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Posted by burqaposhx
^^ 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.
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Thanks for ur kind words, but one only has to be human to condemn any kind of violence among human beings. And we all are.
And I agree with U that muslims in Pakistan too share same feelings.
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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?
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Good to see that there is at least someone who doesnt selevtively oppose agression of any kind. And yes I know that there were some hindu rajas who supported or were sympathetic of him for obvious reasons. And I dont have any good feeling for them too. But this is rule of the agression game!! U always have some inside support in these kind of adventures. Iraq, and Afganitan are live example of that.
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The question to you is "Must we use 1000 years old mistakes to revive hostilities against each other?"
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**NO WAY **Any sane person cant hold this opinion.
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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.
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It doesnt matter at all. I was here on this thread only when I noticed some hindu bashing and a brother making war cry. War hysteria is something which I cant resist bashing. Be it right wing hindus in my country or some fanatic muslims anywhere. I try to confront them as much as I can. Otherwise I was having a good time in Intikhab section of Urdu poetry sharing gazals and all. :D. And good to see that U too subscribe to my idea of letting GOD deal with anyone. Problem only arises when some religious bigots start acting agent of GOD. And they do nothing except violence and killings, and spreading hatred. Enough proof of how they view GOD.
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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?
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Absolutely. No one should be allowed to hurt religious sentiments of anyone. I m often crofonted by muslims who reminds me of Babri demolishion. I consider that unfortunate incident too as another blot on Indian face. But one must also remeber that right wing BJP, who was prime force behind demolishion, lost their government in the assembly election which happened right after Babri fiasco. That defines secular face of hindu-dominated India.
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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?
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Well I dont know exactly whether India is supporting Northern Alliance or not. But is they are doing that it may be to neutralize talibani thereat which is quiet evident from talibani hate-and-crush-India kind of statements. ur point one and two must be mutually agreed upon. no doubt about that.
Peace to U all.