சில விலை போன தலித் தலைவர்கள் சவூதி ரக இசுலாமை ஆதரிக்கும் மதவெறியர்களுடன் கொஞ்சி குலாவி அரசியல் நடத்துகின்றனர். தலித்துகளின் தனிப்பெரும் தலைவர் அம்பேத்கர் எங்கும் அநியாயத்தை கண்டித்தவர். இதோ கீழே இன்னமும் அடிமை முறை வேண்டுமென்று பேசி வரும் சவூதி இசுலாமிய மதவெறி தலைகளின் ஊளை. இதனை கேட்டும் கேட்காதது போல நமது தலித் தலைவர் செய்யும் நாடகத்தை அண்ணல் அம்பேத்கரின் ஆன்மா மன்னிக்குமா?
A prominent Saudi religious authority recently called for slavery to be re-legalized in the kingdom. Ali Al-Ahmed reports on the views of Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan, the author of a religious textbook (At-Tawhid, "Monotheism") widely used to teach Saudi high school students as well as their counterparts abroad studying in Saudi schools (including those in the West).
"Slavery is a part of Islam," he announced in a recent lecture. "Slavery is part of jihad, and jihad will remain as long there is Islam." He argued against the idea that slavery had ever been abolished, insulting those who espouse this view as "ignorant, not scholars. They are merely writers. Whoever says such things is an infidel."
Al-Fawzan is no maverick. He is:
A member of the Senior Council of Clerics, Saudi Arabia's highest religious body;
A member of the Council of Religious Edicts and Research;
Imam of the Prince Mitaeb Mosque in Riyadh; and
Professor at Imam Mohamed Bin Saud Islamic University, the main Wahhabi center of learning.
That such a viewpoint can be asserted by a card-carrying member of the Saudi religious establishment is a tragic commentary on the state of Islamic discourse today. (November 7, 2003)
Friday, October 27, 2006
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