Some of the Hindu historians have accused Aurangzeb of demolishing Hindu Temples. How factual is this accusation against a man, who has been known to be a saintly man, a strict adherent of Islam? The Qur%u2019an prohibits any Muslim to impose his will on a non-Muslim by stating that "There is no compulsion in religion." (Qur%u2019an: Surah al-Baqarah). The Surah al-Kafiroon (The Unbelievers) clearly states: "To you is your religion and to me is mine." It would be totally unbecoming of a learned scholar of Islam of his caliber, as Aurangzeb was known to be, to do things which are contrary to the dictates of the Qur%u2019an. Interestingly, the 1946 edition of history text book, Etihash Parichaya (Introduction to History), used in Bengal, published by the Hindustan Press, 10 Ramesh Dutta Street, Calcutta, for the 5th and 6th graders states: "If Aurangzeb had the intention of demolishing temples to make way for mosques, there would not have been a single temple standing erect in India. On the contrary, Aurangzeb donated huge estates for use as Temple sites and support thereof in Benares, Kashmir and elsewhere. The official documentations for these land grants are still extant."
RE:AURANGZEB - GREAT EMPEROR OF INDIA
by Secular Indian on Mar 16, 2007 03:13 AM Permalink
But Koran encourages destruction of temples and killing of non-muslims. So he was doing the right thing by Islam. You are the one that is lying.
RE:AURANGZEB - GREAT EMPEROR OF INDIA
by Dr_Ramanand Rao on Mar 16, 2007 09:08 AM Permalink
not a single famous temple remained at the time of Aurangzeb's death - read about the firmaans Gautier mentions above
