Most of the traditional vices that occur in the today’s societies are pegged on religion. From early marriages to domestic violence among others. They have all gotten their roots from the traditional beliefs. Most of these vices are perpetrated under the umbrella of the fact that the religion they embrace permits them to do so. This is how oppression begins with religion. For instance, a person practicing domestic violence would do so with the mentality that the Bible permits such practices since all the women are advised by it to be submissive to the men and that the men are the heads of the families.
Besides, there are inter-religion differences which arise between different religions and it at times goes further into interdenominational differences. In those countries that Islam is more prominent, Christians are often killed if they do not defect into Islam religion. People should have the freedom of worship and the freedom to get to make a choice on which religions they want to join. Therefore giving people ultimatums such as those which put them I a position where they must choose between their God and Allah often leads to bloodshed. This situation is mainly prominent in those countries where Islam dominates as the major religion. (Currie, pp 132)
Persecution of Christians is not a recent affair; it started long ago during the reign of the Romans. Most of the Christians then were persecuted because of their faith. However, an advancement over the years led to the persecution of Christians by the Muslims. Muslim persecution began long ago and is widespread. Some of the Muslims often defect to Christianity, a violation which is punishable by death according to Islamic laws. According to Islamic laws, Christians are not allowed to have any authority over the Muslims or to build new churches or even repair the old ones. In general, the Christians who live in the regions dominated by the Muslims are often subjected to various rules and regulations which if not followed often comes with a great price and punishments.
The main barrier that stands between the two religions is the differences in ideologies. The Muslims believe in their rules and that they must be followed to the later so much so that whoever fails to do that is liable for severe punishment. However, Christians see these actions by Muslims as ungodly and awful. (Hermiz, pp45) Which is true given that most of the punishment involve death. Despite this, Muslims still believe that even if it means killing a person to protect their doctrines, then there is no wrongdoing. By passing such kind of judgments against the non-Muslims, the Muslims benefit in that they fulfill their quest of keeping their society pure and free from contamination of the religion.
The religious disputes between Christians and Muslims is an issue which cannot end easily. Muslims treat Christians with disrespect and inequality. They are never given the same rights as those of a Muslim. Religion, therefore, meets the parts of Frye's oppression. Christians get persecuted by the Muslims, which show a clear sign of oppression in religion as a subject. As much as the Muslims perceive their actions as noble, they only receive the peace of mind that what they have done is by their doctrines. On the other hand, however, the Christians experience an unimaginable pain whenever such kind of events occur.
Works Cited
Currie, Stephen. Religious Oppression. San Diego, Calif: Lucent Books, 2004. Print.
Hermiz, Thomas. A Story of the Mohammedan Persecutions of Christians. Circleville, OH: Advocate Pub. House, 1950. Print.
