RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

and its activities will be in the name of its religion, symbolically but the spirit will be missing. Religious extremism generally emerges when all of this happens to a religious community. This extremism manifests itself not in terms of the spirit of faith, but, rather, in terms of the external forms of religion. It displays itself in those facets of religion that have to do with the worldly or material aspects of life. Religious extremism is but another name for religiosity based simply on form. Efforts to work with a community that has degenerated have to begin with the reform of individual members, and not in the form of collective efforts. If efforts are made at the collective level in such a community—in the form, say, of establishing an organization or forming a government—they will always prove to be a failure in terms of their results. This is because the members of any institution that is set up in a degenerated community will themselves also be degenerated. Such institutions may appear very grandiose, but in actual fact they would be nothing but grand graveyards. o NOTICE Subscribers are requested to inform us about non-receipt of their copies, latest by 18th of the month providing their full name and address. SMS 8050202626 email: thecentreforpeace@gmail.com A fresh copy will be promptly despatched.