History tells us that in 630 AD, Prophet Mohammad led his army into Mecca and turned the pagans’ most prominent spot, the Ka’aba, into the Masjid al-Haram Mosque. After that it was a series of conquests followed by destruction of existing religious sites and building of mosques on top.
“From 1519-1858, Muslim Mughal rulers gained control of India and turned over 2,000 Hindu temples into mosques, including demolishing the Temple of Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, the birthplace of Rama, and replacing it with the Babri Mosque. India’s Mughal Muslim ruler, Jahangir (1605-1627), wrote in Tujuk-i-Jahangiri: “At the city of Banaras [was] a temple. … I made it my plea for throwing down the temple … and on the spot, with the very same materials,, I erected the great mosque.””
Even in this day and age, they are using American passion for freedom and al taqqiyya to erect a mosque where Islamic terrorists brought down the world trade center causing close to 3000 deaths. What the freedom loving Americans do not realize is that this mosque is part of a historical trend.
Indian Muslims are no longer ruling the country and thus cannot destroy any more temples. However, they do not even want to acknowledge the historical destruction of our holiest of temples. The Hindus would like to rebuild those temples but cannot do so without a total Muslim support (since we are a Democracy and do not want a repeat of the post Babri Masjid event. It would be a great goodwill gesture on part of the Indian Muslims to voluntarily let go the claim for the disputed place and not wait for the court’s verdict. Now is the moment for the Indian Muslims to prove that Islam is about Inter-Faith Utopia and not just a myth. Mere words that Islam is a religion of peace won’t suffice, particularly at a time when Hindus are being attacked and persecuted in West Bengal, Kashmir burning and the Kashmiri Pundits living in exile for the last 20 years. After all it is the Janmasthan of Lord Ram in Ayodha, temple in Mathura and Vishwanath temple are the holiest of Hindu places of worship, akin to their Mecca and Medina. History is a strong witness that Babur invaded from Farghana in 1527 and that his viceroy Mir Banki built the Mosque after destroying the Ayodhya temple in 1528. Interestingly before the 1940s, the mosque was even called Masjid-i Janmasthan ("mosque on Rama's birthplace") by Indian Muslims.
9/11, Ground Zero mosque, Babri & their symbolism
Naming the building ‘Cordoba House’ reminds the Americans of the 800-year Muslim rule over Spain, just as two pilgrim places in north India do — the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the Krishna Janmabhumi. The original Kashi Vishwanath Temple was destroyed by Aurangzeb and even today you see the Gyanvapi mosque standing on the old temple platform behind the current temple built by Ahilyabai Holkar (1780). The two domes of the temple were covered by gold donated by Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1839). At the Krishna Janmabhumi in Mathura, too, there is a mosque.
Some liberals may wonder why the past is so important when there are more pressing concerns in the present. When posed with a similar question, Swami Vivekananda said: “Nowadays everybody blames those who constantly look back to their past. It is said that so much of looking back to the past is the cause of all of India’s foes. So long as they forgot the past, the Hindu nation remained in a state of stupor and as soon as they have begun to look into their past, there is on every side a fresh manifestation of life. It is out of this past that the future has to be molded”.
“From 1519-1858, Muslim Mughal rulers gained control of India and turned over 2,000 Hindu temples into mosques, including demolishing the Temple of Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, the birthplace of Rama, and replacing it with the Babri Mosque. India’s Mughal Muslim ruler, Jahangir (1605-1627), wrote in Tujuk-i-Jahangiri: “At the city of Banaras [was] a temple. … I made it my plea for throwing down the temple … and on the spot, with the very same materials,, I erected the great mosque.””
Even in this day and age, they are using American passion for freedom and al taqqiyya to erect a mosque where Islamic terrorists brought down the world trade center causing close to 3000 deaths. What the freedom loving Americans do not realize is that this mosque is part of a historical trend.
Indian Muslims are no longer ruling the country and thus cannot destroy any more temples. However, they do not even want to acknowledge the historical destruction of our holiest of temples. The Hindus would like to rebuild those temples but cannot do so without a total Muslim support (since we are a Democracy and do not want a repeat of the post Babri Masjid event. It would be a great goodwill gesture on part of the Indian Muslims to voluntarily let go the claim for the disputed place and not wait for the court’s verdict. Now is the moment for the Indian Muslims to prove that Islam is about Inter-Faith Utopia and not just a myth. Mere words that Islam is a religion of peace won’t suffice, particularly at a time when Hindus are being attacked and persecuted in West Bengal, Kashmir burning and the Kashmiri Pundits living in exile for the last 20 years. After all it is the Janmasthan of Lord Ram in Ayodha, temple in Mathura and Vishwanath temple are the holiest of Hindu places of worship, akin to their Mecca and Medina. History is a strong witness that Babur invaded from Farghana in 1527 and that his viceroy Mir Banki built the Mosque after destroying the Ayodhya temple in 1528. Interestingly before the 1940s, the mosque was even called Masjid-i Janmasthan ("mosque on Rama's birthplace") by Indian Muslims.
9/11, Ground Zero mosque, Babri & their symbolism
Naming the building ‘Cordoba House’ reminds the Americans of the 800-year Muslim rule over Spain, just as two pilgrim places in north India do — the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the Krishna Janmabhumi. The original Kashi Vishwanath Temple was destroyed by Aurangzeb and even today you see the Gyanvapi mosque standing on the old temple platform behind the current temple built by Ahilyabai Holkar (1780). The two domes of the temple were covered by gold donated by Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1839). At the Krishna Janmabhumi in Mathura, too, there is a mosque.
Some liberals may wonder why the past is so important when there are more pressing concerns in the present. When posed with a similar question, Swami Vivekananda said: “Nowadays everybody blames those who constantly look back to their past. It is said that so much of looking back to the past is the cause of all of India’s foes. So long as they forgot the past, the Hindu nation remained in a state of stupor and as soon as they have begun to look into their past, there is on every side a fresh manifestation of life. It is out of this past that the future has to be molded”.
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