1. As a writer, I have always upheld truth and justice. It may amount to criticising our government, our system, any social flaws or any religion. I have been posting my views on flaws across board in the same spirit.
2. Thus when I raised questions about Islamic concepts, some friends raised their eyebrows and asked me as on what premises I base my objections to Islam ?
3. I must point out here itself that I have nothing against Indian muslims, and I respect the Ganga-Jamuna tehzeeb, but please do not forget that Ganga-Jamuna tehzeeb is a synergy of Sufi Islam and Sanaatan Hindu parampara. Also we can not forget that this Ganga-Jamuna culture is the outcome of tolerant and helpless Hindu spirit and a ruthless advent of Islamic sword in our sub-continent. So long was the suppression of non-islamic Faith's in India, that 10 generations of Sikh Gurus had to tirelessly fight Islam with their pen aswellas sword, and sacrificed their families, themselves and countless sikhs, to put an end to the nuisance of Islamic dominance.
4. What is so wrong about Islam that even people like me feel forced to spell them out?
5. Well, the cardinal sin of Islam is, that it takes off from a premise of being fully and finally perfect. Its followers have accepted this flawed paradigm, and as a result refuse to introspect their own flaws while finding a million flaws in other world religions.
6. This singular flaw alone, is so magnanimous that the followers of Islam have indulged, in mass murders, only to force others to accept their point of view.
7. Is it an ignorable flaw I ask my critics ? No ladies and gentlemen, it is in fact an unparalleled crime against humanity and the paradox is, it still continues.
8. I say it verily that Islam is basically flawed in its major concepts. Although I still give it the benefit of doubt for being so, as Islsm emerged as a religion and social order in an highly uncivilised society, saturated with greed jealousy, and malice.
9. I am ready to overlook the flaws in Islam because of the geographical, demographical, cultural and other conditions in which it was born, but that can not be an excuse to absolve its followers of never having looked beyond their own closet.
10. I am not being overtly critical of a religion followed by many of my friends but my candid observation is rather indicative of the fact that some truly enlightened people within Islam need to revisit its core values and concepts to realign it.
11. Technically speaking Islam was conceptualised and created in a desert, for ill cultured, rival polytheistic tribals, with a wild and violent streak, by one of them, that is Mohammad (PBUH).
12. The aim was to unite these tribals, tame them and drive some sense in to them by giving them a regimen to live by.
13. So he created some extremely stringent and harsh laws and lifestyles to bring order to a disorderly desert society. So far so good but the problem started when Islam was put in to a time freezer by its followers and then spread by them beyond the Arab deserts.
14. The preachers of Islam were and are not only intolerant of non-Muslims, or any other alternate way of life, but they were and are also intolerant to any change and evolution within their own religion it self.
15. To bring home a point for my non muslim readers, muslims or momins are those who have agreed to be followers of Prophet. Kafirs are those who have not as yet done so, and kafir murtads are those who have been momins once, but have then decided to move on, or in other words, they are the apostates.
16. Some rules created by Prophet were forceful conversions of non Muslim tribals to Islam, but to do so he ended up creating an extremely flawed system of social order. In simple words he advocated death for Kafirs who refuse to be momins and death for kafir murtaads or apostates.
17. I have strong objections to this and also to his concepts on social positioning and justice for women.
18. Many of the precedences and laws of Mohammad's philosophy are proving to be misfits in the modern society, where people have gone much past the Arabia of 1500 years ago. For example Hijab.
19. Women are working as doctors, nurses, air hostesses and soldiers and in hundreds of other professions. Neither the hijab is practical for them, nor is it fair for them to be treated as commodities, slaves and objects of sex alone. Please refer to Sura 70- aayat 30 of Quran.
20. Then there is a cardinal sin being committed by followers of Islam in converting non-muslims in to Muslims. Tragically, this is not only being carried out as a religious duty, but in an idiotic hope and promise of rewards, in an after-life in so called Jannat or an imagined Firdaus.
21. How can it be possible to carry-on rubbing concepts of any religion or lifestyle on others, concepts that have outlived their utility. Today millions of people want to live free of any or all old religions, as the modern men and women have outgrown the need or necessity to belong to any religion.
22. People feel that for living a life governed by ethics and morality no religion is required.
24. Also I must add, that in millions of conversions violence has been the key as far as Islam is concerned. Sword was justified to be used against munqirs and Kafir murtads of desert of Arabia, by Nabi but sadly it did not end their.
25. This flawed concept of the founder of Islam is responsible for torture and death of millions of innocent people all across the globe just for being non-muslims.
26. Sikhism in India evolved in to a martial race or religion as a direct consequence of an armed rebellion against the repressive oppressive and intolerant policies of Muslim rulers, who all followed the core concepts of Islam and its founder.
27. Its a different chapter although, as to how a basically flawed Manuvadi Hinduism, with it's staunch caste demands also contributed to emergence and spread of Sikhism.
28. I think its time to think beyond any thing and every think that is oppressive and repressive for general public, exploitative of women, and generally regressive.
🚩Truth alone is Divine.🚩
©✒Guru Balwant Gurunay⚔
