR SHERAZI
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"CAN WE SAY GOODBYE TO GOD?" |
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Dear Mr. Mughal: In part two of my presentation I tried to identify Allah from various perspectives. The intention had been to elucidate the concept of the Supreme Being, who created the Heaven and the Earth and what lies in between. But you are one of those people, who do not pay heed to reason. However, that’s your choice. You have equated me to the Mullah mentality, but, in fact, I have a diametrically opposite stance, understanding and expression. What the Muslim priesthood is presenting has got nothing to do with the Islamic government Mohammad established in Medina. The ritual riddled religion pock marked with Jubba-o-Dustar is of no use to the humanity at large. I am trying to introduce Al-Deen, the real constitution of the Qur’an, which Arabic illiterates like you have neither the brains nor the desire to understand. I am not bothered about that and I have no wish to change your views. Exactly that was the advice given to Mohammad by Allah, about his Arabian antagonists. If you don’t believe [through conviction] in Allah it’s your prerogative, but it is also not right for you to keep clinging on to the Muslim Ummah. You must have the courage to announce it to the whole wide world that you have rescinded Islam, given up your Muslim name and turned into an atheist. It won’t make any difference to the wretched Muslim brotherhood, if a wretch turns wise and proceeds in the search of the ‘greener’ pastures of agnosticism. Do whatever, you want to do and leave the room open for me to follow the route I have opted for, not from today, but about three decades ago. I do believe in Allah [not some God] and I am convinced beyond shadow of a doubt that his charter of rights and obligations is the best of all and can improve human life exponentially, if implemented in a society, where people are free of the lust for power and hunger for money. The problem is that self-centered people are in a big majority in this world, who care only for themselves and their kith and kin. For them, the rest of the people can go to hell and burn there forever. The autocrats, the dictators and even the democratically elected heads of the states care for their parties and no one else. They just intend to win elections and rule by whatever means possible. According to numerous recently conducted polls, the politicians are the least trusted people all over the globe. Such compulsive liars cannot do much for no one. In my opinion, democracy is just a mockery of the electorate, which according to Rousseau [one of the founding fathers of democracy] enjoys maximum power on the Election Day, and afterwards, the same characters rough it up, that brings them to power. I have decided not to waste my time with the likes of you, the so-called intellectuals, or pseudo intelligentsia, who have nothing productive to offer to any one. Keep your perverted views to yourself, as they are of no use to me. Incidentally, don’t try to distort the English lexicon by inventing ridiculous and absurd words like ‘parrotification,’ which you invented in order to portray my mental capacity. But the problem is that English-speaking nations have no appetite for such linguistic silliness. Thanks, but no thanks. Safdar Agha Editor and Co-Writer |
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