Shia-bashing, impotent leaders and our mockery of human rights

The first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reads: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”

The sermon was more of a hate speech against the minority Shia community in this country especially when Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, when the Shias commemorate the martyrdom of the grandson of the Prophet was around the corner. It seems that Jais thought they were doing it on behalf of God’s commandment in preserving what they believe to be a pristine Islam. This is where Jais fails to understand about what freedom of conscience as enshrined in the first Article of the UDHR is all about.

These concerns of ours cut across all borders, all nationalities, and all religions, not only on the persecuted rights of the Rohingyas or the Uighurs, but the idea of the universality of human rights. They are scared stiff of these little Napoleons in the Islamic bodies as if these people are the gatekeepers of heaven and hell.

Tragically, he abdicated his duty and passed the ball back to Jais. What kind of irresponsible and impotent religious minister do we have in this new government that promised so much change.

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