Three weeks after the start of the floods in Pakistan, a fifth of the country is under water. More international aid is now reaching the country although it's been insufficient and slow.
Many Pakistanis who have not been directly affected by the floods ask each other this question: Is it a punishment from Allah? Or is He just testing our faith?
One of the many religious scholars who pop up on our television screens during the holy month of Ramadan was asked the same question last week.
He shook his head and answered with the kind of hokey wisdom only TV preachers are capable of: "If you have transgressed, He is punishing you. If He likes you He is testing you."
No comments :
Post a Comment
comentários