A Hindu praying for a cow. La imagen es en el ámbito público. Fuente: defence.pk

During my student days in Iran, the phenomenon of eating sandys was not yet popular, and we used to eat sandys safely and without fear of disgrace. Cakes and sandwiches were staples of our time, which some jokingly called "choke crews". These choke crews stuck strangely on days when we had classes from morning to night or on days during Ramadan. I remember that seven or eight years ago, one day during the month of Ramadan, I had bought one of these at lunch and was fasting in a relatively secluded place. In the meantime, a gentleman came to me with a relatively neat head and asked me, "Don't you know that it is Ramadan and one should not fast?" I said, "Why do I know, but not everyone thinks like him, and some people don't fast like me.". He said, "But you have to respect my opinion."! I said, "By your own logic, you should also respect my opinion and others like me."! He said, "This is an Islamic country and most people fast, and since a large number of people fast, my opinion is preferable.". I said that even if this were the case, the number of supporters of an opinion would not prove its correctness and the incorrectness of the opposing belief. He said, "If you believe in democracy, you should not fast.". I saw him say that I also poured the leftover cake and sandwich in front of him. In fact, I was so hungry that even if the car of vices came, I would first order the cake and sandwiches, and then I would go to the vices.

Some people think that if they believe in something — Especially if their belief is religious — Then others are obliged to respect their beliefs, even if it is contrary to reason or against the conscience and freedoms of the other group. Some to justify this excess. The Population Fallacy resort to. That is, instead of having logical reasons why their belief is correct, they argue, their opinion is correct, and they are right because many people believe what they say. Some people associate this mistake with democracy. — It is basically a form of government and has nothing to do with personal freedoms — They explain. According to this group, democracy is that if most of the members of a group or a society want something, it should be the same, because they are democratic people, and if you don't think like them, you are not a democratic person (Of course, I am sure that this democracy only applies to the opposition, and if it is in front of their own wives and children, it will turn from democracy to Velayat-e Faqih!) Assuming that such an argument is correct, there are many groups that have a larger Muslim population and whose beliefs are completely different from theirs, and those beliefs should be respected. For example, many people in India, with a population of more than a billion people, believe that the cow is a sacred creature and should be worshipped. Assuming that the large number of adherents of a group proves to be true, Muslims should also stop carnivorism and worship cows out of respect for Indians. Or, for example, radical Sunni Muslims. — They are much more numerous than the hardline Shiites in our country — They believe that Shiites are impure, and killing them will cause the murderer to go to heaven. Or, for example, before the advent of Galileo and Copernicus, most of the people of the world believed that the sun revolves around the earth and that the earth is the center of the universe, and of course, Galileo paid a heavy price for opposing this common opinion. Unfortunately, such beliefs cannot be respected. I do not respect the belief that cows are sacred, or that Shiites should be killed, or that the earth is the center of the universe, but I respect the right of cow worshippers, Shiites, and fasting people to believe contrary to my beliefs. In fact, what is respectable is the right to have personal and religious beliefs and freedoms, and the beliefs themselves are not necessarily respectable. The rights and freedoms of individuals are respected and defensible, provided that their freedom ends at the point where the freedom of others has begun.