Staff report - The Hindu - Chennai,India
Friday, November 24, 2006
Cautioning that religious fundamentalism and intolerance could "precipitate" a third World War, former Director General of National Human Rights Commission, D R Karthikeyan, on Thursday said nations and societies should stop seeking remedies for injustices of the past and work for peaceful present and prosperous future.
Addressing an international conference on 'Sufism - A Road to Peace' at Lahore, he said Sufism could bring sanity to the world constantly tormented by intolerance, fanaticism, injustice, poverty, parochialism and consumerism.
"Each of us are born in a religion and particular nation. We do not choose religion or nation. But at the same time we should understand the essential of other religions and ways of life. We should learn to respect diversity," he said.
The former Director of CBI warned that religious intolerance could precipitate a third world war which could lead to using of nuclear weapons by weaker nations.
Karthikeyan said, "we cannot be seeking remedies and take revenge for the injustices of the past as there would be no end to the blame game."
"If we constantly live in the past, we ruin the present and complicate the future for next generation...We should learn lessons from the past and reconcile our differences in the process of give and take in a fair manner for peaceful present and prosperous future for all concerned."
He said majority of the people world over were peace-loving, and should bring pressure on governments to sort out their differences peacefully.
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"Religious intolerance can precipitate WW-III"
Staff report - The Hindu - Chennai,India
Friday, November 24, 2006
Cautioning that religious fundamentalism and intolerance could "precipitate" a third World War, former Director General of National Human Rights Commission, D R Karthikeyan, on Thursday said nations and societies should stop seeking remedies for injustices of the past and work for peaceful present and prosperous future.
Addressing an international conference on 'Sufism - A Road to Peace' at Lahore, he said Sufism could bring sanity to the world constantly tormented by intolerance, fanaticism, injustice, poverty, parochialism and consumerism.
"Each of us are born in a religion and particular nation. We do not choose religion or nation. But at the same time we should understand the essential of other religions and ways of life. We should learn to respect diversity," he said.
The former Director of CBI warned that religious intolerance could precipitate a third world war which could lead to using of nuclear weapons by weaker nations.
Karthikeyan said, "we cannot be seeking remedies and take revenge for the injustices of the past as there would be no end to the blame game."
"If we constantly live in the past, we ruin the present and complicate the future for next generation...We should learn lessons from the past and reconcile our differences in the process of give and take in a fair manner for peaceful present and prosperous future for all concerned."
He said majority of the people world over were peace-loving, and should bring pressure on governments to sort out their differences peacefully.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Cautioning that religious fundamentalism and intolerance could "precipitate" a third World War, former Director General of National Human Rights Commission, D R Karthikeyan, on Thursday said nations and societies should stop seeking remedies for injustices of the past and work for peaceful present and prosperous future.
Addressing an international conference on 'Sufism - A Road to Peace' at Lahore, he said Sufism could bring sanity to the world constantly tormented by intolerance, fanaticism, injustice, poverty, parochialism and consumerism.
"Each of us are born in a religion and particular nation. We do not choose religion or nation. But at the same time we should understand the essential of other religions and ways of life. We should learn to respect diversity," he said.
The former Director of CBI warned that religious intolerance could precipitate a third world war which could lead to using of nuclear weapons by weaker nations.
Karthikeyan said, "we cannot be seeking remedies and take revenge for the injustices of the past as there would be no end to the blame game."
"If we constantly live in the past, we ruin the present and complicate the future for next generation...We should learn lessons from the past and reconcile our differences in the process of give and take in a fair manner for peaceful present and prosperous future for all concerned."
He said majority of the people world over were peace-loving, and should bring pressure on governments to sort out their differences peacefully.
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