[IslamCity] AWAMI LEAUGE IN BANGLADESH IS IGNITING THE COUNTRY BY ETHNIC POLITICS

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:44:37 -0800

"POLITICS OF PRACTICE" OR "POLITICS OF ETHICITY"BANGLASEH CHAPTER

Muhammad Khalid

 

Man is endowed with reason. Which is an attribute of conscience that implies the existence of an inner cognitive agency which allowed us to arrive at moral & ethical truths and to judge moral states of affairs what aided men to be a rational human being. In this setting modern political ideas as constitutional government, consent in political decision making, the right of political & legal representation, the power of adjudication & jurisdiction & so forth have been determined.

We in the present day world constitute a variety of preeminently modern ideas about freedom of _expression_, equality & justice. Freedom of thought is the unequivocal pre-requisite faculty which led the present day world at the road for global or universal civilization. The nation of the present day welfare state rationally be based on economic and political factors such as "income" or "class". State will secure the interests of every of its citizens irrespective of caste, creed and religion. Legal and political principle as actors as a single entity — a corporation establish political ideas as constitutional government, the power of autonomous legislation. The real essence of a modern state is the promotion of equality, equity, justice,

Tolerance apart from cult, culture, sect, religion, dogma etc. Any

attempted dash towards the state's structure either from religion or from any identical culture shall truncate the nucleus essence of modern statecraft.

Ironically the heterogeneous element for modern statecraft has been hatched in Bangladesh by a Major Political Party.  This Political party which is believed to be one of the major political life lines of modern politics in Bangladesh have sized up themselves by identical or ethnical fervor.   I like to call it "BANGALISM". Identity based politics in the country basically is jeopardizing harmony and unity among different ethnic groups. Also stimulating Muslism or fundamentalism. Modern state cannot provide anthropological identity on ethic criteria or fundamentalism as the life line ideologies.

Actually this anthropologic ethnicity should not be a political "straitjacket which allows for only a particular viewpoint on political matters.

'Politics of religion" or 'politics of ethnicity' are both 'identical Politics. If religion based politics is noxious then this “Bangalism” is also detrimental for modern politics". The rage of religious politics as it is demonstrated some parts of the world shows nothing but militancy on the other hand culture as employed and propagated by the political parties are also inexorably linked with the idea of racism with all its pernicious implications. lt is obvious that talking in terms of culture in politics is fundamentally discriminatory Fundamentalism and racism both in this periphery are abominating. They are the both side of the same coin. Racism provokes religious fundamentalism. Both lead to reactionism. This is why we as a modern state is still facing problems in the Chittagong hill tract region. This racism leaded the Chakma’s to go for bloody reaction. Anyone would be alarmed at how remorselessly selfish and narrow interest ethnic, cultural, religious hatred-can infact lead to mass destructiveness. Our country already suffered a lot at the pulpit of this the identical politics. After the birth of Bangladesh cultural politics caused the burning issue in the Chittagang hill tract. Bangladesh simply cannot afford this for many more times. Extremism of any kind be it is religious, racist or secular nature is to be abolished. Violence of any kind from any of the following movements are to be abandoned.’ Cultural polities' should be said much more noxious than any other issue because of it's invulnerable nature. As we know a Muslim can become non-Muslim a communist or extremist can become capitalist or liberal, poor may become rich but a Bangali cannot become Punjabi or Tamil. So by exploiting one's identity for the sake of politics or injecting it in  at the people of a modern democratic society would bring an everlasting side effect. We have to part our company with those who abuse human right or resort to violence in pursuit of their political goal. If "Identity politics" cannot be stopped then it will ultimately provoke a sort of racism in the society. In the focus of identical politics culture and race are not two autonomous categories; they represent two side of the same coin. We simply cannot expect another "Milosevic" or "Hitler" in our country. Culture is an amalgam of alternatives that have presented themselves at various stages in the history of that culture. Its boundaries are porous. A Modern state cannot got painted by these elements. Modern state promotes "Politics of Practice" by which is meant a politics in which its citizen is judge based on what he or she does rather than what he or she is. When the head of the state from his or her chair proclaim “We are Bangali of thousand year" then the other citizens of our country like Chakma's,Marma's, Shaotal's, Anglo Christian & other sects   got themselves perplexed.

 

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(Holy Quran-16:125)

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The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]

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