Asher Hasan's message of peace from Pakistan

http://www.ted.com One of many Pakistanis who came to TEDIndia despite security hassles entering the country, TED Fellow Asher Hasan shows photos of ordinary Pakistanis that drive home a profound message for citizens of all nations: look beyond disputes, and see the humanity we share.

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[Briterican001]

I believe the root cause is religion. Religion teaches groups that they are "right", they are chosen, they are holy, and they are morally justified in their actions. The fundamentalist Christian movement in the USA is just as scary as the Taliban, perhaps moreso because they actually believe that the end-times are coming soon. Religion poisons everything.

[Mrmoc7]

Exactly.

Without religion, there's no reason to reduce a fellow man's humanity simply because you think your God considers him the scum of the earth/infidel (since he doesn't believe in your wonderful God). If we get rid of God entirely, we won't kill each other from religiously motivated reasons anymore.

[vrny1975]

Without Religion, good people do good things, evil people do evil things, Religion makes good people do evil things - Steven Weinberg b 1933

[crudhousefull]

@Mrmoc7 Don't confuse religion with spinoffs of Christianity. And don't confuse the misinterpretations of the spinoffs as the true spinoff

[crudhousefull]

@Briterican001 Misinterpreted religion. Actual religion is glorious. I'm a Buddhist, though that's not completely true. The core aspects of any religion are based on detaching you from desired and enhancing spiritual growth

[tilopa07]

Nice work by him...he was really able to get the sympathy of the peoples.

But the sympathized are the real problems because it is their extremist ideologies which are keeping them stuck in 7th century

[Mrmoc7]

@veritbo

Respect for all religion is an inane ideal when each and every religion explicitly asserts its superiority over all forms of worship. How are the followers of any religion supposed to *respect* other religions and still proclaim that they believe in their book? The only people capable of *respecting* all religions are the non-religious or those with a less domineering religion like Buddhism. Don't expect a Muslim to *respect* Christianity, not in this lifetime.

[veritbo]

@Briterican001 really the usa isnt abully never heard of phillipnes or mosadegh or lubamba or nicaragua, batists, the bay of pigs? the iran iraqw war, the role they plaeyd in afhgansitan wiht the commie regime?

[veritbo]

@Mrmoc7 or perhaps respect for all religion>?

Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged. - rumi

[veritbo]

@aussiesam01 it has nothing to do with america murdering mosadegh to isntall a shah and savak or the usa funding the taliban agaisnt the commies. have u herd of sufism?

[veritbo]

holy crap people hes trying to spread a message abotu peace, unity, harmony and beauty. why the hatred and opression?