Khan Saheb Kamal Haasan's Jamaat/Jeba Koottam/Devasthaanam - Part 8

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Jihad is there ..But the understanding of the word 'Jihad' is the question.

Pew Foundation's survey of muslims in islamic countries as well as in Europe concluded that majority of muslims are in favor of jihad to protect their interests!! there are tons of hadiths in the koran that have no value / relevance to todays world - 'stoning a woman to death at her father's doorsteps if she is not a virgin on the night of her wedding' is just one very eclectic/lofty example!

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Qu...punishment.htm

of course, men are exempt from all of this!

I would like Hassar to give his 'rational/atheistic' interpretation to the above, in one of his films - the same way he talks about/derides the beliefs (howsoever outdated they might be) of one group!

the problem is either one is a devout muslim and blindly accepts these dogmas or one embraces sufi islam which is more along the lines of our sitthars do!

however, there is the risk of inviting the wrath of 'apostasy' - http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Qu...2-apostasy.htm - "Those who turn their back on Islam are to be executed" - if one tries to be a moderate muslim.

adding to all of this, is the way/manner in which local imams ensure that they are kept poor, uneducated - and even educated muslims carry some angst or the other - think of Saudi princes/sheikhs pouring in millions of petrodollars into madrassas in pakistan for promoting the extreme 'wahabbi' culture/viewpoints - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabi - and kids attending these madrassas instead of conventional schools - you will get the picture of why the Kasabs can be easily brainwashed to do what they did on 26th November, 2008 !

Sam Harris's 'end of faith' is a brilliant narrative on all of this and much more

with or without american hegemony, islam wud have def needed reform! christianity embraced scientific viewpoints as well as reformist ideas such as civil rights etc etc, realizing that they were inevitable - judaism, despite the crazy zionist extremes, is by far the most liberal, amongst the judeo-christian-islamic traditions - most jews are almost agnostic (IMHO) / atheistic

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