Re: Babri Masjid - Archeological & Historical View
The Prophet and his companions (including 4 Khulafa e Rashideen) always shown tolerance to all th religions. Muslims have to deal with all the religions including Pagans of Makkah. If they show tolerance towards ahl e kitab (Jews and chiristians), they were also taught not to say bad things about the gods of pagans lest they replied with bad words about Allah. The idols from Kaba were removed at the time of conquest of Makkah, as Islam has reached its pinnacle in the area and people had accepted the reality of Islam.
We don’t find any instances of converting Hindu religious buildings into mosques with the conquest of Sindh by Arabs even Mehmood Ghaznavi who destroyed Somnath did not converted it to a mosque. It may be argued that either his purpose was not to spread Islam (which is also the case with Babar) or he had not to stay in India for long (as is the case with Babar).
The phenomon of converting sacred buildings of one religion into the other was also evident during Indo-Pak partition. In Karachi, the famous Araam Bagh was a sacred place for Hindus then known as ‘Rama Bagh’.
Considering the moderate policies of Mughals (especially Akbar) and the will of Babar regarding cow eating, there were chances that if there was such destuction of a temple, we must have known Hindu agitation and plea for reviving the status of temple from Mughal History.