Islam Creator of the Modern Age
2. Holding Sacred that which is not Sacred
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when the revolution of monotheism changed
human thinking and brought nature down from its
pedestal of holiness.
AN EXAMPLE
Polytheism, a world-wide phenomenon in ancient
times, is now mainly confined to the Indian sub-
continent,
where,
with
it
emphasis
on
vegetarianism, it is still extant in a powerful, living
form. However, it has come to be viewed as an
obstacle to the application of the results of modern,
academic research.
Just how large an obstacle became clear when in
1967, the eminent scientist, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan,
the then Director of the Indian Agricultural
Institute, New Delhi, made his views on nutrition
known in an interview with an English daily.
Speaking to a representative of UNI, Dr.
Swaminathan said, “India may have to face the
danger of large scale intellectual dwarfing in two
decades if the problem of malnutrition and ‘protein
hunger’ is not tackled soon.” He explained that
while the concept of balanced nutrition was not
