What the Islamic Invaders Did to India
12 Nov, 2007
- Savages at a very low level of civilisation and no culture worth the name, from Arabia and west Asia, began entering India from the early century onwards. Islamic invaders demolished countless Hindu temples, shattered uncountable sculpture and idols, plundered innumerable palaces and forts of Hindu kings, killed vast numbers of Hindu men and carried off Hindu women. This story, the educated-and a lot of even the illiterate Indians-know very well. History books tell it in remarkable detail. But many Indians do not seem to recognise that the alien Muslim marauders destroyed the historical evolution of the earth's most mentally advanced civilisation, the most richly imaginative culture, and the most vigorously creative society.
It is clear that India at the time when Muslim invaders turned towards it (8 to 11th century) was the earth's richest region for its wealth in precious and semi-precious stones, gold and silver, religion and culture, and its fine arts and letters. Tenth century Hindustan was also too far advanced than its contemporaries in the East and the West for its achievements in the realms of speculative philosophy and scientific theorising, mathematics and knowledge of nature's workings. Hindus of the early medieval period were unquestionably superior in more things than the Chinese, the Persians (including the Sassanians), the Romans and the Byzantines of the immediate proceeding centuries. The followers of Siva and Vishnu on this subcontinent had created for themselves a society more mentally evolved-joyous and prosperous too-than had been realised by the Jews, Christians, and Muslim monotheists of the time. Medieval India, until the Islamic invaders destroyed it, was history's most richly imaginative culture and one of the five most advanced civilisations of all times.
Look at the Hindu art that Muslim iconoclasts severely damaged or destroyed. Ancient Hindu sculpture is vigorous and sensual in the highest degree-more fascinating than human figural art created anywhere else on earth. (Only statues created by classical Greek artists are in the same class as Hindu temple sculpture). Ancient Hindu temple architecture is the most awe-inspiring, ornate and spell-binding architectural style found anywhere in the world. (The Gothic art of cathedrals in France is the only other religious architecture that is comparable with the intricate architecture of Hindu temples). No artist of any historical civilisation have ever revealed the same genius as ancient Hindustan's artists and artisans.
Their minds filled with venom against the idol-worshippers of Hindustan, the Muslims destroyed a large number of ancient Hindu temples. This is a historical fact, mentioned by Muslim chroniclers and others of the time. A number of temples were merely damaged and remained standing. But a large number-not hundreds but many thousands-of the ancient temples were broken into shreds of cracked stone. In the ancient cities of Varanasi and Mathura, Ujjain and Maheshwar, Jwalamukhi and Dwarka, not one temple survives whole and intact from the ancient times.
The wrecking of Hindu temples went on from the early years of the 8th century to well past 1700 AD a period of almost 1000 years. Every Muslim ruler in Delhi (or Governor of Provinces) spent most of his time warring against Hindu kings in the north and the south, the east and the west, and almost every Muslim Sultan and his army commanders indulged in largescale destructions of Hindu temples and idols. They also slaughtered a lot of Hindus. It is easy to conclude that virtually every Hindu temple built in the ancient times is a perfect work of art. The evidence of the ferocity with which the Muslim invaders must have struck at the sculptures of gods and goddesses, demons and apsaras, kings and queens, dancers and musicians is frightful. At so many ancient temples of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, for example, shattered portions of stone images still lie scattered in the temple courtyards. Considering the fury used on the idols and sculptures, the stone-breaking axe must have been applied to thousands upon thousands of images of hypnotic beauty.
Giving proof of the resentment that men belonging to an inferior civilisation feel upon encountering a superior civilisation of individuals with a more refined culture, Islamic invaders from Arabia and western Asia broke and burned everything beautiful they came across in Hindustan. So morally degenerate were the Muslim Sultans that, rather than attract Hindu "infidels" to Islam through force of personal example and exhortation, they just built a number of mosques at the sites of torn down temples-and foolishly pretended they had triumphed over the minds and culture of the Hindus. I have seen stones and columns of Hindu temples incorportated into the architecture of several mosques, including the Jama Masjid and Ahmed Shah Masjid in Ahmedabad; the mosque in the Uparkot fort of Junagadh (Gujarat) and in Vidisha (near Bhopal); the Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra right next to the famous dargah in Ajmer-and the currently controversial Bhojshala "mosque" in Dhar (near Indore). Hindu culture was at its imaginative best and vigorously creative when the severely-allergic-to-images Muslims entered Hindustan. Islamic invaders did not just destroy countless temples and constructions but also suppressed cultural and religious practices; damaged the pristine vigour of Hindu religion, prevented the intensification of Hindu culture, debilitating it permanently, stopped the development of Hindu arts ended the creative impulse in all realms of thought and action, damaged the people's cultural pride, disrupted the transmission of values and wisdom, cultural practices and tradition from one generation to the next; destroyed the proper historical evolution of Hindu kingdoms and society, affected severely the acquisition of knowledge, research and reflection and violated the moral basis of Hindu society. The Hindus suffered immense psychic damage. The Muslims also plundered the wealth of the Hindu kingdoms, impoverished the Hindu populace, and destroyed the prosperity of Hindustan.
Gaze in wonder at the Kailas Mandir in the Ellora caves and remember that it is carved out of a solid stone hill, an effort that (inscriptions say) took nearly 200 years. This is art as devotion. The temple built by the Rashtrakuta kings (who also built the colossal sculpture in the Elenhanta caves off Mumbai harbour) gives proof of the ancient Hindus' religious fervor.
But the Kailas temple also indicated a will power, a creative imagination, and an intellect eager to take on the greatest of artistic challenges.
The descendants of those who built the magnificent temples of Bhojpur and Thanjavur, Konark and Kailas, invented mathematics and brain surgery, created mindbody disciplines (yoga) of astonishing power, and built mighty empires would almost certainly have attained technological superiority over Europe.
It is not just for "political reasons" that Hindus want to build grand temples at the sites of the (wrecked) Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, and the Mathura idgah. The efforts of religion-intoxicated and politically active Hindus to rebuild the Ram Mandir, the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir, and the Krishna Mandir are just three episodes m a one-thousand year long Hindu struggle to reclaim their culture and religion from alien invaders.
The demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December 1992 was just one episode in the millennial struggle of the Hindus to repossess their religion-centered culture and nation. Meanwhile, hundreds of ancient Hindu temples forsaken all over Hindustan await the reawakening of Hindu cultural pride to be repaired or rebuilt and restored to their original, ancient glory.
This article was published in Hindustan Times on December 28, 1997
Rizwan Salim is a reviewer of New York Tribune, Capitol Hill reporter, assistant editor of American Sentinel.
Name: An Infidel Indian
Date: Sunday November 11, 2007
Time: 21:08:22 -0700
Comment
Sad to say, but our dhimmi politicians like Mulayam & Lalu, will happily sacrifice all the temples in India, if that will bring them a few Muslim Votes.
Name: vbv
Date: Sunday November 11, 2007
Time: 22:20:33 -0700
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Indian muslims raise a lot of hue and cry for the demolition of a mosque which was actually in disuse in Ayodhya, while quite oblivious of the fact of thousands of temples razed to the ground during the 700 years of islamic rule! This article should make these maverick muslims / imams/kazis/mullahs to get their perspectives right.
Name: another infidel indian
Date: Monday November 12, 2007
Time: 05:47:57 -0700
Comment
>>This story, the educated-and a lot of even the illiterate Indians-know very well. History books tell it in remarkable detail. Oh, no, our history books written by pseudosecularists from JNU and AMU tell us about how benevolent our muslim rulers were, that the greatest ruler of hindustan, akbar, was not a hindu. not a single mention on how horrific the impact of islam on indian culture was. the full horror of jazia is never explained. And any attempt to redress the same is termed "saffronization", and put down by those same pseudosecularists. India must have an awakening just like Israel, and like Palestine, we should also have a Hindustan and boot the anti national elements out.
Name: paras trivedi
Date: Monday November 12, 2007
Time: 10:01:31 -0700
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I am really excited and feel happy to go through this historical article. But I regret that no political party would dare and allow this thinking to float in this society. i shall request the writer to publish a series of such articles to bring in an awareness among the political fraternity.
Name: vj
Date: Monday November 12, 2007
Time: 12:49:32 -0700
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The scale of the all muslim invaders plunder cannot be captured in a small article. To see and hear all the horrors that the islamic invaders inflicted one has to go to all the small towns and villages in the south and north india and see it.
Name: Bobby
Date: Monday November 12, 2007
Time: 12:58:33 -0700
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The barbaric invaders were specialized in one thing - warfare and looting other people's land and property. Learned, cultured and peace-loving people stood no chance against this onslaught. Buddhism was wiped out from what is now Afghanistan and now Tibet because they had pursuits other than violent ones. To survive you first need to be able to fight offensive or defensively - that is something that islamists had recognized and the rest of the world can ignore at their peril - in this war against Islam.
Name: Jai Maharaj
Date: Monday November 12, 2007
Time: 14:15:21 -0700
Comment
Two web sites for your kind consideration: Facts about terrorist Islam and Muslims: http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate Hindu Holocaust Museum: http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
Name: An Infidel Indian
Date: Monday November 12, 2007
Time: 21:12:27 -0700
Comment
Education is the key. However, the Muslims have made sure that nobody raises these issues in the MSM. The only hope is the Internet.Also, the only other way to ensure that Muslims realise the Evil of Islam is to ruthlessly implement Full Sharia for Muslims( not the current Sharia Lite which the Male Muslims are enjoying in India ) with only one change, ie whatever the Sharia suggests for the Infidels ( in their relations with Muslims )can be reversed and implemented on Muslims instead. Over a period of time, Muslims will be either forced to acknowledge the Evil of Islam and/or start leaving Islam to have the decent life which infidels will be enjoying by their side. Just imagine, the Muslim Terrorist who is today molly coddled in Jail for two or three years and then set free to continue their terrorism will actually be hanged after a one day trial ! Muhammed was very clever. He realised that only a very strict Sharia could control his bunch of highway robbers, rapists and murderers ( the first muslims ). We infidels will survive only if we learn from Muhammad.
Name: PM
Date: Tuesday November 13, 2007
Time: 09:35:17 -0700
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well, the only thing we get is a broadcasted message from Zakir Naik, to unite Hindus and Muslims, by showing Muslim culture is superoe over Hinduism... they claim that Brahma is Ibrahim (proving things with some phonetically Arabic research ) and thus Hinduism is evolved from Arabic culture.. the only thing he forgot to say is, Hindu culture in this theological discussion believes both Evil and good evolves from g-d, and thats why we describe it as Hindu universe(like chinese feng shui).... and the same theological reasoning (phonetic arabic) if used on koran... then invert of koran is narok( Hell in english)... so the logic concludes.. that Brahma is abhrahim, but koran is gateway to hell.... I have no problem with theological peoples, who want to unite people with love... but Islamic ideology are so sicking, that i want to oppose that oppressive pedophile culture on any cost...
Name: kafir/infidel ( & Ex-communist ).
Date: Tuesday November 13, 2007
Time: 10:23:43 -0700
Comment
To all civilized, decent, good hearted, honest people with integrity, kindness, compassion, conscience : and also to the followers of the Pedophile, murderous, fascist, dogmatic, intolerant, cruel,evil, slavery,killing cult ISLAM -gave illegal birth by MO .............ISLAM is a dark chapter in human history. One does not need so much argument, discussion. A preliminary reading, a peek at QQURRAN will tell you everything. ISLAM is not spirituality. ISLAM is poison.ISLAM is hatred. ISLAM is terror.ISLAM is slavery.ISLAM is JIHAD.ISLAM is fatwas. ISLAM is discrimination. ISLAM is inequality. ISLAM is killing. ISLAM is opression, supression. ISLAM is instilling fear. ISLAM is a plague of humanity. The horrors,the killings, the death, destruction,the terror unleashed by ISLAMISTS/Mossalmans /ISLAM ,the devastation caused by ALLA/MO / ISLAM followers in INDIA is unspeakable. According to Bill FRENCH the number of HINDU people estimated to have been put to death,killed, murdered in INDIA by Moslems was about 70 to 80 million, during their 800 yrs terror rule in INDIA. This was not ,is not told in the history books. In INDIA it is all kept secret. The first education minister in IDNIA after independence was a Moslem - who along with congress party , put a ban ( prohibited ) speaking/writting, telling anything truthful ( of ISLAM /Moslems), against ISLAM / Moslems . In this respect congress party much disgrace, much harm,much damage, much set back to HINDU DHARMA /INDIANS/INDIA. Even now INDIA ruled by antinational forces, inimical to the glory of INDIA. One hopes to see a renewal, resurgence & assertion of the noble values ,glory, greatness of INDIA/INDIANS, by taking pride,self respect in the supremely noble values of sanatana Dharma. Congress party must be defeated in the interest of peace,progress, prosperity for INDIA and world. WIll durant , the American Historian wrote that tha invasions, death, destruction, killings, rapes, perpetrated by Moslems in INDIA was unparalelled in human history & an untold story to the world.
Name: Philip Saenz
Date: Tuesday November 13, 2007
Time: 10:31:34 -0700
Comment
I'm more interested in what the evil Islamic Invaders are doing at present all over the world. Okay, accuse me and say that I'm an Islamophobe. I'm still more interested in what the evil Islamic Invaders are doing at present all over the world.
Name: Indian Apostate
Date: Tuesday November 13, 2007
Time: 16:46:57 -0700
Comment
Phillip, it's true that we have to be more concerned about what Muslims are doing right at the moment. But in order to understand its long-term repurcussions, unveiling the true history is very important.
Name: sanjay kansara
Date: Tuesday November 13, 2007
Time: 18:36:13 -0700
Comment
Excellent article. This shows that anyone with a fair mind and a clear concious can not stay with Islam thank you.
Name: werd
Date: Tuesday November 13, 2007
Time: 20:45:36 -0700
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Yeah, sounds about right; India's history on the backs of the lower castes from whom hundreds died building 'amazing' temples and buildings for their masters. Some citations would also be great. Anyway, India is 'rising to greatness' again - it's economic power and international might is evident. Too bad the country is still a third world long drop... could just blame the Muslims, of course.
Name: Nathan
Date: Wednesday November 14, 2007
Time: 16:29:45 -0700
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I must also wonder about how Africa was adversly affected by the muslim conquest of the Northern Christian territories. Was Africa so different from Pre-Christian Europe with its warring tribes. Christianity acted as a great civilizing force to Europe as its principles began to be known more and more by the common people. Islam destroyed North Africa, cutting off the south from trade and interaction with the Byzntines, European, and Eastern civilizations. Islam brought its barbaric religion, legal system and slave trade to Africa and little else. Imagine what the world could have been like were it devoid of Islamic Anti-Civilization.
Name: Jakester
Date: Wednesday November 14, 2007
Time: 17:12:05 -0700
Comment
Sadly, we are allowing these destructive fanatics into our western countries where eventually they will attempt the same.
Name: A reader
Date: Wednesday November 14, 2007
Time: 20:12:09 -0700
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Nathan, Muslim invaders killed an estimated 120 million people in Africa as compared to about 80 millions in India.
Name: David Bennett
Date: Thursday November 15, 2007
Time: 17:59:11 -0700
Comment
While its important not to forgot History, surely wrongs have been done on both sides during the Islamic invasion of India, and in the end it was my understanding that Islam contributed to Hinduism just like buddhism had done earlier? Clashes of Civilisation have often resulted in progress, i know this is what happened with the west, if it handnt of been for the crusades i doubt it would have ever of dominated the globe like it has.
Name: Reis Kash
Date: Thursday November 15, 2007
Time: 19:53:26 -0700
Comment
Rizwan Salim's article about the barbaric Muslim invasion of India is right on point. It is important to note Muslims would do the same thing today to any advanced country which they can invade or infiltrate. It is impossible for me to understand why various nations welcome Muslim immigration into their countries. This is suicidal.
Name: Allat
Date: Friday November 16, 2007
Time: 07:36:22 -0700
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What the islamics did was also -1 Inflict a self-hatred on the forced converts - hating their own "race. Other Hindus that converted willingly to escape the Caste system, didn't know until too late, that they had jumped from the frying pan into the fire - because they were STILL considered inferiors. To the Arabs, anybody else is inferior. -2 - The aspect of the sacred temple dancers was changed, so that they were henceforth to be considered whores, the wearing the rhythmic ankle bells - was a stigma 3 - The thinking of the Indigenous People was changed, in that the birth of girls was to be considered a tragedy, not only because the girls would be future victims of abuse from islamics, but even today, the poor Indian farmers and lower class kill their little girls, cause the custom is deep.
Name: Joe
Date: Friday November 16, 2007
Time: 11:36:37 -0700
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The nuclear destruction of Mecca, Medina and Qom will end Islam as an ideology on this planet. The question is, who has the guts to do this? The first Islamic nuke that pops on US soil is the end of Islam. It is only a matter of time.
Name: David Adams
Date: Saturday November 17, 2007
Time: 19:29:28 -0700
Comment
Of you truly loved your civilization you would have fought for it. That you thoughts and achievements were overcome by 'inferiors' shows that the spread of knowledge was limited among your people
Name: arjun
Date: Sunday November 18, 2007
Time: 06:36:29 -0700
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In reply to David Adams, It was not just India that the muslims messed up, they got Persia and the Byzantine Empire as well. You might want to go through this site. http://historyofjihad.org
Name: ramnath
Date: Sunday November 18, 2007
Time: 14:07:11 -0700
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I work in a multicultural society as a doctor until I came across this site. I happy to know that some of you have realised ones own mistake and the atrocities they have committed to others. Keep the good work and i wish more people like you will join you.well done.
Name: Wayne
Date: Sunday November 18, 2007
Time: 20:24:09 -0700
Comment
Through out history muslim hordes have been and still are destroyers of everything non muslim. A wretched people without common sense. But, unlike the demise of the Roman Legions these beast remain a threat to enlightened reason. On a lighter note: I am delighted to read The United States is not at fault :)
Name: CzarNicky
Date: Monday November 19, 2007
Time: 10:03:46 -0700
Comment
Islam must be destroyed.
Name: YetAnotherInfidel
Date: Wednesday November 21, 2007
Time: 12:24:45 -0700
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Sir, can you please scan your sources of History and tell us what atrocities Hindus have commited on the followers of Islam? After having sheltered refugees and invaders from all over the world over a millenia, India the holy land of Hindus was vivisected by the colonial powers. A bloody partition that killed millions. You know why? To satiate the demand for a muslim "homeland". Can you point out one positive contribution of Islam to Hinduism? >>David Bennet: While its important not to forgot History, surely wrongs have been done on both sides during the Islamic invasion of India, and in the end it was my understanding that Islam contributed to Hinduism just like buddhism had done earlier?>>
Name: Ananda
Date: Thursday November 22, 2007
Time: 21:30:15 -0700
Comment
Joe, isn't there a much simpler solution than nuclear destruction of Mecca & Medina? If the civilized nations <(all European countries, USA, Canada, Australia, India,and other non-Muslim countries)> vote to ban Islam, on the ground that it is an evil cult, that will end Islam as an ideology on this planet. The question is, who has the guts to do this? May be as a first step, let us ban hijab & burqa & madrassas. Of course then Islamic nuke would pop-up.
Name: Michael
Date: Monday November 26, 2007
Time: 05:56:46 -0700
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All non-muslim countries in the world must ban the koran, which is the source of their evil ways.
Name: jlkj
Date: Wednesday November 28, 2007
Time: 15:56:06 -0700
Comment
makes no sence!! big time
Name: Islam?
Date: Monday December 03, 2007
Time: 10:00:32 -0700
Comment
Do you know, how did Mohammad Gaznavi reached India and why? What made him reach India? Gold? Obviously Yes. But, how did he get to know about wealth of Shomenath Mandir? Who invited Sikandar'e Azam and for what purpose and who called him? Please find it out from history. What is the history of Aryan's and Dravid's? What does all Vedas tell and who has written those? Find out these from history, you will come to know, who the actual Hindu of India is? So, that was all history. Yes, India is the richest country in the world today. India is rich in Knowledge, Talents, Society, Culture and what not. ISLAM: I don???t think you know real Islam. All you see is terrorism which is finely named by certain group of people as Jehad (Those people don???t even know, the exact meaning of Jehad). Islam stands on preaches of Prophet Mohammad, his family and sacrifices of his family. Please pick-up and read from history on the event of Karbala (Event of Moharram).
Name: MC
Date: Sunday December 09, 2007
Time: 00:32:15 -0700
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I have read the article and it would make a great Fictional book. Where are the facts?
Name: C.R. krishna
Date: Wednesday December 19, 2007
Time: 01:33:44 -0700
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hats off. excellent article. All the 'secularists' of Indian politics should read it. If muslim invaders destroyed hindu temples and tried to destroy hindu religion in medieval times, in the post independence period, it has been the so called secularists headed by Congress Government who have destroyed Hindu pride by masking true history.
Name: SP Gupta
Date: Wednesday December 26, 2007
Time: 15:13:27 -0700
Comment
Reading your article is like a breath of fresh air, Mr Rizwan Salim. You are probably one of a very few Muslim individuals who have objectively diagnosed the Muslim Invaders' atrocities in India. India suffered for a thousand years and Hindus continue to suffer in Bangladesh till now. Tasleema Nasreen have been a courageous writer to expose the infamy of Muslim's destruction of hundreds of Hindu temples, rapes and abductions of the Hindu girls and land grabs forcing the Hindus to flee. We need more people like Tasleema and you to make a balanced judgement and expose the inhuman face of Islam.
Name: Madhur Chandel
Date: Saturday February 02, 2008
Time: 00:43:24 -0700
Comment
A very intensely written article a truly thought provoking one highlighting the truth and unearthing the historical facts in a simple and effective manner. Keep up the god work
Name: An Indian Infidel
Date: Monday February 04, 2008
Time: 00:38:16 -0700
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The saddest of all facts is that Muslims ( present and past ) are the biggest victims of Islam. Can you imagine being born in a typical muslim family, where your male elders subscribe to the word of Allah as revealed in Quran, your female elders accept what Allah prescribed for them, and you study in a Madrasa, memorizing text of THE BOOK in arabic language, which very likely you will never learn or understand, except as interpreted by the equally ignorant maulavi? I grew up within walking distance of Jama Masjid in Delhi. Of the eight or ten muslim friends I had on my street, none went to a regular scool. All went to madrassa.While virtually all hindu kids ( girls and boys ) that I grew up with in that almost totally muslim neighborhood, went to cllege ( almost free at that time, my med school tuition was somewhere in the range of Rs 400-500 per YEAR!) none of the muslim kids went even to the then free elementary school. While I am saddened by the loss of thousands of temples and the more recently, Bamian Buddhas, the greater loss is the Life Imprisonment being suffered by the 1.2 billion currently alive muslims in the 'Prisons of Mind' designed for a band of tribal brigands 1300 years ago, by their commander (pbuh). What is the solution? The muslims must recognize the shackles and work at it to get them off. People like Salman Rushdie, Hisri, Asra Nomani, Ibn Warraq are trying to make a start, at considerable risk to their personal safety. I am sure at least some of the hundreds of young muslim men and women who are lucky enough to be exposed to western liberal education, will start thinking for themselves and have the courage to initiate the process to liberate their coprisoners. Christians have had to shed similar shackles. They have been working at it for almost two hundred years ( and there are plenty of catholic, evangelicals and jewish prisoners still around ta least in the US, but they don't terrorize! ). The progress will be slow. The price will high ( RE: Benazir Bhutto). In the mean time CONGRATULATIONS Rizwan Salim. I SALUTE you for your courage to see the truth in the face and say it as it is. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Name: Abhinav Dewedi
Date: Friday February 15, 2008
Time: 09:35:50 -0700
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At the end of the day, both in past and in future you have to count human lives lost. It is not about brick and mortar places of worship, it is about lives lost both in past and now. The modern Indian citizen needs to ask is this temple or mosque worth a single human life, life of a fellow Indian. This article is so biased and full of poison that it shames me to call myself an Indian. I for one will destroy every single temple and every single mosque if it means I will save lives of thousands on Indians.