Originally posted by: IamRaj96
...The bottom line is that only the majority of their own people, those they say are good, have the power to reform their religion and shape a positive global image. No one else is going to do it for them. Its their responsibility, not ours.
Only quote your bolded part...I agree wholeheartedly...it's what I also wrote before and after having watched the panel discussion video from many years ago.
I have asked Muslim people in my country (Germany) and in India (when I was there) why they allowed that the bad deeds done by Muslims (terrorism, jihad, forced conversions) aren't contested vehemently from their side...I got to know that - like with so many bad things happening uncontested - it is fear that hinders them. So, they result in trying to tell that Islam basically doesn't teach what the "bad Muslims" (they call them like that) teach, but they tell it to those who generalize the behaviour of Muslims, not to the perpetrators and abusers of the religion.
There was a scene in MyNameIsKhan where a Muslim rightfully called out a Muslim agitator and repeatedly called him Shaitan...it had to be a Muslim with Asperger who takes the words of his religion in the good sense to openly protest and to even report him to the police. To this man (Rizwan), people were either good (acting in a good way) or bad (acting in a bad way) with "good" and "bad" clearly defined to him (through his education). Rizwan was fearless to protest and report because of the way he focussed on the literal meaning of words (what Carisma tried to convey in what she wrote).
So, again it is a question of education - from the very beginning, not only in religious schools or training camps. I asked about the schools...why not a public school instead of an islamic one and I got to know that not all islamic schools are teaching the "bad" Islam, that religious teaching is only a small part of the curriculum, but the general teaching is better than in public schools - just like often in religious schools (catholic etc.). Others told me that there is pressure from the community to send the kids in an Islamic school which - again - causes fear. Often, the parents get distanced from the kids...they told me "We can't discuss religious things with them anymore."
What I find very important, is the communication w i t h people, n o t a b o u t them.
Info: I read every post when I come back to reading, so there is a distance of many pages between the quoted post and my comment...
Edited by Clochette - 3 months ago
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