EVOLUTION...EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Dear Ahsan, The more I read
your letters, the more I would like to meet you in person and share a cup
of tea or lassi or wine, whichever drink is your favorite.
Using allegorical or metaphorical language is more of
being a poet than playing God. I am fascinated with creative writings as
they stimulate the imagination but they can also cause confusion in
communication. It is sad when people make literal interpretations of
scriptures. I feel scriptures need to be read as part of folklore than
books of science or make constitutions out of them.
As a Secular Humanist I study scriptures as part of mythology
and wisdom literature while my religious friends want to make laws in
Pakistan based on Quran.
I am hoping that in the seminar the speakers will
address the theory as well as the practice, the ideas as well as the
actions, the dream as well as steps how to make that dream a reality.
It is a slow process and I know our scholar friend
Rashid Mughal is frustrated and disappointed and disillusioned but I prefer
to remain optimistic and light a candle of hope rather than complain about
the long night of darkness,
I believe more in peaceful evolution that takes
generations and i feel sad when I read that
sincerely