Before You Read:
This Post is my general opinion and not meant to insult or discriminate any Religion. If this hurts the feelings of any individual, then…well who cares ;-)
Hey Guys, I m back with a blog after a long time I guess.
This time lemme get religious!!
Preface:
Azhar Rehman (Name Changed),a Muslim Student filed a petition in Supreme Court early this year stating that he was not allowed to attend classes in his School with his beard. Azhar argued that his religion does not allow him to shave, but the school management were very particular about their rules that no student(irrespective of any religion) should have a beard .However, the Supreme court had dismissed the petition.
India, a country where ‘Religion’ is rated higher than ‘humanity’, is a land of cultural
barriers (at least emotionally).Should we be proud that we are a State of Diversified religions yet we are one or should we be hating ourselves for implanting these differences in our children’s minds right from their Schooling? .I used the word ’School’ because it is where a human being gets molded as someone useful or useless.
I feel that a student should not be allowed to carry religious symbols to schools This may be of different forms .A ‘Cross’ wore by a Christian .A ‘Tabeez’ or beard by a Muslim. The 4 k’s of Sikhs Kesh(uncut hair),Kanga(wooden comb),Kara(steel bracelet),kirpan (small sword) (Kachhera ,cotton underwear the 5th K is an exception) and for Hindus ,A ‘Namam’ indicating a Brahmin ,a bracelet or lockets of any of the million Hindu gods ,sacred threads, or other tilaks..
This is a long list if we count the religions or castes in India…..
Do you think these symbols are required for a student?? I don’t think our children go to school to represent our religion. Do they??
As said by a Muslim Scholar,’one, who has a beard, is a true Muslim’.
According to my observation, none of the Pakistan’s Presidents or PM’s had beards, even Jinnah did not have .APJ Abdul Kalam,Omar Abdulah,Farookh Abdullah,Gulam Nabi Azad,
All the khans of Bollwood, Ajim Premji and many more. So, are all these not true Muslims??
I have later discovered that even Quran(Islam’s Holy Book),does not mention these rules. It even does not say to perform prayers 5 times a day or even Roza. All these are the rules made by people and say these are the rules made to reach God (Well these are personal practices, no comments on it)
In France, it’s a Govt. rule that the students should not be distinguishable by their attire or religious markings. Hence no student is allowed to represent his religion in one way or the other.
I feel there must be one such rule in India where schools should produce good human beings and not Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs.
Epilogue:
I condemn all the religious massacre’s happening around the world. If religion is the root cause of all the social disturbances then I would be happy to sacrifice it.
Let us learn to be Humans first!!
Inspired From:”The Buck Stops Here’, NDTV.
