THE REASON FOR DIFFERENCES

The Reason for Differences ~ 57 ~ Such geographic and cultural differences resulted gradually in variations in people’s skin colour, features, height, temperament etc. In this way, some were black or brown, others white, and distinctive racial characteristics developed. Yet all these differences are relative, not real. These are only for the sake of identification, and are not meant to form the basis for discriminatory practices or the establishment of superiority. Most of the evil in this world is caused by people having come to regard apparent differences as real ones. That is why they begin to discriminate between people, thus producing unending prejudice and the injustice that goes with it. As a matter of origin all human beings are equal. If there is any basis for discrimination between them, it can only be in terms of how pious and god fearing they are. Difference between one person and another has to be based on real attributes and not just on appearances.