April 15, 2012

Salman Taseer, another victim of ignorance and intolerance


We say one dies so we mean ones life ends, but the one who dies actually starts the life which he has to live forever. Now days such incidents are happening so frequently all around the world in which it can’t be decided that who was at fault and who is given punishment for no reason. At that time whether someone believes in the final day or life after death or not, feels deep inside his heart that there shall be a day when the truth would be told and the one who will decide shall be the most just. Thus now like other such events we shall leave this decision, in this case also, on the only mighty and the courts, and must try to find out the differing point, before that more victims of intolerance and ignorance come into view.

Media and civil society, all the time emphasize, on increasing intolerance in the public, but never talks about root causes. Only if we could answer one question we will get all the solutions of every increasing patterns of intolerance, and that is “when does intolerance develop?”   

Islam is a peaceful religion and gives the full freedom of speech and expression. That means this right is given to every human whether muslim or non muslim, religious or secular, politician or public, fanatic or liberal and so on. Now lets look at the behavior of media and civil society, it is always observed that they have segregated the talking heads into favorites and non favorites. Those who talk what they want to listen to and agree only with their opinions, they will be heard all the time but those who differ a bit they will be heard too, but with decisive comments by the anchors and writers. Thus when some one will feel ignored and not heard even if true what he will do? I mean to say let public or viewers decide themselves who is talking right and who is not only then media and civil society can say they are creating tolerance among people, otherwise they are the original actors to develop intolerance around the world.

Like so many others I am also very sad today, for Salman Taseer and as well for Malik Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of The Governor. Reason being they both were ignorant. None of them understood Allah’s book and its message of peace for the whole humanity. They both were intolerant also, as both were not ready to accept each others different points of view.

The most repeated thought in Allah’s book is respect everyone’s point of view so that implement peace in the world at any cost. Thus in my point of view the only solution to remove all the worries from this planet, and to build patience and tolerance, is to tell Allah’s message with its true spirit and this is the responsibility of muslim, jews and Christian priests along with the most influential actor now days, the media. We shall also pray to God that when we would die, shall neither be ignorant nor those who incurred his wrath. Ameen

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