Dara Mahmoud

God, Religion, Human Dara Mahmoud Kurdish edition

This book is an effort to present questions and speculations about religion that in the traditional societies, especially Kurdish society, will face problems and maybe prohibitions. Beginning chapters of the book, starts with a flash back to the depth of history, with a review of the initiation and growing of religious thoughts in the old society, when the tale starts , and the detail of their progress and development , changes and transitions happened to these thoughts A brief explanation of world?s famous religions, their characteristics, and a comparison of their differences and similarities. In the following chapters, traditional methods of interpreting of holy books are reviewed . Especially the effect of time, location and appetite and personal opinion of interpreters. These are due to misunderstandings, abusing the religion, superstitious thoughts, and changing religion to superstitions that create animosity and taking side against science as a result. In this regards, it suggests, for keeping the holy books from being influenced by politics and ideologies, use the literary theory and aesthetics method to interpret them. In this book theology has not been discussed and no question has been asked about the existence of God . Neither it prefers any religion over the other. However it does criticize and challenges the kind of behaviors that by using religion as a mean promote extremism, religious racism, and killing and devastation. In this book the writer is trying to achieve possible mechanism that helps the tolerance spirit and respects for each other religious beliefs. Also in this book, thoughts and efforts of eastern philosophers are widely used, especially Islamic ones, in the past or present. Those who have done valuable work in understanding religion and using it in a way that serves the humanity. Moreover the western style experience and modernity philosophy has been utilized.