Religion In Mistake's The Kite Runner

There exists a world where there are over 10,000 different religions. Dr. Mary Turk in her article ‘How does religion affect your mind’ says, “Religion is a defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God.”

Religion acts as a deadly weapon leading to the murder of internal emotions and relations. In the novel ‘Kite Runner’ Amir says, “History isn’t easy to overcome. Neither is Religion. In the end, I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi’a, and nothing was ever going to change that. Nothing. ”This reflects how invariably religion matters in one’s life and how it can never be suppressed or considered secondary.

Religion adds new meaning into all groups- families, schools, clubs etc. It helps in imparting new values. Family life is inter-related with religion and as incomplete without religion as it is without children. Religion should not be standardised if it is to stimulate individual development of one’s character. However, such a scenario is not observed most of the time. Time and again it is shown in the novel ‘Kite Runner’ how Amir never thought of

The struggle for religious tolerance played a key role in the evolution of human rights.” The quest for freedom of thought, conscience and belief remains unresolved in various parts of the world due to intersection of human rights and religion. It is seen in the novel ‘Kite Runner’ when Hassan and his family lived in the huge villa, many eyebrows were raised as people could not believe that a Hazara could live in such a massive house. Later, Taliban officials interrogated and accused him of lying, At last, this lead to the death of the innocent Hassan as Taliban shot him down. Only a religious difference lead to the killing of an unimpeachable human and snatched away one of the most basic right of residing in the house you