"Religious extremism and freedom of choice"
I have gone through the article under the above title and believe that there are many lessons to learn from it. In this connection, I would like to add that there is no such idea in Islam like theocratic state. There is only one theocratic state in the world i.e. Vatican City in Italy.
'Ekraha Fiddin' means that there is no extortion or force in professing religion. Did not our Prophet Muhammad (SM) establish an Islamic state where Jews and Christians were equally treated with Muslims? The author has strongly emphasised the need for fighting terrorism, which he opines, emerges from the act of Osama bin Laden.
My question is how many civilians have till now been killed by Osama bin Laden? By this time more than 1 lakh Iraqis have been killed by American soldiers and no word of protest is being uttered against this.
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