> > You will recall that > Islam in the US was the fastest growing religion in prisons - for the same > reason. >
Can give some citations? Just curious. > > What happens after that is that this pre-existing social divide serves as > a "religious divide" so that the Church or some other religious > organization > can join the fight and call it "religious persecution". This is politics, > not > religion. Is not religion also culture? Would you call Arya Samaj religion or the practice of Infant Jesus religion or going for urs and to dargahs religion? Maybe all of us seriously need to think what religion is. If you say you are Hindu, then you are not Hindu in the same way that my Bengali brother-in-law is or my mother's Marwari brother is. > > > This is exactly what you have done Biju. You have converted a problem that > affects all Indians into a Islam and Christanity versus others affair in > the > post that started this thread. I think Biju simply put forward the article and expressed his concerns. You chose to read it the way you have stated it here. > You then ask if migration might be a good > idea. What do you do when you feel alienated? It is simply an expression of disgust, hurt and upset. Instead of being empathic, you want to launch into explaining yourself. And you have the gumption to turn around and accuse me. May > respectfully suggest that if you have an icky taste in your mouth you ought > to wash your mouth. > This is really one of the problems I see, not only on this list, but in general in discussions these days. We get reactive and then want to "respond" immediately with our positions and justifications. Why not wait and mull over for a bit? I admit that I can also get reactive and want to respond immediately, but that is what I am stopping myself from doing these days. Otherwise discussions degenerate into ... Zainab P.S. Have rinsed my mouth with AM-PM mouthwash before writing. -- Zainab Bawa Ph.D. Student and Independent Researcher Between Places ... http://zainab.freecrow.org