Sunday, June 17, 2007
CAUSE OF CONFLICT; ITS POLITIC NOT RELIGION
When talking about the Lina Joy controversy, most of us clamouring it to be a religious conflict and the rooted from religious belief. Well... form my point of view... I'm not in the similar position of the said statement.
I would like to refer to a statement made by Karen Armstrong, a fellow speaker invited to speak at a conference, organised by the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on understanding between Islam and the western world.
She as quoted to be said;
"Religious tensions are exacerbated by political warfare, and not the converse," said the well-known author, faith activist and self-described freelance monotheist in a public lecture in Kuala Lumpur today.
Armstrong spoke eloquently on the bare fundamentals of faith, insisting that all major world religions came down to the same thing: compassion.
"If we dig down to the core of all religions, we uncover the same message. It is a message of peace and justice...It is the core of all human religion," she said.
This close companionship - Armstrong refers to it as a "family resemblance" - is nullified by tense political climates all over the world, resulting in the severe breakdown between religions that has often led to warfare and grief.
Thus... who are in power to be our government to day? I think its time to make a change. No more Barisan Nasional!
I would like to refer to a statement made by Karen Armstrong, a fellow speaker invited to speak at a conference, organised by the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on understanding between Islam and the western world.
She as quoted to be said;
"Religious tensions are exacerbated by political warfare, and not the converse," said the well-known author, faith activist and self-described freelance monotheist in a public lecture in Kuala Lumpur today.
Armstrong spoke eloquently on the bare fundamentals of faith, insisting that all major world religions came down to the same thing: compassion.
"If we dig down to the core of all religions, we uncover the same message. It is a message of peace and justice...It is the core of all human religion," she said.
This close companionship - Armstrong refers to it as a "family resemblance" - is nullified by tense political climates all over the world, resulting in the severe breakdown between religions that has often led to warfare and grief.
Thus... who are in power to be our government to day? I think its time to make a change. No more Barisan Nasional!
# posted by Kitaro Minami : 1:22 AM
