| Islam and Sectarianism | |
| 04 Oct 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Pakistan and Sectarian Violence | |
By Anwar Syed |
Sectarian conflict is not foreign to our historical experience. There was rioting between the more passionate members of the Sunni and Shia communities occasionally even during British rule in India. But for the most part the two communities lived together peacefully in the same neighbourhoods one generation after another. The fact that one person was a Sunni and another a Shia did not stop them from building friendly and cooperative relationships. During the first several decades after independence, folks did not carry their religious belief on their sleeves. They took it in stride. He told them, for instance, that secularists in Pakistan were snakes in the grass who must be located and crushed. This attitude of mind travelled beyond theological interpretations. It endorsed intolerance of the dissident in all areas of social interaction. -- Anwar Syed http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamAndSectarianism_1.aspx?ArticleID=5621 | ||
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