Parallel Religious Courts- A Brave New World?
A petition seeking dissolution of so-called parallel Islamic Courts has been filed in the Supreme Court of India, resulting in the apex court issuing notices to the Center, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, and the High Courts of various states.
If this establishment of the parallel religious courts turns out to be true then why not throw open the gauntlet to others? Let us flush our constitution down the toilet. We can give the Sringeri Mat similar legal hold over Hindus and the Church over the Christians. Let us integrate religion into the State. What fun that will be!
Hindus will be banned from eating beef. Reservations will be abolished and the Brahmins will rule again. Abortion will be illegal for Christians. Women, in general, will become second-class citizens. Now, let us all contemplate this brave new world in quiet and peace.
Dont we all need a change?
Can we ever be happy and content with what we have anil? the things is right, as you have mentioned here, we (society) would always change, and for the better or the worse is arbitrary.
Nah, then we would not be human! But we can always try to make it a better place…don’t you think?
And what is the possiblity that my definition of better matches with yours?
Oops I somehow missed your comment. Coming to what you said, isn’t that what democracy is all about? There will always be a difference of opinions. And if in the end all we want is to make the world a better place it would be specious to argue which path one should take to achieve that aim. Yes, I know this is a simplistic way of looking at it but then there it is. This possibility of which definition is better is like the very similar argument about which god/religion is better. There are no absolutes in such cases my friend!