Men do not quarrel for light

Today's fighting is between the Pundit and the Mollah. It is not between the Hindus and the Muslims. No prophet has said, "I have come for the Hindus, I have come for the Muslims, I have come for the Christians.” They have said, “I have come for the humanity of everyone, like light." But the devotees of Krishna say, "Krishna is for Hindus." The followers of Muhammad, peace be upon him, say, “Muhammad, peace be upon him, is for the Muslims." The Christians say, "the Disciples of Christ are for the Christians." Krishna, Muhammad, peace be upon him, and Christ have become national property. This property is the root of all trouble. Men do not quarrel for light, but they quarrel over cattle.

-Kazi Nuzrul Islam, national poet of Bangladesh, 1922