Re: Why do Pakistanis consider Mahmud Ghazni, Mohammad Ghauri & Aurangzeb Great Muslims?
nikhil25,
You are asking me to be historically correct while you stick to your version of "rajput and sikhs oppressed nations" and "sivaji freedom fighter" stories
Here is what I think of the Afghan kings,as I have mentioned before I do not consider themselves pious muslims nor were they model rulers in any way
but I also disapprove strongly the recent trend amongst "moderate muslims" to project them as barbarians.
They were fighting an infidel power and conquering new lands for islam this is absolutely permitted in Islam unless you any break treaties or oaths.Though their conduct in warfare leaves much to be desired and deviated at times markedly from what we were taught by the pious sahaba and taba'een.But they were not guilty of starting these innovations as it has occured many years before them
Their actions allowed muslim saints and scholars to settle in these lands and contributed to spreading the faith.
Capturing slaves and slavegirls in wars was not such an evil practice either.This is permitted in Islam provided it is a just war.
And slavery was rampant in Hindu India as well
For us they are much better heroes than men like akbar who tried to undermine the faith itself to establish their imperial rule.How can such an infidel be a national hero pakistan? simply because the hindus like him better
though they were far from perfect they do appear to be great defenders of the faith compared to akbar
Lastly from a purely nationalistic point of view why should we care about what they did to the hindus when selecting own national heroes?
How would you feel if we protest that Sivaji should not be honored as he was a terrorist?