|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Violent Reaction has no place in Islam:
As long as Islam
is concerned it has nothing to do with violence or any kind of
terrorist activities and it has been reiterated ample number of
times. The Holy Quran clearly declares that killing an innocent
person is equivalent to killing the whole humanity. Then how can
anyone term Islam as the religion that promote or encourage violence...
Read Full |
|
|
Johannesburg:
Participating in a discussion on Islam, Ms Azmi said, "(Islam) is
liberal in some countries, moderate in others, intolerant in some
and extremist in the others. But it is not homogeneous. To say that
Islam is synonymous with terrorism is unjust, unfair and cannot be
accepted because it is a blatant untruth."
To say
that Islam is synonymous with terrorism is “unjust and unfair”,
Indian actress-activist Shabana Azmi told an audience here as she
launched a retrospective of her films.
“I think
that the 9/11 crisis also became an opportunity; it was the first
time that Muslims got together to make the world realise that Islam
is not homogeneous, that it resides in 53 countries of the world,
and becomes the culture of the country in which it resides,” Ms Azmi
said.
The
actress is on a tour of three South African cities this week as part
of the ‘Shared History Festival’ that showcases Indian art, culture
and cuisine each year for a six week period.
Participating in a discussion on Islam, Ms Azmi said, “(Islam) is
liberal in some countries, moderate in others, intolerant in some
and extremist in the others. But it is not homogeneous. To say that
Islam is synonymous with terrorism is unjust, unfair and cannot be
accepted because it is a blatant untruth.”
Questioned on the situation with Muslims in India, Ms Azmi said that
Muslims in India had “ample room to aspire”, but that did not mean
that discrimination does not exist there.
“Discrimination exists against minorities, it exists against women;
it exists against Dalits. But the important thing is that there is a
very robust civil society, and at the level of politics, that fights
back and says this is not how we do it; so we have to draw comfort
and strength from that.”
|
Architect of
Malegaon
Blast 3 years on
The
Men Inspired by Debacles:
Skilled Hands converting couplets 
"
First Lady MPSC of Malegaon devotes herself to poor
people: 
Zafar Shaikh-
Comment on this article