KHAIRPUR: A watchman at a Sikh temple in Luqman Mohallah and a young man
said to be mentally challenged have been taken into police custody
after the latter was found to have allegedly desecrated the Guru Granth
Sahib, it emerged on Tuesday.
The above news article caught my attention the moment I read it. It is SO interesting in so many ways . Look at the selection of words "said to be mentally challenged" "found to have allegedly desecrated" . Since the individual in question was a Hindu so he was very conveniently "mentally challenged". Easy , isn't it ? If some one opens fire inside a school killing kids, mentally challenged . Some one abuses a Holy Book , mentally challenged. Of course, it is very important that the individual in question be a NON Muslim , if he or she is a Muslim, then of course , he or she is a hardcore extremist / Islamic / terrorist / jihadist / zealot ...take your pick !
This is how the Media conditions minds . This is how so-called "secularist" and "liberal" newspapers breed hatred for Islam in the minds of people. It is so obvious that the language in the above mentioned report has been consciously "watered down" to make the crime look very forgivable. After all , the individual in question ( a Hindu) , was "mentally challanged" , oh I am so sorry, said to be mentally challenged , so let us give him the benefit of doubt and look the other way. Interestingly , when we read about alleged blasphemies in which a Muslim individual or individuals are supposed to be the perpetrators , there is never any mention of them being abnormal , nor there is any clarification later on about whether the blasphemy did or did not occur. What is highlighted is the treatment meted out to them as a result of the alleged blasphemies. The treatment , which is always inhuman , is never justified . But the question is, are the "blasphemies" always alleged or whether they do occur atleast some of the times ? No one focuses on that and the reaction towards such news items is of total out rage towards Islam and not towards the people who committed the crime .
I have shared both types of stories here . It gives a pretty interesting insight into how hate is being nurtured for Islam by our very own Media. This is just a typical example of how the Media twists words to further it's agenda. As a rule, a non-Muslim perpetrator is to be sympathized with as he or she is "mentally challenged" . If not mentally challenged then he has "the right to defend himself" . And if nothing , absolutely nothing works, then a non - Muslim is justified in carrying out atrocities against other Muslims because some other Muslims in some other part of the world may or may not have carried out atrocities against Non - Muslims. It is the typical wolf and lamb story in which the wolf sees a lamb drinking water down stream and kills it on the pretext that " you are not dirtying the water but your father might have dirtied it and maybe some other wolf drank it and fell ill ; so I need to punish you for that."
This is how things are now a days. Let alone non Muslims , there are enough numbers of Muslims out there that think Islam is the culprit in every conflict. There general feedback is along the lines of "It is being done in the name of Islam."
What I believe is that we need to stop making things easy for such Islam haters. We need to forcefully, logically , oppose the elements that are spreading such hatred of Islam. We may not be able to fight in the battle field , but what we can do is try to develop a better understanding of Islam. We should make Quran a part of our daily lives. Recite it daily, try to understand it. Be regular about the prayers. Read the history of Islam if you can. The only way to counter such malicious anti Islam propaganda is to promote the image of Islam that is closer to reality . We should try to emulate everything Islam teaches us . The Islam haters are not going to stop their hate mongering , but it would be really great if we do not provide them with more fuel. Nor should such elements be given a free hand . Make it difficult for them to oppose Islam , make it real tough for them to get their anti- Islam ideas accepted. Obviously , we can only but play a tiny part in all this but it would be much better to play a small role for the sake of Islam instead of a large role against it !!!
The above news article caught my attention the moment I read it. It is SO interesting in so many ways . Look at the selection of words "said to be mentally challenged" "found to have allegedly desecrated" . Since the individual in question was a Hindu so he was very conveniently "mentally challenged". Easy , isn't it ? If some one opens fire inside a school killing kids, mentally challenged . Some one abuses a Holy Book , mentally challenged. Of course, it is very important that the individual in question be a NON Muslim , if he or she is a Muslim, then of course , he or she is a hardcore extremist / Islamic / terrorist / jihadist / zealot ...take your pick !
This is how the Media conditions minds . This is how so-called "secularist" and "liberal" newspapers breed hatred for Islam in the minds of people. It is so obvious that the language in the above mentioned report has been consciously "watered down" to make the crime look very forgivable. After all , the individual in question ( a Hindu) , was "mentally challanged" , oh I am so sorry, said to be mentally challenged , so let us give him the benefit of doubt and look the other way. Interestingly , when we read about alleged blasphemies in which a Muslim individual or individuals are supposed to be the perpetrators , there is never any mention of them being abnormal , nor there is any clarification later on about whether the blasphemy did or did not occur. What is highlighted is the treatment meted out to them as a result of the alleged blasphemies. The treatment , which is always inhuman , is never justified . But the question is, are the "blasphemies" always alleged or whether they do occur atleast some of the times ? No one focuses on that and the reaction towards such news items is of total out rage towards Islam and not towards the people who committed the crime .
I have shared both types of stories here . It gives a pretty interesting insight into how hate is being nurtured for Islam by our very own Media. This is just a typical example of how the Media twists words to further it's agenda. As a rule, a non-Muslim perpetrator is to be sympathized with as he or she is "mentally challenged" . If not mentally challenged then he has "the right to defend himself" . And if nothing , absolutely nothing works, then a non - Muslim is justified in carrying out atrocities against other Muslims because some other Muslims in some other part of the world may or may not have carried out atrocities against Non - Muslims. It is the typical wolf and lamb story in which the wolf sees a lamb drinking water down stream and kills it on the pretext that " you are not dirtying the water but your father might have dirtied it and maybe some other wolf drank it and fell ill ; so I need to punish you for that."
This is how things are now a days. Let alone non Muslims , there are enough numbers of Muslims out there that think Islam is the culprit in every conflict. There general feedback is along the lines of "It is being done in the name of Islam."
What I believe is that we need to stop making things easy for such Islam haters. We need to forcefully, logically , oppose the elements that are spreading such hatred of Islam. We may not be able to fight in the battle field , but what we can do is try to develop a better understanding of Islam. We should make Quran a part of our daily lives. Recite it daily, try to understand it. Be regular about the prayers. Read the history of Islam if you can. The only way to counter such malicious anti Islam propaganda is to promote the image of Islam that is closer to reality . We should try to emulate everything Islam teaches us . The Islam haters are not going to stop their hate mongering , but it would be really great if we do not provide them with more fuel. Nor should such elements be given a free hand . Make it difficult for them to oppose Islam , make it real tough for them to get their anti- Islam ideas accepted. Obviously , we can only but play a tiny part in all this but it would be much better to play a small role for the sake of Islam instead of a large role against it !!!
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