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Does religin mean just mosques,temples?

We indians
come from a knowledge base that is over 5,000 years old,yet
has ignorance taken away our right to introspect?
Especially now in our times of grief,we must force
ourselves to introspect. While we rejoice the days and
nights and the crackers paint the sky with splendid
colours,while darkness in replaced by light and laxmi is
welcomed into the house with puja andparties,while money is
won andlost just for the fun of being together,and dainty
diryas burn the night oil on gates and boundary walls, the
call to prayer can be heard wafting through the smoke of
revelry. People wishing and huging others burning crackers
are seen carrying food to the mosques to share their iftar
withthose who need food. The crackers are burst by all,and
iftar is for the needy,irrespective of their caste,creed
andcolour. Ramzan and Diwali arrived at the same time.
People,irrespective of their religion,are out on the
streets celebrating together the spirit of the season.
That is our India. And I trully love my india fo where
else can one find such a diverse cultural mix,enjoying
andpartaking in each other?s happiness? But sadly, of
latte, all has not beenw ell. Till date Indians die daily
because of difffering perceptins. I feel so sorry for
those who are unable,for whatever reasons,to enjoy this mix
of cultures andour huge repextoire of festivals. I fail to
comprehend the need to reject this happy mix. I cannot
uderstand the need to kill childredn, women and th
ehelpness in order to get a message across, a message that
in itself willnever be udnerstood by those who have lost
their loved ones. It is critical today more than ever that
all of us introspect. Does building mosques alone make a
good Muslim? Does investing large sums in temples
alone,please the gods? Yes, thetemple is required as is
the mosque,but such work can never be the be all and end
all. What is most important is the need to be a good human
being, a good Indian. And how to be a good human being is
the essence of ever yreligion. Would?nt it be right ot say
that if your fail to be one, then you would have failed
your religin,yourpeople, andmaybe even your god?One cannot
onone hand indulge in corrupt practices,cheat om
business,cheat on one?s dealings,drink to destruction and
then spend a few bucks on a religious edifice and claim
purity. The holy Quran speaks over andover agaisnt
pride,but sadly, I seepride in those that are monetarily
better off than others. Islam is a practical religion and
states with unabashed clarity the need to live in equality
and harmony with those one is living maong. Above all, it
asks of ebvery person the need to be a good human being.
Surprising isn?t it then that it is till the most
misudnerstood religion in the World? On this happy and
festive occasion as we celebrate life together. I do
request you to partake in anexercise. Please
define ?Brahman? as it is defined in the Vedas./ Then
define ?God? as is stated in the Old testamenht. Now
comprehend ?Allah? in any manner you want. But before doing
so, please be warned that you might just come oup with
answers that oculd scare you no end. It could may be even
shake the very foundation of your hatred from other(if
any). What happens if your deduction is, that o n the
whole, there was no difference? And if for any reason you
continue with your research and deduce that the difference
arose post the Vedas and the old Testament, then please be
prepared to questin the reasons, why, for,answers are
requried. Each one of us has to introspect, for we live in
disturbing times. Only by udnerstanding why and who we
truly are,can we stop religion being used as a fundemental
tool of politics and monetary gain. And if by our
ntrospecitn we can stop the killing then all the more
reason that we sjhould introspect. Herre I must narrate a
fascinating incident that shows that even the learned can
learn. My learned uncle Nawab habeeb Jung Ameer-e-Palgah,
direct descendant of the renowned Sufi saint Baba Fareed,
was invited,by virtue of his ancestry and Sufi knowledge,
to the Golden Temple at Amristsar, ot give a discourse. At
the end of his discourse, he sked a pointed questino, one
that could have been mistaken for antagonism but only by
the illiterate. He asked, ?Why do you pray to a book?? The
Jathedar of the gurudwara snmiled and without taking any
offence said that it was not the book tht the y prayed to
but the words therein. They prayed to knowledge. ?Don?t
we all??he asked. A visibly moved andhumbled Nawab Habeeb
Jung left the Golden temple satisfied that the palce of God
was insafe and noble hands. Of the 99 names of Allah. Aleem
and Alim both mean knowledge.

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