^^ Raj_Ind you seems to have a good heart the way you condemn the Gujarat's anti-Muslim carnage.
There are many Muslims in Pakistan too (I would say majority) who believe in "love thy neighbor" regardless of his religion.
Going back to Ghaznavi, off course it was wrong on his part to destroy the temple. There cannot be any justification for his acts. Do you know that he had 'active' support of many Hindu rajahs during his campaigns?
The question to you is "Must we use 1000 years old mistakes to revive hostilities against each other?"
Does it really matter if Ghaznavi was a looter or a hero. He is dead for many centuries. Let God deal with his soul and punish or reward him based on his actions.
We all should be worried now about Muslims or Hindus destroying each other's temples in this day and age. That's all. We must deal with looters and heros of today. Don't you agree?
Can we learn an important lesson from Ghaznavi that
- Rulers of the Indian sub-continent must not quarrel with each other.
- Rulers of the Indian sub-continent must not invite Afghani warlords so as to destroy the other ruler?
- That India must not support Afghanistan's Northern Alliance.
Because if we don't learn from the past mistake, you know what will happen?