Religious Freedom Quotes

“In the fight between love and god, love always wins. And whenever love wins, god wins. Why? Because god is love.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“If theology is your field, and you still believe that your religion is the only true religion, and all other religions are false, then you are studying theology wrong.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“My church is at the feet of the people, my heaven is at the feet of the people, my faith is the service of the people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“To those who would crush religious freedom, our message is plain: You may jail your believers. You may close their churches, confiscate their Bibles, and harass their rabbis and priests, but you will never destroy the love of God and freedom that burns in their hearts. They will triumph over you...

[The Soviets have] the most awesome military machine in history, but it is no match for that one single man, hero, strong yet tender, Prince of Peace... Jesus.”
― Ronald Reagan

“Liberty of faith, stemming from the ideals of liberalism, is widely lauded in our modern era as a treasured accomplishment. For the current generation, it has become an inseparable facet of its very essence, deeply woven into the fabric of its being. Yet, in the days of pre-modern Europe, the concept of religious freedom did not necessarily herald emancipation. One may liken it to a scenario wherein a land deeply steeped in Islamic tradition, such as Afghanistan, suddenly proclaims the legal right to religious liberty. While certain exceptionally liberal followers of Islam may greet such a development with applause, the orthodox majority would not share the same inclination, as they hold dear their existence in a world sanctified by the divine, without any compulsion for these universal liberties. Moreover, in the European context, the tenets of liberalism found resonance primarily among a specific class of liberal thinkers, while the common populace showed no interest in such notions of liberal freedoms. Ultimately, the imposition of religious freedom was enforced upon the commonalty through significant acts of violence and coercion.”
― Isaiah Senones

“Hijab and Habit (Sonnet 1185)

Hijab and Habit are both
symbols of sacred humility,
Yet the latter receives respect,
while the former faces cruelty.

Christ is a revered figure to the muslims,
Yet muslims are frowned upon by christians.
Most christians are plain unchristian,
They are the cause of Christ's crucifixion.

In the world of animal holiness,
Crucifixion continues in different form.
Bigotry once killed a vessel of love,
His pupils continue the hate and harm.

I have zero tolerance for intolerance,
whether from intellectual atheists
or mindless fundamentalists.
Facts and faith both gotta earn admittance,
by causing not crippling humane uplift.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Scripture is literature, period - nothing more, nothing less.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“No girl should have to go through the heartache of forced conversion.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Religious identity has become a brand factor in Pakistan that determines which citizens are more equal than others in terms of status, opportunities and rights”
― Qamar Rafiq

“After the dust of centuries has passed, we will be remembered not only for victories or defeats in battle or politics but also for our contribution to the human spirit.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“India's Judges fare better than its gods as Contempt of Court protects their dignity while its Constitution throws the latter to the wolves for Muslims proclaim that there's no god but Allah and the evangelists propagate that the Hindu deities are false”
― BS Murtht

“On multiple occasions I've been called an antichrist, which couldn't be farther from the truth. If anything, I am radically pro-christ. My mission is to flood the world with Christs by the thousands, Buddhas by the hundreds, and Mevlanas by the millions.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“Throughout her life, Mott criticized those who represented man-made rules as Divine truth, using religious authority to enforce their private interests and personal opinions.”
― Carol Faulkner, Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America

“In Stanton, Mott won a devoted convert. Elizabeth recalled: 'It seemed to me like meeting a being from some larger planet, to find a woman who dared to question the opinions of Popes, Kings, Synods, Parliaments, with the same freedom she would criticize an editorial in the London Times, recognizing no higher authority than the judgment of a pure-minded, educated woman. When I first heard from the lips of Lucretia Mott that I had the same right to think for myself that Luther, Calvin, and John Knox had, and the same right to be guided by my own convictions, and would no doubt live a higher, happier life than if guided by theirs, I felt at once a new-born sense of dignity and freedom; it was like suddenly coming into the rays of the noon-day sun, after wandering with a rushlight in the caves of the earth.”
― Carol Faulkner, Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America

“Many fervor, many faiths,
thus the world is made.
World without secularism
is world of the dead.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Militant atheists are no more humanist, than religious fundamentalists are religious.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Dear believer, I don't believe in an Almighty God.
Do you hate me for it? If yes,
you have learnt nothing from your faith.
Dear atheist, I don't believe in supremacy of facts.
Do you hate me for it? If yes,
you have no mind but machine, my friend.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Sonnet 1142

Naskar the scientist says,
Science that lifts no human condition,
is not science but superstition.
Naskar the monk says,
Inclusion is illumination,
discrimination is delusion.

Naskar the philosopher says,
Better lose truth, than lose humanity -
Better lose truth, than lose love.
Naskar the sufi says,
Sense yourself till
you sense nothing but love.

Naskar the humanist says,
I don't care about your belief or disbelief,
all I care about is your behavior with others.
Naskar the humanitarian says,
each human must earn their admission
into the human race with humane actions.

The spirit of love speaks of love,
no matter the faith and field.
Hate is but a mark of narrowness -
When you expand heart and soul,
whole world becomes kin and kith.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Theology is my second faith,
My first faith is interfaith.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Every peacemaker is muslim,
Every lover is christian.
Every helper is buddhist,
Every lifter is human.
Every lovenut is sufi,
Every braveheart is latin.
Every collectivist is jew,
Every secularist is advaitin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Divane Dynamite: Only truth in the cosmos is love

“Where Christian, Muslim, Sikh 'n Jew,
sit and share a cup of stew,
Where Buddhist, Atheist, Jain, Hindu,
live and laugh as one life crew,
There beyond, where sentience lets no storm to brew,
Out of the fossil, into the fervor, I shall meet you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Hijab and Habit are both
symbols of sacred humility,
Yet the latter receives respect,
while the former faces cruelty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Just like memorizing scripture doesn't make you faith police, memorizing facts doesn't make you thought police.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Intolerance is the enemy, not illogicality. Argumentation without empathy is just hate speech. If someone is doing no harm, then who the hell are you to take away their fantasy! On occasion, healthy fantasy does indeed turn into harmful superstition - at that point it is the duty of every conscientious human to stand up to such superstition. Until then, keep your judgment to yourself.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Militant atheism is just another intolerance - if you don't get this, you are just as retarded as the religious fundamentalists. Religious fundamentalism is just another sacrilege - if you don't get this, you are just as infidel as militant atheists.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Khalsa isn't Khalistan
(The Sonnet)

Khalsa means freedom from hate,
Khalistan means nationalizing hate.
Christ stands for love and compassion,
Chistian nationalism is Christ's death.

Sanatana Dharma is advaita sanskriti,
that is, a culture of nonsectarianism,
Hindutva means mindless saffronization.
Islam means working for peace and welfare,
Islamism is the ruin of synchronization.

Intolerance is a worldwide pandemic,
only terminologies vary culture to culture.
Vaccine for the mightiest swords of hate,
is the gentle glint of one heart, hatebuster.

Give me ten unarmed transformers of love and light,
I shall wipe out hate from its roots of fright.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“I am human, that's why I prioritize rights over ritual.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Till religion and oneness become one, no religion can do good.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Intolerance is the enemy, not illogicality.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Freedom of religion can exist only, where there is religion of freedom.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım