From: zxs6373@usl.edu (Siddiqui Zafar)
Subject: Re: Why did Muhammad Break Temples
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 03:19:05 GMT

In article <Bz7IAC.7Az@cs.psu.edu> narayana@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Kuram T Narayana) writes:
>In article <1992Dec13.054849.25815@usl.edu> zxs6373@usl.edu (Siddiqui Zafar) writes:
>>In article <Bz5I1n.5uE@cs.psu.edu> narayana@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Kuram T Narayana) writes:
>>>In article <1992Dec10.202832.119630@marshall.wvnet.edu> yea027@marshall.wvnet.edu writes:
>>>>In Response to an article on the Indian net:
>>>>
>>>>Please tell me which temples Muhammad broke? I really am not familiar with
>>>>this.  Muhammad broke IDOLS so to get people to worship the one ALLAH that has
>>>>no partners.  Idol worship takes people from the true path of GOD Allah 
>>>>and takes them to polytheism and thinking that a statue can help them.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Actually there is a parallel to this! We have one dravidian racist known as
>>>EVR and his followers who went and broke the idols in temples. But they
>>>were doing it to show their hatred for Brahmins. Was this idol breaking
>>>by mohammad some sort of hate release exercise of him and his followers.
>>>But if allah is one, why did not mohammad consider that all idols are
>>>nothing bu t allah. What is this excuse that you are offereing for
>>>mohammad who went and broke idols.
>>>
>>>>A Mosque is a holy house of Allah.  When Muhammad went to the Ka'ba, he DID not
>>>>distroy the Ka'ba that housed the mutliple 'gods' but rather tore down the
>>>>idols that stood in it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>The "Kaaba"(the cubical structure) was built by Prophet Ibrahim and 
>>his son Ismael for the worship of the one true God. It was built as 
>>a symbol of monotheism. But in the succeeding centuries, the people 
>>deviated from the Abrahimic (Islamic) religion and placed the idols in the 
>>Kaaba. So it was logical that the house of Allah be cleansed of the objects
>>which are in total contradiction of monotheism, the belief in the unity of
>>God. It is very obvious that you failed to understand the concept of 
>>the unity of God. How can a multitude of idols be considered as Allah.
>>Its ridiculous! 
>>
>
>That is where the problems between Hinduism and Islam lay! You consider 
>that montheism is in worship. Hindus consider monotheism is not in worship.
>Worship accomodates diversity. But the Gods who are different represent
>a single Supreme Brahman. That is the Montheistic aspect of Hinduism. 
>That is the reason why Hinduism tolerates so much diversity in worship.
>It is not riduclulous as you cliam it to be. It is theological that man
>can find the Supreme Brahman in every thing. 
>
>That is the reason why Hindus consider idol breaking by Mohammad is
>a Sin; not so much because of islam, but so much as an act of vandetta
>against a religous worship. Islamic rulers in India did not go and tear

Tearing down temples is not sanctioned by the Prophet Muhammad. It is 
hundred percent unislamic. But in the case of the Kaba it wasn't a temple.
It was defiled by putting up some idols. So cleaning the place off those
idols can no way be considered as "tearing down" the temples. 

>down the temples for nothing; it was sanctioned by certain actions of
>their prophet.
>
>>Zafar.
>>>..kt
>>
>...kt
>>
>

Zafar.