Religion Exploited for Power
The article discusses the danger of exploiting religion and politics to justify sectarianism and the greed for power. It explains that many groups and ideologies, such as ISIS and the Taliban, have used the sacred to serve their political interests, leading to the politicization of religion and its exploitation to fuel sectarian and factional disputes. It emphasizes that these practices threaten the core of religion, turning it into a tool for imposing control and authority. The article also criticizes the transformation of the state and institutions into tools of absolute rule, warning that this phenomenon will persist until the fall of the Islamic Republic's political system in Iran. It calls for maintaining the status of the Shia sect as an independent Islamic component, free from dominance by groups or regimes.
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