DISCRIMINATION/RACISM: No Room For Minorities In The White-man's World, Except As Labors.

Racism/Discrimination

No Room For Minorities

In The White-man's World,

Except As Labors

(M. Javed Naseem)

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Equal-rights laws exist on paper only

as total implementation rarely takes

effect. The enforcement is in the hands

of the racist, dishonest bigots who are

serving the hypocrites on the top, and

psychopaths of the New World Order.

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The Quran says:

“And of His signs is the creation of the

heavens and the earth and the diversity

of your languages and your colors. Indeed

in that are signs for those of knowledge.”

(al-Quran 30:22)

The Bible says:

“But anyone who hates a brother or sister

is in the darkness and walks around in the

darkness. They do not know where they are

going, because the darkness has blinded them.”

(1-John 2:11)

Racism and discrimination existed on earth from the beginning. This centuries old practice will never end on this planet as long as the humans live on it. The base of discrimination is ignorance and insecurity, even jealously. The civilized world can combat it with education and strict implementation of human rights. Since humans are responsible for enforcing the human rights, they cannot be 100% trusted. Those in power, in the top echelon, they don't fear any punishment or reprimand if they break the law. There is no deterrent for them. Therefore, it will continue for ever! Of course there will be improvement during the course of time, because of protest demonstrations, demands by the politicians and election promises, but total eradication is impossible. You cannot 100% convince all the people of the entire world that they have equal rights.

The Quran says:

“O mankind! Indeed We have created you

from male and female and made you peoples

and tribes that you may know one another.

Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of

Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed,

Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.”

(al-Quran 49:13)

The Bible says:

“From one man he made all the nations,

that they should inhabit the whole earth;

and he marked out their appointed times

in history and the boundaries of their lands.”

(Acts 17:26)

Social injustice and social evils can only be eradicated by education of the masses and strict enforcement of laws. When God sent man on earth, He also arranged for his education and training so that man can create a just society based on social justice and equal rights. But those who were given the responsibility of maintaining the justice, their own children, family members and friends started violating the rules and corrupting the justice system. Therefore, favoritism and nepotism crept in and became the basis of all corruption (or discrimination). The practice continues even today despite the fact that God sent His Prophets and Messengers to guide mankind. God even sent the clear Commandments to eliminate evil practices but humans always found excuses and exceptions. And it is not going to stop.

The Bible says:

“For there is no difference between Jew and

Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly

blesses all who call on him, for “Everyone who

calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

(Romans 10:12-13)

“When a foreigner resides among you in

your land, do not mistreat them. The

foreigner residing among you must be

treated as your native-born. Love them

as yourself, for you were foreigners

in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

(Leviticus 19:33-34)

(Main event in America that set the protest ball rolling.)

Now-a-days, there's huge cry about police brutality against the minorities, especially black people, in America. Yes, injustice and discrimination should be protested and condemned by all groups of the society, whether they are victims or not. Inhuman treatment should be punished. Every life matters and humans of all colors, races and ethnic backgrounds deserve justice and fair treatment. If a violation is observed, it should be protested always, in everybody's case. What Floyd went through in America was criminal and the culprits should be brought to justice. Millions of people did the right thing to come out on the streets to protest and demand justice.

But this is something the poor and helpless Palestinians go through every day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. Unfortunately, nobody comes out on the streets to demand justice for them. This is hypocrisy!.

Social media these days is flooded with pictures, both past and present, showing police brutality against the minorities. What is wrong, is wrong and should be condemned, even punished if it breaks the law. But we should take an objective view of the situation. Not all people are just, fair, honest and law-abiding. If there are criminals or law-breakers on one side, there are over-reactors and abusers of power on the other side. There are good and bad people on both sides. Only the educated people, with their open minds and clean hearts, can treat all humans equally.

The Bible says:

“We love because He first loved us. Whoever

claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister

is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother

and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love

God, whom they have not seen. And he has given

us this command: Anyone who loves God must

also love their brother and sister.”

(1-John 4:19-21)

(Everyday scene in Palestine showing Israeli brutality that triggers no protests.)

Police have a very difficult and sensitive job to do and they need to be very careful. They get sick and tired too from dealing with the nasty and law-breaking rude elements of the society. But at the same time, there are some macho agents among the Police who over-react; who want to show-off their authority because they love their uniform. They need to be disciplined. Police definitely need an overhaul and reforms.

I give you a small example! I was in my car returning from New Jersey to New York city. George Washington Bridge was bumper-to-bumper in the afternoon as usual. To make things worse, one lane was closed for construction reasons. There were cops helping the traffic. I saw a big cop coming from the left lane and I was in the middle lane. I thought he was crossing over, so I almost stopped to give him way to pass. He stopped right in front of my car, started cursing and shouting on the cars in the left and right lanes. Then he looked at me and banged his first on the hood of my car and said: “Where the f...k are you going?” My sixth sense alarmed 'danger'. I very respectfully answered: “It's bumper-to-bumper and I am following the flow of the traffic.” He was already angry, and said: “You can go to Hell with the flow…. Stop here!” I stopped, but he walked away to the next lane. Now, I couldn't move. The traffic behind me stopped; some people started honking the horn. I started sweating. Then he came back shouting and screaming: “What the f...k are you doing here? Get the f...k out of here!” And he banged his first on my car again. I moved forward and joined the traffic, taking a deep breath, thanking God that nothing happened. What an attitude!

Good manners and politeness can make us great human beings; and everybody knows that. But how many of us practice that every day? Well, some times it is not easy. Everybody expects to be respected, especially when they are law-abiding.

As believers, Islam teaches us that all people are born free and equal in the sight of Allah. There are always people who are better than others but how would you measure that? Islam gives us the scale or the measure, and that scale or yardstick is the “righteousness” or “piety” (Arabic: Taqwa). The Almighty Allah has dignified the children of Adam, all human beings in the world, and has blessed them with compassion, conscience, intelligence, reason and empathy. The more we use those blessings, the better we become for our own interests as well as for the community. We become better than others.

In his last Hajj (pilgrimage) sermon, Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) clearly defined the law of equality when he said:

“O people, your Lord is One and your father Adam is one. There is no favor of an Arab over a foreigner, nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin, nor black skin over white skin, except by righteousness. – (Musnad Aḥmad, No.22978).

The Prophet (s.a.w.) further said:

“Verily, Allah has removed from you the pride of the time of ignorance with its boasting of ancestors. Verily, one is only a righteous believer or a miserable sinner. All of the people are the children of Adam, and Adam was created from dust.” – (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, No.3955).

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