Flourishing Ex-Islamism: One Reason Could Be Some Inexplicable And Inscrutable Messages From Allah In Qur'an, Reeking Of Sectarian Sadism
By
Sumit Paul, New Age Islam
17 December
2022
The Modus Operandi Of All Faiths Is A
Manifestation Of Mundane Human Needs And Requirements. Any Social Or Religious
Sect Is A Practical Fallout Of Human Proclivity To Create A Separate Group. All
Sects In All Faiths Are Smaller Ghettos Within Larger Ghettos.
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"If
Allah so willed, He could make you all one people: But He leaves straying whom
He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases."
Just for a
moment, leave your religion aside (read Islam) and re-read the aforementioned
sentence. What does it imply? It clearly and categorically suggests that the
Allah of Islam is a sectarian sadist who draws some pervert pleasure out of
straying his followers, precisely, Muslims (nay, Momins). Allah hu Akbar!
Indeed,
inexplicable and inscrutable are the ways of god almighty (all said
ironically). If it's god's wish that certain individuals should go awry and
some remain tethered to their beliefs without going astray, then why should
humans be held responsible for following different sects and faiths? It's your
god that wants you to stay divided into sects and will continue to divide you
even if you want to dispense with all (socio-religious) sects.
Any
religion, not just Islam, Christianity or Hinduism, can be compared to a
worldly organization. The way an organization has sections and departments, any
damn religion also has sections in the form of sects. No god ever made any
religion and its innumerable sects because no god ever existed in the first
place. Humans concocted god or gods and made all faiths. The modus operandi of
all faiths is a manifestation of mundane human needs and requirements. Any
social or religious sect is a practical fallout of human proclivity to create a
separate group. All sects in all faiths are smaller ghettos within larger
ghettos.
Sociologist
Neil Ferguson believes that humans cannot remain unanimous on religious tenets.
They keep adding and interpolating, resulting in the formation of new sects
with different brands of theological rules and religious perceptions. Even
Hinduism which boasted of having no categorical sects, got bifurcated into Shaivites
and Vaishnavites. And its (Hinduism's) disgusting caste hierarchy is
nothing but pseudo-religious sectarianism. Humans cannot relate to religion
sans sects. To an average human, a religion without sects is like a canopy
without pillars. Sects are its pillars. Lastly, when humans themselves are
divided into a host of religions, further sects or sub-sects only strengthen
the sociological axiom that they (humans) tend to form smaller groups and
ghettos.
What an
unevolved species to desecrate the earth!
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A regular columnist for New Age Islam,
Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to
Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in
several languages including Persian.
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