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Get real! Hindu intolerance, while not at the levels of Islam, is no secret - just a fact.Saigon,
Let us get back to the topic. No one worth his/her salt will accept Wiki link as reliable source.
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Rdean,
Thanks for bringing the conversation back to the topic.
Vikrant -
India is officially secular, but as I am sure you have noticed, daily life is dictated by the Hindu calendar. India is every bit as devoted to its religion as any other country in the region is.
Here is a single example of religious extremism in India:
A screaming mob of thousands of Hindu militants stormed a 16th-century mosque here today and demolished it with sledgehammers and their bare hands, plunging India into a political and religious crisis.
The destruction of the mosque, which has been a focus of tensions between Hindus and Muslims for several years, raised the danger of a renewal of the conflicts between the groups that have claimed tens of thousands of lives in the last four decades.
Hindu Militants Destroy Mosque, Setting Off a New Crisis in India - New York Times
saigon forgot to mention the name of the mosque----it is a cover-up of the
real issue THE BABRY MOSQUE is not just some mosque that some hindus
decided to vandalize because they hate muslims-----it is a moque that was built
by the brutal invader BARBUR whose minions destroyed thousands of hindu
temple which they overtopped with mosques---even using artifacts from the
vandalized temples. ----The BABRY MOSQUE is in Ayodhiya ----and is atop
a very very important ancient hindu temple relating to the birth place of the
avatar/god RAMA The mosque is a symbol of moghul oppression and
the destruction of tens of thousands of hindu temples and a genocide
that took the lives of an estimated 100 million hindus over about 150 years
Hindus reacted a lot more gently than if some hindu enslaved in saudi arabia
accidentally wandered into mecca and ----aimed a kick at the black rock over
there. The mosque should have been removed years ago----placing it
there several hundred years ago was an ATROCITY----and it is of no more
importance to muslims than any other run of the mill mosque except that
it is symbol OF TRIUMPHALISM -----one might as well build a mosque
in Manhattan at "ground zero"--------to commemorate the VICTORY OF
ISLAM over manhattan
^ What is your point? Every country has fringe elements which engage in these kinds of activities. See an example below in UK. Your spin to label these elements as Nationalists Hindu is bigoted.
Anti-Islamic vandals have targeted the site of Cambridges planned new mosque.
Vandal attack on Cambridge mosque site | Cambridge City News, Cambridge Local News Stories & Latest Headlines About Cambridge
saigon forgot to mention the name of the mosque-
saigon forgot to mention the name of the mosque-
No, you forgot to read the thread.
I would also add that I think the destruction of the Ayodhya (or Babri) Mosque is common knowledge for most people with any interest in India.
iRosie -
Again, I would consider the events common knowledge for anyone who has followed current affairs in the region.
I think it is worth mentioning that the mosque destroyed had stood for 600 years, and was located in a state with 31 million Muslim residents. It was then torn apart by a deranged mob of 150,000 Hindus, led by leading government politicians. I would also point out that this kind of bullying and machismo is not an isolated incident - it seems to be a part of India's very makeup. Not that India is not a fabulous and unique culture in other ways, because it is - but this is an unattractive aspect of it.
Whether the mosque should ever have been built on the site I doubt, but one would hope that most countries would be more tolerant and aware in the 21st century than they were in the 16th century!
... 1993 which followed the destruction by Hindu zealots of the Babri mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya.
India has over 200 million muslims and many more mosques than Europe and still India had only one attack on mosque between 1947 and now.
Also there was no government official involved in the destruction of Babri mosque.