From: suresh@xenon.iss.nus.sg (Suresh Thennarangam - Research Scholar)
Subject: Re: Babri Masjid
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:18:49 GMT
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In article  minhaszt@ucunix.san.uc.EDU (Zafar T Minhas) writes:

>masjid either. this masjid has become a symbol of muslim india, muslim history,
>muslim rule in india, and muslim presence in india. i said before and it is
>true. muslims have never been accepted in india, the presence of a few actors
>and entertainers and some rich folks and even some politicians in india is no 
>proof that that muslims are accepted there. give a dog his bone and he will eat
>it. there is no question about that.

Indian Muslims are Indians also no matter  whatever else they are.

>
>the masjid did not have to be, but it has become all of muslim history in the
>subcontinent. it was destroyed because of a fictional set of beliefs by a 
>majority population who could not accept the fact of the presence of the 

It was destroyed by a minority of fanatical and deluded people.

>i am also saying this even though i feel most of india was against the d
>destruction of the babri masjid. the babri masjid is going to be a symbol
>of a bigger problem for india. the bjp's shot themselves in the foot.
>they have repeated many times that the invaders, people like me, who believe
>like me, can leave, while i am not from india, it is easy for me to say, yes
>muslims get the hell out of india, but the problem arises, what will happen
>to the muslims of india? this babri masjid is an international issue now,
>two countries, both that could do well without their neighbor, have issued
>a national day of mourning, pakistani muslims and bengali muslims have reacted
>very mildly to the situation as a whole.

I doubt if you mean what you are saying. Very mild ? 

>it is forgotten that we muslims enriched indian culture ten-fold. what is now
>tacitly accepted as hindu sounds no different to me than urdu. persian poetry

You are most likely ignorant of the fact that Urdu derives it's grammatical
structure from Sanskrit and vocabulary from several sources including Persian,
Arabic and several Indic dialects spoken in North India.

>is considered the highest form of verse in literary circles. our languages,
>turkish, arabic, farsi, made what your language is today. 

Farsi or Persian is not an Islamic language. It existed long before Islam 
came into being. Languages are not property. 

>people may say, muslims are fanatics and that islam is dangerous, here are

Most Muslim are intolerant of other faiths. Islam is a different 
matter altogether. Surely I don't have to remind you to that the two
should not be confused ?

Regards,


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