"The inherited animosity is the one that supports any anti-Islamic movement. You will find the Westerner exploring Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Communism without any hatred or prejudice at all".
You are clearly wrong my friend.
Christian Missionaries’ approach in those dark times was all the same against every religion, whether it is Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism or Mulismism.
You are talking about 12th century and 16th century. Let me give an example in the recent history. Just in 1960s...
This is my personal experience about Christian Missionaries back in my school days.
When I was a small boy, back in the village where I come from, local Christian preachers used to start a religious call in the main road with a megaphone saying "Oh sinners!..Get redeemed. You will go to heaven only through bible...Never through any other way". According to them the non-Christians were all sinners.
The whole village/town was thickly populated with Hindus. Still the Christian missionaries will go on doing this.
It used to be a very irritating way of preaching. It is playing on the ignorance of the people.
These preaching clubs were very well funded by American and British Christian societies who want to enlarge their bases. These kind of preaching still goes on. . These type of religious fanatics will always be there any time.
But nowadays no body care
Every religious fanatic will always try to convert the other person in to his religion by any available methods. In those times, it was sword and nowadays it is more with other means like money and other material things. This includes Islam.
In India every effort is being done to convert as many as possible in to Islam. This Islamic conversions do happen with the full financial backing of KSA, which is very well known.
So there is no point in talking about the past. Today, if Afghanistan has to improve means it has to move away from the clutches of mullahs and have faith in the people of Afghanistan.
See India and China is forging ahead not because of their religious faith, but because of their faith in themselves. In fact, India and china were more affected by the western imperialism in the recent history than most of the countries. India was actually ruled by the British for 150 years directly and before that ruled indirectly.
But both the countries did not dwell on those painful past. They did not hide behind the patronising talk. They did not dwell on the revenge things etc. For an example India was expected to fail as a country in 1947, by the British parliamentarians.
Instead of shouting back at them for their pessimistic wish, Indians determined to prove them wrong and that would be the apt reply. So they believed in themselves.
Of course, it took them 60 years and still a long way to go. But you should understand, they did not have a huge oil wealth to kick start their economy.
So it is purely their leaders vision and the people’s will power which is propelling their economy to the present vibrant state.
As I said already there is still a very long way to go. But I am sure that the people of India and china will reach their goal.
It all happened not by hatred, but by believing in them selves. Not by blaming the past but dreaming about the future. Not by fighting, but working hard in the present.
I know that I have written a very long note. But I do hope that you can understand what I mean.
FORGET THE PAST – PLAN FOR THE FUTURE – WORK HARD IN THE PRESENT.
God bless you!
"The inherited animosity is the one that supports any anti-Islamic movement. You will find the Westerner exploring Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Communism without any hatred or prejudice at all".
You are clearly wrong my friend.
Christian Missionaries’ approach in those dark times was all the same against every religion, whether it is Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism or Mulismism.
You are talking about 12th century and 16th century. Let me give an example in the recent history. Just in 1960s...
This is my personal experience about Christian Missionaries back in my school days.
When I was a small boy, back in the village where I come from, local Christian preachers used to start a religious call in the main road with a megaphone saying "Oh sinners!..Get redeemed. You will go to heaven only through bible...Never through any other way". According to them the non-Christians were all sinners.
The whole village/town was thickly populated with Hindus. Still the Christian missionaries will go on doing this.
It used to be a very irritating way of preaching. It is playing on the ignorance of the people.
These preaching clubs were very well funded by American and British Christian societies who want to enlarge their bases. These kind of preaching still goes on. . These type of religious fanatics will always be there any time.
But nowadays no body care
Every religious fanatic will always try to convert the other person in to his religion by any available methods. In those times, it was sword and nowadays it is more with other means like money and other material things. This includes Islam.
In India every effort is being done to convert as many as possible in to Islam. This Islamic conversions do happen with the full financial backing of KSA, which is very well known.
So there is no point in talking about the past. Today, if Afghanistan has to improve means it has to move away from the clutches of mullahs and have faith in the people of Afghanistan.
See India and China is forging ahead not because of their religious faith, but because of their faith in themselves. In fact, India and china were more affected by the western imperialism in the recent history than most of the countries. India was actually ruled by the British for 150 years directly and before that ruled indirectly.
But both the countries did not dwell on those painful past. They did not hide behind the patronising talk. They did not dwell on the revenge things etc. For an example India was expected to fail as a country in 1947, by the British parliamentarians.
Instead of shouting back at them for their pessimistic wish, Indians determined to prove them wrong and that would be the apt reply. So they believed in themselves.
Of course, it took them 60 years and still a long way to go. But you should understand, they did not have a huge oil wealth to kick start their economy.
So it is purely their leaders vision and the people’s will power which is propelling their economy to the present vibrant state.
As I said already there is still a very long way to go. But I am sure that the people of India and china will reach their goal.
It all happened not by hatred, but by believing in them selves. Not by blaming the past but dreaming about the future. Not by fighting, but working hard in the present.
I know that I have written a very long note. But I do hope that you can understand what I mean.
FORGET THE PAST – PLAN FOR THE FUTURE – WORK HARD IN THE PRESENT.
God bless you!