"Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?"
- Taslima Nasrin
About this Quote
This quote by Taslima Nasrin is a criticism of the teachings of the Koran, which still urges that the sun walks around the earth. This is in straight contrast to the clinical consensus that the planet moves around the sun. Nasrin is wondering about how culture can progress when it is still teaching obsolete as well as wrong information. She is recommending that if we are to move forward, we need to embrace scientific expertise and decline out-of-date ideas. This quote is a call to activity for individuals to welcome scientific research and also progression, rather than clinging to obsolete beliefs. It is a pointer that we must be open to new ideas as well as knowledge if we are to progress as a culture.
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