01-17-2006, 09:24 PM
The melancholy but austere and hauntingly introspective Jama Masjid (as Radha Vij describes it above) must surely reflect the somber and dignified mood of the prayer places where Great and Mighty Afghan-Turk-Mughal Kings must have prayed silently and full of emotion before they embarked on their Hindu slaughter du jour. I think they took a break after wiping out the first five villages; rested, and then took the sword of God to the next few hundred innocent throats. After a hard day's work, the Ghazis would have retired to the welcoming coolness of some place just like the Jama Masjid, and laid down to dream of the pearly maidens and nubile boys promised by Him in the fragrant reaches of Jannat.
Why do people have to see the segregation of women from men in the masjid to develop a feel for the barbaric nature of Islam?
Why do people have to see the segregation of women from men in the masjid to develop a feel for the barbaric nature of Islam?

