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Religious Discrimination is on the Rise than it ever was before
Believers all around the world who have numerous backgrounds of faith experience similar desecrations of their basic and most essential human rights. The concept of religious discrimination is not limited to any particular geographical region, part of a society, or a group of people who have a different outlook in life. Its roots are broad and expanding continuously since forever. Today, this discrimination is rising strongly on the horizon of social injustices than it has ever before.
We all have mourned school shootings, massacre, and butchery in many incidences. Other than the loss of precious lives, religious discrimination in this matter also holds significant attention. Whenever the shooter or attacker has a beard, speaks Arabic and claims to be a Muslim, he is declared as a terrorist.
Of course, it is an inhumane and unforgivable act; that person is a terrorist in all definitions. European and American media and society play strong propaganda against Islam because of this act of a single individual or a group without even knowing that it is this not what Islam teaches like every other religion that is practiced in this world.
But whenever a shooter is white, an atheist, or belongs to any other religion, he is usually declared as a mentally sick person, who has mental issues which pumped him to do what he did. Such individuals are not declared as terrorists which is clear discrimination. When it comes to terrorists or so-called-Muslims, much hatred is spread all over the world against Islam specifically by media and other sources, and it seems like term “terrorism” is only confined to those terrorists who claim to be Muslims. In Burma, almost 700,000 Rohingyans have been enforced to escape to Bangladesh since August 2017. Because of the ethnic campaign of cleansing which has been approved by the security forces of Burma. Their brutal acts and genocide of Muslim minority continue, and there is nothing much about it on European or American media. According to reports, elderly, infirm persons and children were slaughtered and burned alive in their houses (“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”).
Moreover, earlier in 2018, six United States of America-based Uighur journalists were hosted by the State Department with Radio Free Uighur Service of Asia. Reports according to them direct that authorities of China are possibly hindering, at least, thousands of Muslims, Uighurs, and other minorities in Xinjiang imprisonment camps. Gulchehra Hoja, a journalist, shared: her 23 members of the family have been captive in the area. Just like others, she has not even a little information about the well-being of her family ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"aFyXobnM","properties":{"formattedCitation":"{\\rtf (\\uc0\\u8220{}Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\\uc0\\u8221{})}","plainCitation":"(“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”)"},"citationItems":[{"id":605,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/2RJg7y7G/items/7IVZGHJQ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/2RJg7y7G/items/7IVZGHJQ"],"itemData":{"id":605,"type":"webpage","title":"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: Religious persecution in Iran, China must end now","container-title":"USA TODAY","abstract":"Around the world, religious minorities are persecuted and stripped of human rights. This is an issue many countries must work together to solve.","URL":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/24/defend-religious-freedom-global-attacks-mike-pompeo-column/818972002/","shortTitle":"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo","language":"en"}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”).
Furthermore, in February, Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Sudan was demolished by the government after police charged congregants to evacuate it without giving any warning in advance after the Sunday worship services. That attack was another church demolition in the country which was ordered directly by the government (“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”).
Such incidences prove that religious discrimination is certainly not limited to any specific geographical region, part of a society, culture or a group of people. In order to advance the basis of freedom of religion, we all require the strength of our voices to work with a united force.
To kill this horrible social injustice, groups of civil society are needed who mostly hear violation reports. First, they are needed to linger their work with courage and spirit on front lines. Religious leaders belonging to every faith and religion are required to address and convey to their supporters that terrorism, violence, brutality are not the answers and righteous ways to promulgate certain belief.
Governments can play an important part in recognizing religious persecution and discrimination; they need to take a strong stance against this injustice and must treat freedom of religion as prior international policy.
Promoting freedom of religion for everyone advances interests of faith groups, individuals and even countries. Where fundamental speech, religious freedom, peaceful assembly, and press exists, notions contest with each other and several opinions are openly deliberated. From this free exchange, greater understanding comes. Freedom of societies essentially demands religious freedom for development.
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