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Religions > Atheism |
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"The Black Wibble" |
| Date: |
16 Apr 2006 06:22:27 PM |
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Why I Left Islam, by Abul Kasem |
Bangladeshi, Abul Kasem, is now an athiest.
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I have always questioned the necessity of religion in our lives and the
inhuman and illogical practices in many religions including Islam. You might
wonder what had triggered my distaste for religion. It all started in my
schooldays when I witnessed the slaughter of a dear Hindu friend of mine
(along with his entire family members) in Chandpur, Bangladesh. I can never
erase that memory from my mind. That was a devastating experience, no doubt.
But more shocking thing was that many Muslims were actually happy about that
and even went further to support the idea that we (Muslims) should kill more
Hindus because the Muslims in India are being slaughtered too. It was also
declared by some Muslim clerics that killing of non-muslims is an act of
jihad and therefore, any one participating in jihad will be rewarded with
heaven. At that tender edge I knew very little of Islam and nothing about
other religions. However, the little conscience inside me told me that what
was being done and what was being practiced were not right. However, I had
little power to change the course of event.
The other incident involves my life itself. I nearly died when the Pakistani
soldiers and their fanatic supporters attacked the University residential
halls on the dark night of 25th. March, 1971. I still do not know how I
escaped the near death when most of my dear Uni friends were killed. There
were bullets in every places. Somehow or other I could cross the high walls
which may be impossible for me to do now. There were many other incidents
during that period and just prior to our liberation when I escaped near
death from the fanatic followers of Islam. Any way, I do not want to burden
you with those details. But all those incidents have spawned the seed of
deep religious distrust in my mind. At that time many of my friends also
shared the similar views with me. And naturally, I felt very happy that we
have come to the end of religious tyranny.
But alas! As strange as it me seem now, many of those dear Uni friends of
mine have really become fanatic followers of Islam now. Many of them I met
in my overseas life. They have spent a good part of their lives in the
middle-east. They openly support some of the actions by the Pakistan army
and their fanatic followers. They strongly support the forced conversion of
the entire world population to Islam. And only then, they say, 'there will
be peace'. Even in a country like Australia many of them dare to say 'we
came to Australia to rid the people of their sinful activities and convert
them to Islam'. One of their mottos is to build a mosque in every suburb of
Australia. Of course, these are laughing matters in place like Australia.
Whenever I meet these old pals it really breaks my heart. When I asked them
what had caused such an opposite change in them; they readily admit that
they were greatly influenced by the Arabs. Even though many of them really
hate the cruel treatment of them (in many cases slave treatment) by the
Arabs. But nevertheless, they feel very grateful to them (the Arabs) for
giving them employment and good money. Many of these Bangali are proud to
dress like Arabs. They have literally wiped out the memory of genocide in
Bangladesh and some of them really justify the genocide to purify Islam.
This had led me to conclude that Islam is nothing but the preservation of
Arab haegemony and the enslavement of the poor people of countries such as
Bangladesh.
The strange thing is that none of these Islamists really want to migrate to
any Islamic country. None of them chose to live in an Islamic society. Why?
The simple truth was that none of those Arab countries want them. These
countries are for the Arabs only. Where is the Islamic brotherhood? The
Arabs are very clever people. They have used Islam as a powerful bait to
continue the age old tradition of slavery in the 21st. century format. My
guess is that this will continue escalating while the oil price keeps
soaring. These fanatics use the openness, fairness and the democratic
institutions in countries like Australia to propagate their poisonous
doctrines.
Surely you [Ali Sina, from www.faithfreedom.org] are disturbed and concerned
about the hate mails that you have already received and you will surely
continue to receive in future. Probably they (the fanatics) may even
threaten your life. But these hate mails are a blessing in disguise. They
confirm the real colour of the religion. The closing of your web site, if
you really look from the positive point is a good one. It (the closing)
clearly shows that the Islamists cannot ignore you any more, that you did
create a great impact on the minds of rational thinkers for which many
Mullahs really feel threatened. Please do not despair. You are not motivated
by money; you are not motivated by honours and accolades, you are not
motivated by a PhD, you are not motivated by leadership, you are not
motivated by prestige. All we want is a fair go for humanity, a world free
of religious bigotry, religious cruelty and religious unfairness.
I really do not know how to thank you and admire you for your death defying
conviction. We are with you.
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Abul Kasem
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Tony.
Ibn Ishaq:572 "Muhammad is the man, an Apostle of my Lord. Evil was the
state of our enemy so they lost the day. Fortunes change and we came upon
them like lions from the thickets. The armies of Allah came openly, flying
at them in rage, so they could not get away. We destroyed them and forced
them to surrender. In the former days there was no battle like this; their
blood flowed freely. We slew them and left them in the dust. Those who
escaped were choked with terror. A multitude of them were slain. This is
Allah's war in which those who do not accept Islam will have no helper. War
destroyed the tribe and fate the clan."
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