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Muslim Tower of Skulls

An example of a Muslim Tower of Skulls (1809 in Nish, Serbia), an inhuman act done by the barbaric Islamitic Ottoman Turks. Imagine the constant centuries old terror of the Muslim minority in former Yugoslavia, and put the Serbian reactions into that perspective.
http://ljiljana-zivojinovic.blogspot.com/2...-of-sculls.html


Vincent Smith in "Akbar - The Great Mogul" (p.294) writes, " Intemperance was the besetting sin of the Timuroid royal family, as it was of many other muslim ruling houses. Babur (was) an elegant toper ... Humayun made himself stupid with opium ... Akbar permitted himself the practices of both vices .. Akbar's two sons died in early manhood from chronic alcoholism, and their elder brother was saved
from the same fate by a strong constitution, and not by virtue." With such an atmosphere to nourish Akbar's thoughts, it is rather unsual for Akbar to become "divine incarnate"!

Here some examples in India, which are recorded:

Timur’s Tower of Skulls
Late 14th and the early 15th centuries witnessed the horrible barbarity of Amir Tamur (aka, Tamurlane). Information about Timur comes mainly from “Zafer Nama” written during early 15th century and his own diary, Mulfuzat-i-Timuri, which are full of Koranic references in justification of his invasions, wars and mass murders and destructions. He set out on his campaign in 1399 against India solely because the Muslim rulers were, to him, too lenient towards the idolater Hindu subjects. By the time, he reached Delhi; he had gathered around 100,000 pagan captives. A few thousands artisans and clever mechanics, including builders and stone masons, were taken back to Samarkhand while the rest were massacred in a single day [Mulfuzat-i-Timuri, trs ED, III, 447]. He built victory pillars with the severed heads of the infidels. On his way out of India, he pillaged Miraj, pulled down the monuments and flayed the Hindu inhabitants alive. [Why I am Not a Muslim, ibn Warraq, p. 234-235].

Feroz Tughluq’s Tower of Skulls
Firoz Tughloq was known to be relatively kind-hearted of the Sultans and yet according to Afif he killed 180,000 Bengalis in his expedition in Bengal and had erected a Tower of skulls [Lal, p. 73].

Babur’s Tower of Skulls
Describing the demoniac pleasure which Babur used to derive by raising towers of heads of people he used to slaughter, Col. Tod writes that after defeating Rana Sanga at Fatehpur Sikri "triumphal pyriamids were raised of the heads of the slain, and on a hillock which overlooked the field of the battle, a tower of skulls was erected and the conquerer Babur assumed the title of Ghazi." (p.246).
Babur wrote in Jihadi zeal, “I made public the resolution to abstain from wine. My servants… dashed upon the earth, the flagons and the cups. They dashed them into pieces as God willing, soon will be dashed, the Gods of the idolaters” [Babur Nama, Vol II, p. 554-5]. Babur and his soldiers destroyed Hindu temples in many parts of the country. [Babur Nama, Vol II, p. 340]. After winning the War against Rana Sangha, Babur ordered the set-up of a Tower of slaughtered pagan heads as a trophy for the victory. Similar tower of dead pagan heads was created after the victory at Chanderi against Medini Rai [Baburnama, pp. 483-84, 596]
See more of his atrocities in the Guru Granth Sahib, by a contemporary, Guru Nanakdev.

Akbar’s Tower of Skulls
Iskandar Khan chased the Hemu's fleeing army and captured 1500 elephants and a large contingent. There was a bloody slaughter of those who were captured and in keeping with the custom of his ancestors Tamerlane and Chengiz Khan, Akbar had a victory pillar built with the severed heads of his fallen Hindu enemies.

Jahangir’s Tower of Skulls
Peter Mundy, an Englishman travelling Mughal empire some 75 years later (during Jahangir and Shah Jahan's rein), found such towers were still being built.

Shahjahan’s Tower of Skulls
Peter Mundy, an Englishman travelling Mughal empire some 75 years later (during Jahangir and Shah Jahan's rein), found such towers were still being built.

Remember that Muslim rulers from outside, like Timur and Mahmud Ghaznavi and especially the rulers of Delhi and Agra attached the title 'Ghazi' to their names.
The Ghazis only recognized the own Umma and two countries: Dar-ul Islam and Dar-ul Harb. Peaceful co-existence was not an option. Every Harbi had to be destroyed or converted with whatever means, just like their prime example did in Arabia.
Also a later more 'moderate' Padishah like Akbar. Mughal titles:

Babar is well known as Ghazi
Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun Padshah Ghazi Zillu'llah
Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar I Sahib-i-Zaman, Padshah Ghazi Zillu'llah
Nur ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah Ghazi Zillu'llah
Shihab ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan Padshah Ghazi Zillu'llah
Aurangzeb is too well known as Ghazi

Imagine the effect of these barbaric acts and constant threats, besides rapes, massacres without towers of skulls, mass deportations, dishounering young girls and boys in harems, keeping and indoctrinating young boys as personal guards and lovers (becoming amongst the most severe anti-Hindus, like Malik Kafur), etc.
One can count the suicide combined with the Jauhar as the only way to save the honour, also as war crimes of the Muslims.
And the more 'mellow' threat was through Jizya, besides regular humiliation as a third rate citizen, as Kafir not even considered to be worthwile in Muslim jurisdiction.

And now, Muslims feel threatened or hurt by being misrepresented or humiliated by cartoons etc. I am waiting (in vain) for the first step any Muslim makes to apologize to all the communities and cultures they have devastated. Apologies for their war crimes even today. If they want to talk about Kashmir, let them first talk about Kashmiri Pandits.
Before pointing to others, they should first take responsibility for their own agressive behaviour and deeds.