Weather you look at the issue from the historical point if view, patriotic point of view or purely logical point of view, it is imperative that Muslims of India should accept that the Ram-Janambhoomi is a site for Mandir and a Masjid can not stand there.
To put it historically,
History states that once the Muslims of Junagarh [Gujarat] aspired to build Mosque on Girnar, which is pre-dominantly Hindu and Jain pilgrimage center, Nawab of Junagarh, Mohabbat khan Babi, had resolved the matter by rejecting the plea of Muslims stating not to interfere in the religious sentiments of the fellow religion and had ordered that no Mosque would be built on Girnar and had reserved the site of Mira Datar hills for Muslims to build their Masjid, where no Mandir is built. When a king, who had clear leaning towards Pakistan and who eventually escaped there, had such crystal clear vision, that disallowed destruction or harassment of one religion by the other, why can’t the current rulers be pro-active in solving the dispute on the similar pathway. It is a proven historical fact that in 1528, Mir Baqi, a noble under Mughal emperor Babar had built the mosque destructing the existing temple. The original Hindu temple, which was demolished by Mir Baqi should have been restored much earlier.
If we consider patriotic criteria, why the onus of maintaining brotherhood lies only on the shoulder of Hindus??? The Indian Muslims consider themselves to be very much Indian, it should be their pious duty to contribute in up keeping peaceful co-existence by respecting religious sentiments of the people who have been original inhabitant of this soil. The history can not be erased, nor it can be twisted. It is the past that leads to present and constructs the brick of the future. The history says that there were more than 3000 temples demolished by the Muslim invaders and all that Hindus have demanded is restoring three of them! Yesterday, my lawyer cousin Renu Parekh messaged me urgently, to watch the discussion being telecasted on News X, in which the leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, stated that ‘Their demad is to rebuild only three temples, which have been the birthplace of their [Hindu] source of faith. Their Gods. Ayodhya, the Ram Janmbhoomi , which was demolition to build Babri Masjid, Mathura, the Shree Krishna Janmsthal, where an Idgah stands today, after obliteration of the temple and the ‘prakatyasthal’ of Lord Shiva in Banaras. The Historical facts have proven time and again, that there have been innumerable temples which had been destroyed by the Muslim invaders but to demand to restore all of them would endanger the harmonious equilibrium of the nation. Thus, the places of worship, that have been birth place of Hindu source of faith are restored, the Hindu- Muslim unity could be assured.’ When a Hindu Organization, which has been accused ever for being extremist, can come forward for peaceful co-living, why the Muslims can not come forward and value the other’s religious beliefs.
If one dwells into the leaf of yesteryears, one can observe that the Hindus never attack but react. If a Hindu’s religious beliefs are targeted every now and then and then if he is expected to keep mum, he reacts but a Hindu never begins hurting the other’s religious sentiments.
On the same show, on News X, Dr. Subramaniam Swami of Janta Party [mind well, not BJP.. otherwise people would judge his comments as pro-saffron!!!] commented the logical aspect why the site should be handed over to Hindus. He stated that the Hon. Supreme Court had made an observation that ‘The Muslims do not need a mosque for praying and they do perform Namaz anywhere but a Hindu prays before a deity and that too, in a temple. Thus the Hindus require temple for their expression of prayer.’
On the basis of this, the Ram Janmbhoomi site, which is the birthplace of Hindu’s source of faith, should be respectfully handed over to them.. Dr. Swamy stated. A few years back in 2002, the Hon. Supreme Court had ordered the Archeological Department of India to conduct a survey to find out about the ruins of temple that existed before it was demolished to construct the Babri Masjid. In August 2003, the Archeology Dept. handed over the report, that the ruins of temple had been located.
But,
Unfortunately, the Muslims opposed it.
The secularists argue that the past be forgotten and deem our country as a new nation after independence.
But,
There is a large number of population till date, who was born before 1947, who has witnessed number of events that took place like partition struggle etc. Can they eradicate those memories that they never were born in Undivided India and had to leave empty handed, leaving behind their prosperity for which they had toiled for years. The argument to erase every documental fact regarding religious beliefs is utter nonsense. The suedo-seculars demand that Hindus should forget their claim on their God’s birth place, can the same people demand, from Muslims that if at all the Mecca-Madina or Jamma Masjid, the Muslim source of faith is met with similar consequences, they [Muslims] would resign themselves to keeping quite? Then, why these one sided view of secularism???
It is again true that not all Muslims have this non-considerable view point and there are nationalist Muslims, who rejoice the brotherhood with Hindus.
But,
The clergymen of Muslims and our Govt. at the center, have considered Muslims, who are unfortunately backward and uneducated on a large scale, to be a huge Vote Bank, who are tossed around for being powerful.
Muslim faith may have been brought to India by the invaders but the people who converted to Islam were originally Hindus. Their forefathers were Hindus.
And,
When changes faith, one does not change fathers.
Or
Start ridiculing the beliefs of their fathers.
Once upon a time, there was a practice in Punjab, that each family gave one son to Panth Khalsa and thus the entire Sikh community came into existence. Sikhs, though have different set of belifs, they do not scoff at Hindu faith. As they realize that with faith ancestry does not change.
Muslims of India should realize this.. Sometime in past, their own forefathers would have worshipped Bhagwan Ram and would have believed that Ayodhya to be Bhagwan’s birthplace. They should realize that invaders were foreigners without any connection with heritage of India but they themselves share the same roots. It is eminent that they care for Hindu sentiments.
Bharat Mata Ki Jay..
Vande Mataram..
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