Using Religion to Rape

A few days ago, a religious institution was involved in a rape case committed by a senior institution there. This is not the first case, but many times this kind of institution has raped female students. These passionate religious leaders have lost their conscience and common sense, so they have the heart to make young female students an outlet for their lust. Many parents are tricked into entrusting their daughters to dirty-brained religious leaders. But it was too late because she was 3 months pregnant.

Incidents like this have happened several times in Indonesia, they have been doing it for several years. Most of the victims of rape are children and women who will take religious education at the institution. With cunning and a lot of money from the perpetrators of rape, these cases are buried and lost. The victims, especially women, experienced great trauma over the occurrence of the act of raping themselves.

From cases like this, I get the assumption that nowadays religion is no longer a light in life. But religion has become a tool to camouflage itself from hypocrites and also violates the law. Religion that looks good on the outside but rots on the inside. Many religious leaders in Indonesia invite people to throw bombs at innocent people and rape young women who want to study religion. Religious leaders like this destroy their religion.

I don't know what was going on in their minds when they would rape this weak victim? Is it possible to quote verses in the book to justify burning lust? Some of the things that I think happen to rape in religious institutions are that the religious leaders there see women only as inanimate objects that can create lust for religious leaders. This view only demeans women.

These lewd religious leaders have power in a religious institution. People trust them because they think religious leaders are holy people. But it turned out to be a hoax. People are very easily deceived by trusting religious leaders with lewd minds. Now religion has become a tool to take advantage of other people as well as young women.

It is time for society to realize and learn from all the tragedies that traumatized children and women. It is time for the rights of children and women to be returned, namely to get protection from government authorities and legal representatives. Society and the younger generation must be more critical in their thinking. This is the importance of philosophical education for the youth. Not only that, the law must be enforced fairly and firmly. Don't compromise even if the offenders have power.

The most important thing is, that we must enter into the spiritual side to go beyond religion. Spirituality is a teaching that is full of wisdom, happiness, and compassion for all living beings that exist on earth naturally. The religions of the archipelago that were embraced by the ancestors of the Indonesian people are very close to the teachings of spirituality. Therefore, the Indonesian nation must also study the religion of the archipelago and combine it with philosophical teachings. The Indonesian nation, especially the younger generation, must rise from ignorance and fight perverted religious leaders to protect children and women. Don't be fooled by religious masks.

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