09-30-2003, 07:05 AM
[quote name='Kaushal' date='Sep 28 2003, 02:23 PM'] As a matter of fact this should be posted in the Political debates thread . It is by now wellknown that the money taken from temples is used to fund Madrassahs and churches. But most people are not aware that 80% is being siphoned off for such a purpose. Once it gets into the hands of the madrassahs God knows where it goes from there. One destination is SIMI which seems to be very liberally funded.
But this is what is known as Secularism in India. The Hindu temples are run by the Government, but the Churches and Masjids and madrassahs have total independence. They merely take the money that the Hindu thinks he is donating to the Hindu temple and tell the Government to buzz off. This is not about equal treatment of all religions, it is about the unequal preferential treatment that the Muslims want and then turn around and say that the Hindu is not secular because he opposes this subsidy and gift to the Muslim minority. Did i hear a thank you from anybody. You are welcome. [/quote]
At the time of independence the system was skewed with no citizen understanding the situation. The Indian state was rigged with a situation which favoured perticular community at the expense of other; instead of a similar arrangement atleast. This is a result of indoctrination of the soceity by the 150 year rule of the british.
Only when the islamic revival started over the last 30 years we see that the Indian waking up to the facts.
The damage to the polity may have already been done to be repaired.
But this is what is known as Secularism in India. The Hindu temples are run by the Government, but the Churches and Masjids and madrassahs have total independence. They merely take the money that the Hindu thinks he is donating to the Hindu temple and tell the Government to buzz off. This is not about equal treatment of all religions, it is about the unequal preferential treatment that the Muslims want and then turn around and say that the Hindu is not secular because he opposes this subsidy and gift to the Muslim minority. Did i hear a thank you from anybody. You are welcome. [/quote]
At the time of independence the system was skewed with no citizen understanding the situation. The Indian state was rigged with a situation which favoured perticular community at the expense of other; instead of a similar arrangement atleast. This is a result of indoctrination of the soceity by the 150 year rule of the british.
Only when the islamic revival started over the last 30 years we see that the Indian waking up to the facts.
The damage to the polity may have already been done to be repaired.