Coming from a religiously diverse country like India and living in one, I have not really appreciated this particular freedom. And it may not be presumptuous in saying that most of us (Atleast people who are reading this) don’t appreciate it.

This kind of apathy has allowed countries to take it for grated to trample on the religious freedom of the minority in this age of the common man. The US justice department’s report has just brought Saudi Arabia into this group. It makes us wonder why Saudi Arabia was not singled out before. Was their oil enough to cover our eyes to their abuses ???

Religious repression is nothing new in that it has been followed by all races to promote their dominance, since time immemorial. This kind of repression has now been given a new meaning by people who want God out of every sphere of public life. They claim to be broadminded and enlightened, but are just as narrow minded as the religious heretics they claim to shun. By Shunning anything and everything to do with “God” they are not being as inclusive and liberal as they claim. Any society that claims to be religiously free must not just be either “Can’t have prayer in school” kind or “Can have only one kind of prayer in school” kind.

How religious are you?

The Saudis reply.

The Chinese reply

What the Justice department missed

NoViCe

Considered the dark continent (I don’t know if it is figurative or literal). Africa is so far removed from the rest of the world in terms of its economic and living conditions. You hear of the big nations talking about their relief packages and humanitarian aid, but I don’t see any concerted efforts to see that the continent as a whole makes a stride towards a better life.

“Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, teach him to fish and you feed him for life ”

I believe that there are some vested interests who want the continent of Africa to remain in the ‘dark’. The only sure way to keep a people down is to make them eat out of your handouts and not help them to be self reliant. Compounding the fact is that most of us are in the dark about what really happens there. We don’t care as long as we have food to eat and way of getting money.

Did you know that slavery is still practiced.

If you want to do your mite you can contribute to Hope for African children

Matthew 25 35-36

for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

Laters…