Asghar Ali Ingeniero Citas

• Jihad is nothing but making efforts to realise goodness in life.

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  Effort, Goodness, Jihad

  "The Reformist as Pacifist". Interview with Farzana Versey, www.counterpunch.org. May 16, 2013.

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• La religión te ayuda a relacionarte con el universo. Buda era indiferente al concepto de dios y sin embargo nos dio valores.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Helping, Indifferent, Relate

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• People don't respond just because you are fighting for the truth. They take their interests into account.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Fighting, People, Interest

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Weapons are less harmful than words.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Armas

  "The Reformist as Pacifist". Interview with Farzana Versey, www.counterpunch.org. May 16, 2013.

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• I was told by my father, who was a priest, that it was the basic duty of a Muslim to establish peace on earth... I soon came to the conclusion that it was not religion but misuse of religion and politicising of religion, which was the main culprit.

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  Father, Causes, Earth

  Asghar Ali Engineer's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.

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• Times change and we should change and grow, and yet be proud of our legacy.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Legacy, Proud, Should

  "The Reformist as Pacifist". Interview with Farzana Versey, www.counterpunch.org. May 16, 2013.

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• Potency does not mean being unnecessarily aggressive; one has to be wise.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Wise, Mean, Doe

  "The Reformist as Pacifist". Interview with Farzana Versey, www.counterpunch.org. May 16, 2013.

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• History is full of instances of people who challenged the mighty forces of evil and they were not only fighting a lonely battle but were left alone to die.

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  Lonely, Fighting, People

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I am not an individualist in the Western sense. Collectivism can become oppressive when it tries to dictate; the rights of the two should not clash.

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  Rights, Two, Trying

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I believe the minorities need to have a strategy of survival because needless aggression when you cannot change the situation does not help. Wisdom is more important than saving some cultural symbol.

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  Believe, Survival, Important

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• La verdadera 'imaan' es la fe en la humanidad, por lo que aquellos que niegan la bondad son kafirs.

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  Real, Humanity, Goodness

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Women's position includes so many pre-Islamic customs that have become an integral part of the Shariat. I am fighting that. Triple talaq is not mentioned in the Quran. Of course, there is a controversy; some maintain that the Prophet approved of it. Even if he did, maybe he had social constraints.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Islamic, Fighting, Quran

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Physical wounds heal, but those on the soul are difficult to heal.

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  Soul, Difficult, Heal

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Atheists blame religion when priests do wrong. Anything can be misused, whether it is nuclear power or a matchstick. So, how can I blame religion? Patriotism too can be misused, by misinforming others and eliminating people, so do we start hating the country?

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Country, Atheist, Hate

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• El santo sufí Mazhar Jaan Jana, de Delhi, en el siglo XVIII, creía que el Corán condena inclinarse ante las deidades porque en el culto preislámico a los ídolos las piedras eran consideradas dios. Pero los hindúes rezan a dios a través de ese ídolo, que es un reflejo de dios. En los Vedas dios es nirguna y nirankara, es decir, no tiene atributos ni forma, esa es la verdadera creencia de los hindúes. Así como los musulmanes visitan las tumbas, los hindúes adoran a los ídolos.

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  Real, Islamic, Reflection

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Quran says do not abuse others' gods, they will abuse Allah. But most people do not believe in this... they feel their way is the only right one. This is to maintain religious hegemony.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Religioso, Creer, Gente

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• To protect one's identity is a Constitutional right.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Identity, Protect

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• ¿Qué es la religión? Quiero separar la paja del grano. Para mí no es lo que es para la gente corriente. Si quitas ciertas costumbres sociales, creen que has quitado la religión. Para mí significa purificarla.

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  Taken, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Mi creencia personal es que no debemos inclinarnos ante ningún objeto. Pero el Islam era consciente de esta debilidad humana y satisfizo esa necesidad mediante el Haj de besar una piedra. Una piedra es una piedra, pero se llenó el vacío y se convirtió en el objeto más sagrado. He realizado el Haj y he visto la devoción de la gente, que se enfrentaba a estampidas sólo para besar esa piedra.

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  Kissing, People, Islam

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• The individual cannot exist on his/her own and the collectivism should respect freedom of conscience. My struggle is about the freedom of thought.

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  Struggle, Individual, Should

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Many people asked me to convert. I said my religious convictions remain. I am fighting the wrongs within my own community. And if I decide to convert I will lose the right to fight.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Religious, Fighting, People

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I am not taking away the historical legacy, but it should not become a burden.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Historical, Legacy, Burden

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Los fundamentalistas hacen un mal uso de la yihad. El significado coránico no se refiere en absoluto a la guerra, en el sentido de matar.

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  War, Killing, Jihad

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Those who take to guns could do so due to deprivation, suppression, or historical legacy. The Afghans have lived through violence for centuries, by the Mughals, the Russians, their own people, so they have always had to fight for freedom... we cannot take away the context. But they legitimised it by using jihad, a religious sanction, so they could be seen as mujahids, fighting for Allah. And you cannot say there is nothing concrete.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Religious, Fighting, Gun

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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