Kudos to you!!! atleast one man with a back bone to tell what the facts were. We indians want to please and agree with everybody just to keep them happy! i have nothing against the moghul rulers, some of them were really mature in their leadership and us indians were to blame for our lack of unity--- but then you got to call a skunk a skunk!!! and thats what this Aurangzeb was!
RE:Great Job Francois
by Azeem Taqi on Feb 20, 2007 06:25 AM Permalink
I agree with you 100%. No one associates Hitler with Christianity, so why do some Muslims take umbrage that Islam is associated with Aurangzeb? I urge my Muslim brothers to think correctly and call a spade a spade. By taking offence to Aurangzeb being calle a crook which he undoubtedly was, you,ll give the impression that you,ll agree with his Satanic acts and naturally invite the wrath of those who suffered. Let us say - Aurangzeb was a criminal - he troubled non Muslims, Shia Muslims, artists, jailed his own father,killed his son and brothers, martyred the children of Guru Gobind Singh ji and we join in condemming him and assure our non Muslim brethren that he was an aberration and an insult to Islam and not representative of Islam.
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by Shankar Panday on Feb 20, 2007 08:40 PM Permalink
Hitler didnt hv an agenda for a Christian world where the a Christian sharia would be imposed. The same reason applies to Tamil Tiger terrorists, who dont do it for Hinduism but could be Hindus. Islam on the other hand is an expressed obligation to establish Quranic statehood with its crude laws of chopping off hands etc. Therefore Muslim adventurism are mostly if not always inspired by this islamic requirement. I dont know why Mr Taqi should dispute this, the purity of Islam and its establishment forms the core theme of even Allama Iqbal's philosophy. Read Shikwa & the Jawab where Iqbal chides Muslims to have abandoned the path of breaking idols in the exemplary tradition of Aurangzeb & Mahmud Ghazni and have become idol sellers.
RE:RE:Great Job Francois
by Rasheed Kappan on Feb 26, 2007 10:17 PM Permalink
Azeem, Secular Indian does have a point about Aurangzeb being the meanest creature of his time. But the point is, Secular Indian questions the very basis of Islam, its origins and its place in the world. You might agree with him on Aurangzeb, but are you prepared to accept his theory about the origin. Now, I guess if you accept his theory, you are truly a liberal, one of his ilk.
RE:Great Job Francois
by stuart on Feb 20, 2007 12:32 PM Permalink
I really appreciate the secular indian's reply. Though he was a bit sarcastic in his reply, he made shah khan understand how immature was his comments.
We Indians have nothing against our fellow religions and infact India has a great scientist from the Muslim religion as the head of the state and we are really proud of that.
History has its own share of good and bad rulers, what Aurangazeb did was his fault and not his religion's fault. The article may create a lot disturbance but still its the responsibility of the citizens to understand what it means and to keep the miscreant propaganda's in check. Hindus and Muslims experience animosity not because they love their religion so much, but because thier minds are spoilt by leaders who have hidden political agendas. Mr Shah Khan if you are not sure of what you are talking about Please Stay away from blogs.
