“Why are Bengali Muslims so rude despite doing so much religious work?

 

Your question— “Why are Bengali Muslims so rude despite doing so much religious work?” Let me give you an example. In Bangladesh, millions of people pray, and they start their prayers with Allahu Akbar, Bismillahir Rahmanihir Rahim, Surah Fatiha, and so on. What is Allahu Akbar? Allah is great. But the one who is making a Tahrim by saying Allah is great, does he want to be as great as Allah? Is he following Allah? No. He is just trying to earn reward by reciting memorized words. He believes that the responsibility of being great is only Allah alone, there is no need for humans to be great.

Then Bismillah. Prayer is being started in the name of Allah, who is the most merciful and the most merciful. Are the worshippers learning anything from this sentence? Here two qualities of Allah are described, merciful and compassionate, do Bengali Muslims want to be merciful? Is there a drop of mercy in them? The other day, I saw a goat, with a baby in its belly, a pregnant quadruped, beaten to death because it ate two bananas. A fox dog, whatever it sees, goes to beat it. It feels intense hatred towards people it dislikes. It considers everyone except people of its own religion as enemies. It abuses Hindus, Jews, atheists, everyone. It considers them worthy of killing. So you are not learning anything from Bismillah. Kindness, mercy, compassion, these are not in you. You are a cruel animal.

You chant Allah is merciful, Allah is merciful five times in prayer, but you do not feel the need to be merciful yourself. What is the use of the world if only Allah is merciful? People have to be merciful, don't they? Allah does not live on earth, people live on it. If you believe in Allah, then it is necessary to understand that people are biological manifestations of Allah. If you are merciful, Allah is merciful. If you are cruel, Allah is also cruel.

Look at Fatiha. What is its first verse? Al-Hamdu Lillah Rabbil Alamin. What is said here? All praise is for Allah, the Lord of the universe. I saw in Ibn Kathir that the main reason for praising in this verse is to acknowledge gratitude or debt for what Allah has given to humans. There is a lesson here to express gratitude to someone when they are benefited by him. But are the worshippers taking the lesson? Bengalis want to acknowledge gratitude easily? Muslims are using many medicines, vaccines, and technologies, behind which there are contributions from Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and atheist scientists. Do they acknowledge that debt? They don't. On the contrary, they abuse it. So what is the benefit of reciting Alhamdulillah? Does memorizing praise of Allah matter? Praise, appreciation, these are more necessary for humans. One Bengali calls another Bengali salt-forbidden. Why do they say that? Because they have no sense of gratitude. We are equal in burden to do harm to those who are beneficial. We don't want to praise even a child easily. Another thing is, what is Allah? Islamic belief says that Allah is a being who is wise, wise, great, forgiving, and just. If I ask, why do you sing the praises of Allah day and night, proclaim the greatness of Allah by saying Allahu Akbar, and make Allah's ears ring by calling Him Allah, but why don't you imitate Allah? Allah is wise, and you are a fool, Allah is just, you are a hypocrite, what good has Allah done for you? Are you trying to possess even one quality of Allah? The qualities for which Muslims, who are full of praise for Allah, start everything in the name of Allah, are also possessed by humans. Do you ever praise those who are wise, wise, and just among people? Do you keep track of them?

In the society and state in which you live, there are many wise people, whose words you never acknowledge openly. On the contrary, you make arrangements to drag them down to the pit, spread false accusations and slander. In your eyes, only a special type of people are wise. People of a particular religion. Are Bengali worshippers seen praising Newton or Galileo? Will we ever hear Bertrand Russell or Darwin praised in their mouths? No. What does that mean? They are just reciting Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin by heart, but they are not absorbing its teachings into their hearts.

Look at the next verse, Ar-Rahmaniir Rahim. Here the statement of Bismillahir Rahmaniir Rahim is repeated. Allah is merciful and compassionate. The worshippers believe that the job of being merciful is done only by Allah, not by humans. Kindness is a very broad and powerful thing. It is important to be kind not only to humans, but also to trees, birds, cows, and everything. However, most Muslims are involved in cruelty. They do not believe in the rights of any animal except humans. And they do not believe in the rights of humans, unless the person affected is a Muslim.

Then Malikiao Middin. What is said here? Allah has been declared the owner of the Day of Judgment. You have to give an account of all your actions to Allah, you are admitting this. But does the person who is reading this verse think like this? He does not think. He lies day and night, harms others due to hatred, jealousy, anger, and all these, opens a fake ID on Facebook and propagates Islam, in reality he is a boy wearing a lungi, but has a picture of Sumaiyar wearing a burqa on his profile, is evading work, taking bribes, showing off, not remembering Malikiaumuddin, so what is the benefit? He says Malikiao middin, Allah is the owner of the Day of Judgment, but in his actions he declares Miskiniao middin. Allah is the fakir of the Day of Judgment.

Then Iyaka na'budu wa Iyaka nastayin. We worship You, we seek help from You. In the Bengali way, worship means only devotion or worship. In fact, it is not. Asking for guidance or advice is also worship. You are the best of the wise and intelligent.

—Mohiuddin Mohammad

Monkey's Mirror, page 21 (unpublished)