Saturday, September 2, 2017

Rohingya and Islamic Sentiments

Sydney, 2 September 2017



I know some of my Muslim friends claim Islam as tolerant religion by saying this. But they ignore the fact that too many terror attacks are also claimed in the name of Islam. They also close their eyes to the fact that in some regions in Indonesia, they don't allow Christians to build churches (and there are some tragedies where dozens of churches were burnt down because of hoax, this is one of the case). Not only to the Christians, intoleran Muslims also reject and destroy statues that (they think) resemble idols. They also combat other Muslims who have different manhaj, such as Shia and Ahmadiyya. They may also forget the genocide and wars done by Islamic regimes. 

It is undoubtedly that Rohingya and Palestine are tragedies of humanity. However, Muslims tend to see them in the perspective of religion sentiments. It is like "we don't care whether they are right or wrong, as long as they are also Muslims, we are brothers, then, we stand with their side". They are really care about their Muslim brothers thousands kilometers away, but they ignore the fact that there are so many humanity tragedies within their own countries. So to them it is not about humanism, but more about a sentiment of religion.

To me, the incidents must be seen objectively and independently. We need to know what the root cause of the tragedies are. Otherwise, the conflicts happen again and again and there is no way to end soon. Chauvinism in religion (or in anything) makes someone denies external facts but only believes internal rumours.

Just like in Rohingya case, it started when Rohingya terrorists attacked and killed a dozen of Burmese policeman. As we know that Rohingya people are illegal immigrants in Myanmar. It is unclear why those Rohingnya people attacked Burmese policemen, but if they are living in other people's country, they should follow and respect that country's rules. Making a terror attack is a huge mistake. It is also unclear why Bangladesh, as their original homeland, also rejects them to come back.