Urgent need to halt incursions of regressive systems

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These examples shows the level of mediocrity of Indian media and the devious opportunists who control these. Such is the obsequious connection to colonial masters that they constantly have the urge for authentication from white man eking in london dustbin. These media houses are not only incompetent but have absolutely no connection to any truth nor are concerned about any indian reality except posturing for benefits, or most importantly hinging to beneficial narrations for bigger gains. The embryonic connection with british fluffs is also to be noted for english as defining factor for arbitration even if it misses the point of what is being pushed in, so is the fact that they really don’t have any worthy columnists, except brands. It doesn’t matter though as not many read these. Large content reading has seen a massive drop in recent times as people have many outlets to choose from and their attention span is now reduced to tree dwelling species. This therefore is the echo chamber of despicable elite that one has the occasion to peek.

Today I was reading one pravasi bharat posturer in the same newspaper (always make sure to return the newspaper to seller, deny even a single penny to them). While writing on Islamophobia (a touchy subject for cunning manipulators, since they are confused in the fast changing dynamics as to where the lick is) he very confidently asserts that “…Any perusal of Islam, by laymen, by theologians, by scholars and renowned Imams will prove that the religion does not, in any interpretation, instruct people to tie explosives to themselves and kill innocent people. Neither does any interpretation of the Quran or the Hadith justify driving vans into people walking on the pavements of Westminster Bridge. These are far-fetched willful medieval interpretations unacceptable to most Muslims in the contemporary world…”. These kind of statements will definitely get him admirers in the ecosystem that is being nurtured wherein religion is being positioned as benign force. This is serious matter and shouldn’t be allowed to be passed into mainstream by these devious anglers without scrutiny. Religion is without any exception segregatory and works against creation of free community with thinking contemplative individuals connected to realities and fickleness of forces of nature and are ready to face emerging challenges and opportunities. Religion not only produces unthinking followers but opens space for exploitation and brutalities as also takes humans away from the exciting realities and contemplative possibilities to replace it with grand fictions that further alienates humans. The delirious effects of these delusions we are seeing all around us and persistently worked to diminish our reality. Every religion has provided space for violence in varying degree and islam is definitely not an exception (there are enough mentions in ‘holy books’ that points to acceptance of violence, however benignly one may try to interpret, indeed, why should one work to interpret? Why aren’t these in simple unequivocal language if it is meant to spiritually guide humans?). Significantly, if the society is ready to accept something written few centuries back as ultimate truth, and is incapable to factor in evolving understandings, ideas and evolution of societies all through the ages then there is something seriously wrong. It is a serious incursion into humanity and progressive value system on which human rights are hinged on. It is an assault on intellect and insult on basic intelligence of individuals and common sense. It is a deep gash on empathy and tolerance, and this is precisely what religion is pushing in (and in its perversity claiming to be victim of the same). 

This has to be understood, and it is about time to turn the table on religion as to why is that it segregates and is incapable to accept its fallacies and limitation, and be humble to the human predicament? Also, why is it exciting reactionary forces and regressive value system across the world? This denial of abortion in a US state has everything to do with religion. The oft repeated excuse of it being wrongly interpreted doesn’t rub any more we have well past it. If it is interpretable then the religion is at fault for allowing it to be interpreted. The onus is very much on the religion. There is absolutely no reason to see religion as benign force, indeed it need to be put in strident scrutiny on every available occasion. Not an inch of hard earned space for empathy and individual liberty must be acceded. History is witness to amazing level of atrocities in the name of religion as also inspired by religions, this framework have always been against progressive ideas –the same that nurtured value system encouraging critical faculty of questioning, doubting and inquiring that has led to spectacular understanding of forces of nature and development of modern amenities.  

It is about time religions are opened to strident critical scrutiny, instead to being treated as sacred and outside the realm of inquiry or criticism. Religion is churning lots of BS and misery, and it is increasingly clear that it is not part of the solution but is here to accentuate problems while dehumanizing and keeping ordinary people in juvenile mindset that is easy to be exploited. It is therefore unfortunate that Britain is moving towards recognizing islam on par with race, hence in a strange appalling travesty, racism as islamophobia. Britain has been seriously compromised, and the wave of rise of reactionary forces across West can be quite easily be traced to spread of these insular regressive value system which is sought to be protected in the garb of religion. And the pretentious fattened fluffs trying to hide their hypocrisies and hedonistic lifestyle, add to it the angst of colonial exploitation, have turned them into pliable patronizers who are ever ready to lower the benchmark of human dealings (so much so that monster mullahs thrive with all comfort taken care). Britain, specifically, has created more misery to the world than any other country. It’s about time that international community take note of this. This woman “baroness” (look at the irony) Sayeeda Warsi is dangerous and is in the same league as Nigel farage, Marine le pen, Geert Wilders…She shouldn’t be allowed to play the Muslim angst (a religion which definitely needs to reform, it has become a burden on common people and evolved sensibilities). There is no denying that there is rise of racism, but it should be dealt separately and shouldn’t be allowed to mix with religion and create this devious excuse for serious encroachments. 

 Religion is a subjective reality, unlike race or gender (this too is becoming quite fluid, one hopes even race becomes immaterial as societies evolve), the attempts to solidify it as objective need be fiercely resisted. This regressive anachronistic presence shouldn’t be allowed the prominence in human dealing that it seeks, and must be firmly put in its place. Meanwhile attack and abuse on individuals pursuing their faith must be dealt as law and order issue, and not as a systemic problem since the system in itself is under scrutiny and surely has dubious juvenile value context. Attack on individual is different from attack on faith. Individual is real while faith is part of a system that isn’t real, a human conception, hence cannot carry the same gravity nor it should ever. Systems will have to fulfill the needs to protect human rights and individual liberty as also evolve with the logics and awareness of the realities, empathizing with the predicaments.

If common people are moving towards xenophobic right, that too in societies that is deemed to be progressive, where citizen are known to be more open minded and empathetic to varying viewpoints, and have vibrant democratic institutions, then the religion concerned must be put into scrutiny. Nothing is sacrosanct and to be accepted as if ordained, least a religion. Take for instance the recent protest by parents against egalitarian teaching in schools (found as age appropriate and valuable by experts) for inclusive society on the ground that it goes against their religion. This is significant pointer to understand what we face and how it is eating into the society. As it is humane space in the world is reducing (by the onslaught of religion and capitalism greed poison). Hence it becomes urgent that religion shouldn’t be allowed any space to intrude into egalitarian value system. There must be increase in phobia against system that restrict and restrain humanity, undermines human values, dignity and liberty, which seeks to bludgeon humans into unthinking followers whose critical faculties are systematically weakened. There must be religiophobia. There must be islamophobia. There must be hinduphobia. Religions must be critically examined and stridently opposed wherever and whenever it encroaches on human rights and poses as benign presence on the misery of people. Religion is a threat hence it cannot play victim. Individuals can be victims, this can be dealt on case by case basis with the rule of law taking extra care that regressive value system is not normalized or accepted in any form.  

These attempts to mainstream regressive frameworks in the guise of faith and capitalizing on angst of common people is a serious incursion on basic human rights. Values associated with liberty and equality are hard won with lots of sacrifice by remarkable people that helped in civilizing human societies and giving hope to each individual. These values have always been persistently threatened by powerful entrenched groups and regressive value system that always find easy alibi in religion (which ofcourse presents itself as such, it is indeed futile to find otherwise from something that was written many centuries back working on entirely different context and space, the brutalities and insecurities). As it is these hard won values that assures humanity a space to exist is tenuous and on ever shrinking grounds in most societies. Britain must take responsibility against these serious incursions. History will never forgive, nor will the future generations.