Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
“I Was A Staunch Muslim, Then Left Islam Because No Cleric Could Answer My Questions” - Ex-Muslim Sahil’s interview
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Sahil
Kreately : After the uproar over the controversial remarks of former BJP
spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammad, a new debate is going on
in the country regarding religion. Islam is the second largest religion
in the world, every fourth person is a Muslim. Many even claim that
Islam will be the largest religion in the world by 2075. On the other
hand there are some people who are leaving Islam, becoming critics of
it.
Today read the interview of one such young Muslim Sahil, who left
Islam two years ago. Now he also runs organizations to help people who
have left Islam. So let’s start..
Question- When and under what circumstances did you leave Islam?
Answer: I left Islam about two years ago. I
did not find many things right in Islam. When I read Islam through
Quran, Hadith and other books, many of the basic things that were told
in them about God and humans did not seem right. I realized that Islam
divides human beings into two halves. One Muslim and the other Kafir.
A question arose in my mind that how can someone be divided according
to his faith? It is understandable that people should be differentiated
on the basis of good and bad deeds, but I did not understand to divide
people on the basis of who worships whom.
