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>What I am trying to say is that human beings would be
willing to cross religious threshholds if it were a question of life and death.
Ram:
Nobody has any problem with your
above view. But in all fairness that does not mean that we put forward stories
as historical facts.
One can also cite so many stroies
how the Hindus harrased the Budddhists.
The question is are we to indulge
in these myths as real histroical facts. And if we donot have any historical
facts, donot you think we should not try to spread these.
I again quote that Himenda
wrote
>"On January 29, 2006, I clearly wrote in the net that "To protect a family during the early period of invasion of
Indo-Gangetic plains, if a family of had five >brothers, two would take
conversion to Islam to protect the remaining three. Without the protection of
Indian Muslims, India would have become completely >Islamized like
Persia...."
If the above is a myth as you are
saying, then we should consider it as such.
RB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 3:55
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] invasion of
Indo-Gangetic plains by Muslims
Dear Barua,
>I just want
to ask you one question. Do you have any proof of the above
statement?
In all fairness,
I too have heard/read of such stories in the past. I don't have any proof, nor
can I place a bet that such things did happen for sure.
But looking at it
in a practical manner, it is well within the realm of possibilities of
survival, that such things did happen.
There were also
stories that Hindus (during Hindu-Muslim riots at independence) would eat
beef to prove they were Muslims and Muslims would say they were Hindus by
giving claiming their names as Pharsi or Christian.
There were also stories that
both Hindus and Muslims often protected each other as neighbors when
attacked.
There are also stories of Assamese
and Bengalis (during riots) protecting each other - both at Guwahati and in
Silchar.
I tend to believe these stories
both, good and bad. What I am trying to say is that human beings would be
willing to cross religious threshholds if it were a question of life and
death.
--Ram
On 3/9/06, Rajen
Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On January 29, 2006, I clearly wrote in the net that "To protect a
family during the early period of invasion of Indo-Gangetic plains, if
a family of had five >brothers, two would take conversion to Islam to
protect the remaining three.
Dear Himen-da:
I just want to ask you one
question. Do you have any proof of the above statement?
If yes, can you support with
any historical reference or book or article written by any
historians?
I never heard such statement
from any quarter. So it is very important that we absolutely find the
truth
Rajen.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:01
AM
Subject: [Assam] Khasi-Christian
Stereotyping
Dear Shantikam,
I completely agree with you that this is a
wastage of time. But, if I do not record my protest to Mr. Mukul Mahanta
for his accusation that I incited "young Assam INTELLECTUALS to kill a
million! Muslims?", or to protest to Mr. Chandan Mahanta for his
accusation that I am involved in a crime "to perpetrate
ethnic-cleansing, to send them to gas-chambers", the younger
generation may go with a wrong impression. I must protest and record that
I am not even remotely involved in these crimes.
On January 29, 2006, I clearly wrote in the
net that "To protect a family during the early period of invasion of
Indo-Gangetic plains, if a family of had five brothers, two would
take conversion to Islam to protect the remaining three. Without the
protection of Indian Muslims, India would have become completely Islamized
like Persia. I have recorded this many times that, in India,
Hindus and Muslims are brothers lost in the
hurricane of History. Once that hurricane is over, the two brothers will
shake off their differences and unite." I have been
declaring the Hindus and Muslims as "brothers" since 1991 in my published
book "Don't Burn My Mother!" The insinuations by Mr. Mukul Mahanta and Mr.
Chandan Mahanta that I incited "young Assam INTELLECTUALS to kill a
million! Muslims?" and that I am involved in a crime "to perpetrate
ethnic-cleansing, to send them to gas-chambers" are preposterous, to say
the least.
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