The Ayodhya Debate
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Ayodhya Debate
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 04 July 1999 18:00 |
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Whenever the
history of the many thousands of temple destructions by Muslims is discussed,
the secularists invariably come up with the claim that Hindus have done much
the same thing to Buddhists, Jains and "animists". In particular, the
disappearance of Buddhism from India is frequently explained as the
result of "Brahminical onslaught". Though extremely widespread by
now, this allegation is very largely untrue.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 30 September 2007 12:34 |
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Read more... [Harsha of Kashmir, a Hindu Iconoclast?]
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Articles -
Ayodhya Debate
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 24 April 1999 18:00 |
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In Nazareth, a church (basilica) marks the
place where the angel announced to Mary that she was about to give birth to
Jesus, God's only-begotten son, the long-awaited messiah. This church is one of
the foci of Christian life in Palestine. However, the Christian community
in Palestine and the whole Middle East is dwindling, in percentage if not in
absolute figures, due to their observing more modern birth rates than their
Muslim countrymen, and due to the emigration of numerous young Christians who
see no future for themselves in a Muslim-dominated part of the world. Even in Nazareth the Muslims are now in a
majority, and with a Muslim-dominated "Palestinian Authority" now in
power, the local Muslim community feels confident enough for a showdown.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 30 September 2007 12:34 |
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Read more... [From Ayodhya to Nazareth]
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Articles -
Ayodhya Debate
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 05 December 1996 18:00 |
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Four
years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, the Bharatiya Janata Party
hardly dares to mention Ayodhya anymore. "You cannot cash on a cheque
twice," explains the party's spokesperson. At the
outset, the BJP never had its heart in the Ayodhya question. When circumstances
and the VHP brought the issue to the fore in the 1980s, BJP leaders overcame
their reluctance only with the roaring success of the VHP's Ram shila pujas.
Even then, BJP leader L. K. Advani's fabled 'Rath Yatra' would not have been
taken out but for some prodding from former Prime Minister V. P. Singh who
needed Hindu pressure as an excuse to renege on his foolhardy promise to Imam
Bukhari of awarding the disputed site to the Muslims.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 30 September 2007 12:34 |
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Read more... [BJP Retreat from Ayodhya (Parts 1 & 2)]
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