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Religion: The Poisoning of Politics: The Poisoning of Politics
Hardcover
Series: Religion: The Holy Poison, Book 7
Religion General General Political ScienceSocial Movements
Publisher Price: $34.99
Publisher: Dr Prabhat Das
Published: Sep 13 2026
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Your rights should never depend on someone else's religion.
But what happens when they do?
A girl loses her place in a classroom. A dissenter risks punishment for asking a question. An innocent person loses years to a blasphemy prosecution. A leader wraps himself in sacred authority, and demanding answers becomes an act of betrayal.
Who pays when religion takes power? The people who cannot say no.
In Religion: The Poisoning of Politics, Dr. Prabhat Das confronts one of democracy's most dangerous bargains: political power protected by religious authority. His argument is direct. Government must be secular. Every citizen must stand equal before the law. No faith should confer political privilege, and no rejection of faith should cost anyone their freedom.
From India and Pakistan to Iran and Afghanistan, this book examines how religion enters elections, courts, schools, and constitutions, then reaches into the intimate decisions of people's lives. It asks what happens when a nation is treated as the possession of one religious community, when obedience becomes a virtue, and when leaders claim a sacred shield against accountability.
The cost cannot be measured in political slogans. Asia Bibi's acquittal could not give back the years she lost. An Afghan girl's dream of becoming a doctor reveals how much is stolen when a classroom door closes. For an atheist, a convert, or a dissenting believer, freedom of conscience means little if exercising it brings exclusion or fear.
These are questions about your freedom, too:
- Can you challenge a leader without being accused of attacking God?
- Can your children learn, question, and choose their beliefs?
- Can you leave a religion without losing your rights or your safety?
- Does your government serve every citizen, or favor those who share the majority's faith?
- When sacred promises fail to deliver justice, education, or security, who answers for the failure?
This book follows the mechanisms that turn faith into political power: religious nationalism, discriminatory laws, manufactured threats, and demands for loyalty that excuse bad government. It shows why protecting minorities is only part of the task. A democracy must also protect the right not to believe.
Its case is uncompromising, but grounded in specific laws, decisions, and human consequences. Religion is not the sole cause of political harm, and calling a state secular does not make it just. The real test is whether its institutions protect equal citizenship and allow people to challenge power without fear.
Believers must be free to worship and express their convictions. Non-believers must be equally free to question and dissent. A secular state protects both by refusing to make religious allegiance the price of belonging.
With chapter sources and an appendix answering twenty common defenses of religious politics, Book 7 of the Religion: The Holy Poison series equips readers to examine the claims made in faith's name and demand evidence, equal rights, and accountability.
No ruler is above scrutiny. No belief is a license to rule another person's conscience.
Read Religion: The Poisoning of Politics and confront the question every democracy must answer: will the state belong to all its people, or only to those who believe the right things?
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