Posted: Oct 22, 2014 10:06 am
The snag is that actually the Muslim population has become far more superstitious over recent decades than they were in the fifties and sixties. The world was actually pre Khomeni moving away from religion quite rapidly. Afghanistan under the Soviets was producing women doctors teachers nurses and professionals.
Bangladesh has a very strong secular tradition.
http://alomshaha.com
Bangladesh has a very strong secular tradition.
Alom Shaha grew up in a strict Bangladeshi Muslim community in South-East London in the 1970s and 80s. He was expected to go to mosque regularly and recite passages in Arabic from the Quran, without being told what they meant. Alom spent his teenage years juggling two utterly different worlds: a chaotic, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic family life on a council estate, and that of a student at a privileged private school set amongst the idyllic green playing fields of Dulwich.
In a charming blend of memoir, philosophy, and science, Alom explores the questions about faith and the afterlife that we all ponder. Through a series of loose ‘lessons’, he tells his own compelling story, drawing on the theories of some of history’s greatest thinkers and interrogating the fallacies that have impeded humanity for centuries. Alom recounts how his education and formative experiences led him to question how to live without being tied to what his parents, priests, or teachers told him to believe, and offers insights so that others may do the same.
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