Relgious Responsibility Quotes

“Religion asks followers to believe in things nobody can see, however, animal activists ask people to see things they can prove. When Christian animal and environmental activists finally demand that their church be better stewards over the world, we will see change. Until then, one percent of sermons will teach parishioners about the importance of being stewards over our animals in a year. Mega churches and corporate religious empires will continue to own stock in companies that pollute our earth and exploit our animals. Ignorance and hypocrisy will continue to corrupt the pureness of the Gospel. From here, we will not be truly “saved” because we choose not to save ourselves.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Authorities’ failure to address the worsening conditions to perform the religiously imperative custom to cremate dead has tipped many of its minority citizens into premature graves.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Although Pakistan is an ethnically, linguistically and religiously diverse nation, the role of religion in the society is being ignored altogether.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“As I look at the upsurge in horrific atrocities against faith and ethnic communities, the pandemic of forced conversion and marriages, and see the widespread persecution continuing to rise, it feels like several storms are on their way to hitting us.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Finally, we cannot effectively deal with the problems of the religious freedom crisis and aggressive states until we create enclaves of democracy, resilient societies and coalitions to strike at the heart of inequality and injustice by inviting everyone to play their part.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“In reality, minorities are chewing over several levels of trauma at the same time: personal, social and national. This also means the burden of social trauma is carried from generation to generation with tears and rage.”
― Qamar Rafiq

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

“Nevertheless, the spirit of religious freedom continues to wither within the corridors of power, where the pleas of the victims of the misuse of blasphemy law, the anguished cries of the forcibly converted, and the desperate screams of victims of faith-based violence fall on deaf ears. It appears that religious freedom has been consigned to permanent life support—if not buried entirely.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“It is often forgotten that humanity, kindness, understanding, and acceptance form the core foundation of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB).”
― Qamar Rafiq