Of all the political ideologies I find
liberalism most ideal one and conservatism most realistic one though I don’t
support it at all. I support left wing parties with liberal mindset as
individualism, freedom, equality, reason, toleration, consent and constitutionalism
are the elements or traits that I would prefer over hierarchy, human
imperfection, authority, and organicism that conservatism has to offer. Both socialism
and liberalism promote equality.
I would like to focus more on ‘reason’ that
has been mentioned as one of the important elements of liberalism. As
now-a-days we are frequently told by some religious scholars and other people
with conservative and extremist mindsets that we are not allowed to question
the teachings that are passed on to us from our ancestors or different laws of
religion.
I
have even heard from several people that even thinking rationally about
religion or trying to argue or debate on different issues regarding the
religion is a sin in itself. I don’t think if it’s right to have such rigid
rules and restrictions as human beings were given this ability to think
critically on different matters regarding their existence or the existence of
universe by the God himself. Our religion was supposed to be a progressive religion
that had to develop with the developments in the world.
Sad is the fact that we don’t see any
implementation of ‘ijtehad’ in different schools of thoughts of religion. I’m
focusing more on religion and religious forces as they do play a crucial role
in shaping our policies. And different militant groups that have turned our
lives into a living hell are seen using the name of religion to justify their
acts.
Most of these people use religion to
turn people into suicide bombers or ‘jihadis’ by telling them their only goal
in life is to fight the forces or ‘fitna’ and they are not allowed to question
what is told to them about religion by their masters or preachers.
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