12-29-2004, 02:39 AM
Face the facts
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In his article, "Ayodhya: The futility of talks" (December 4), Mr SP Gupta, a noted archaeologist, has given ample historical and archaeological evidence to support the claim that a Hindu temple existed prior to Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was demolished on December 6, 1992. He has rightly quoted November 13, 1997, ruling of the Imam of Kaba, that if it is proved that there was a temple before the mosque was built, Muslims should leave their claim.
Nevertheless, just below the above article, Mr Zafaryab Jilani, convenor, Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC), asserted, "Historians, including Hindu religious scholars, deposed the fact that the place was never considered Ram's birth place upto December 1949." He conveniently forgets that as late as 1934, Hindus of Ayodhya had forcibly tried to occupy this Babri structure and in the process, caused considerable damage to it. The British government got it repaired by levying a fine on the Hindu population and set up a police chowki nearby, called "Chowki Janmasthan". Indeed, Mr Jilani and his cohorts rely only on the testimony of Hindu renegades like the communists or Marxists to support their claim. They are by nature immune to any proof that may come up to support the Hindu view.
Two months before the demolition of the Babri structure, I saw that of several Hindu motifs engraved in its stone pillars, there was one carrying a boar, depicting Varah avatar of the Hindu mythology. It is well known that the Muslims regard boar as the most abominable creature on earth. Even an insane Muslim will not allow the use of such motif on the pillar of a mosque. Thus we can conclude that the Babri structure was erected on the foundation of a Hindu temple.
Decades before the "Sangh parivar" appeared on the scene, Professor Balraj Madhok, former MP and Jana Sangh president, raised the Ram Janmabhoomi issue in the Lok Sabha on September 1, 1961. Mr Madhok said, "If you are really nationalist, it is your duty to come forward and say, some of our people in the past did some wrong; we are not here to hold a brief for them. Their wrongs should be removed and the temples should be restored to the worshippers. I do hope and wish that Muslim members of this House will come forward with that statement. That will be a very noble gesture on their part which will pave the way for emotional integration of the country." The House profusely applauded Mr Madhok, but those at the helm cared a fig for Hindu sentiments. They are the ones who observe December 6 as the 'blackest day' forgetting the time when Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura, Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple and many more sacred Hindu shrines were converted into mosques.
Hence we come to history's best proven lesson, truth may be truth, but power is a greater truth. All the Hindu temples that were demolished or converted into mosques only to show that Islam was the dominant religion of the ruling classes. The British maintained the status quo. Successive Congress governments gave legal sanction to Muslim hegemony through Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution and the Places of Worship Act, 1991, Shariat law for the Muslims and through various other administrative orders. Hindu renegades (secularists) are also on their side. They must realise this hard fact and gain greater power. Without it, even a favourable court judgment will not help them because through their bullying tactics, Muslims can get it annulled, as it happened in the Shah Bano case.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In his article, "Ayodhya: The futility of talks" (December 4), Mr SP Gupta, a noted archaeologist, has given ample historical and archaeological evidence to support the claim that a Hindu temple existed prior to Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was demolished on December 6, 1992. He has rightly quoted November 13, 1997, ruling of the Imam of Kaba, that if it is proved that there was a temple before the mosque was built, Muslims should leave their claim.
Nevertheless, just below the above article, Mr Zafaryab Jilani, convenor, Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC), asserted, "Historians, including Hindu religious scholars, deposed the fact that the place was never considered Ram's birth place upto December 1949." He conveniently forgets that as late as 1934, Hindus of Ayodhya had forcibly tried to occupy this Babri structure and in the process, caused considerable damage to it. The British government got it repaired by levying a fine on the Hindu population and set up a police chowki nearby, called "Chowki Janmasthan". Indeed, Mr Jilani and his cohorts rely only on the testimony of Hindu renegades like the communists or Marxists to support their claim. They are by nature immune to any proof that may come up to support the Hindu view.
Two months before the demolition of the Babri structure, I saw that of several Hindu motifs engraved in its stone pillars, there was one carrying a boar, depicting Varah avatar of the Hindu mythology. It is well known that the Muslims regard boar as the most abominable creature on earth. Even an insane Muslim will not allow the use of such motif on the pillar of a mosque. Thus we can conclude that the Babri structure was erected on the foundation of a Hindu temple.
Decades before the "Sangh parivar" appeared on the scene, Professor Balraj Madhok, former MP and Jana Sangh president, raised the Ram Janmabhoomi issue in the Lok Sabha on September 1, 1961. Mr Madhok said, "If you are really nationalist, it is your duty to come forward and say, some of our people in the past did some wrong; we are not here to hold a brief for them. Their wrongs should be removed and the temples should be restored to the worshippers. I do hope and wish that Muslim members of this House will come forward with that statement. That will be a very noble gesture on their part which will pave the way for emotional integration of the country." The House profusely applauded Mr Madhok, but those at the helm cared a fig for Hindu sentiments. They are the ones who observe December 6 as the 'blackest day' forgetting the time when Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura, Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple and many more sacred Hindu shrines were converted into mosques.
Hence we come to history's best proven lesson, truth may be truth, but power is a greater truth. All the Hindu temples that were demolished or converted into mosques only to show that Islam was the dominant religion of the ruling classes. The British maintained the status quo. Successive Congress governments gave legal sanction to Muslim hegemony through Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution and the Places of Worship Act, 1991, Shariat law for the Muslims and through various other administrative orders. Hindu renegades (secularists) are also on their side. They must realise this hard fact and gain greater power. Without it, even a favourable court judgment will not help them because through their bullying tactics, Muslims can get it annulled, as it happened in the Shah Bano case.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->