Hi Ram:
You have been quiet for a long time. Good to hear from you.
> Hmmm .... campaign for next general elections in Hindoostan has already
>>started in Assam net !
What do YOU think of the capitalized paragraph? Is it possible for a temple
and mosque to stand side by side? After all there is only ONE God, right?
I can understanfd the VHP position if Giriraj Bhai had told us that the
Hindu god is different from the Muslim god, who don't see eye to eye and
thus Hindu prayers would clash with Muslim prayers. But if there is only
ONE God, and Giriraj believes it, why should he object to a mosque next
doors? Unless he is afraid of his 'jaat' or 'ijjat' being in danger of
being polluted by the sounds of Muslim prayers?
But I am not surprised Ram. I have seen people far more intelligent (?) and
'educated' than Giriraj Kishore who think exactly like him. Years ago, when
I assisted the desi community of St. Louis with a design for a community
center at a lot zoned for a place of worship, I suggested to the desi
leadership that we build a community center with a multi-faith chapel,
which could be used by ALL faiths, just like the Air Force Academy chapel
at Denver--a classic piece of modern architecture designed by the then
highly talented Skidmore Owings and Merril firm. I still remeber, vividly,
the silence of the entirely Hindu crowd that greeted me. Of course the idea
got nowhere. Later the project got built as a Mahatma Gandhi center ( a
secular community center) with a much fancier and larger Hindu temple
behind it, replete with a Mahabalipuram style 'gopuram' in shining white.
Needless to say, none of the Sikhs, Muslims or Christians of the
desi-community associate themselves with EITHER facility or their
activities.
What do you think?
c-da
At 6:11 PM -0400 5/29/03, Ram Dhar wrote:
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>Uncle Mahanta wrote -
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>>>I capitalized the paragraph that defines Hinduttwa while it ought to be a
>>>symbol of shame:
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> Hmmm .... campaign for next general elections in Hindoostan has already
>started in Assam net !
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>Salaam to our beloved CM saar <javascript:emoticon(':megalol')>
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> >From: Chan Mahanta >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Assam]
>From the ToI >Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:32:10 -0500 > >The below from
>today's ToI. The title of the article is somewhat >misleading. It makes
>it sound as though the BJP move was an unsound one. >Personally I thought
>it made good sense. Should have been endorsed long >back. And the BJP
>should have attempted to make it happen. But then again, >when you make
>deals with the Devil, sooner or later you would have to pay >for it
>dearly. > >I capitalized the paragraph that defines Hinduttwa while it
>ought to be a >symbol of shame: > >cm > > > > > >BJP's new
>Ayodhya formula backfires >IANS[ THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2003 03:08:45 PM ] >
>>NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party's proposal to build a temple in
>>Ayodhya and have a mosque erected alongside has proved a non-starter with
>>its Hindu affiliates and Muslims rejecting it. > >The Vishwa Hindu
>Parishad (VHP), which is at the forefront of the >aggressive campaign to
>build a temple at the site of the razed 16th century >Babri mosque in the
>Uttar Pradesh town, outright dismissed any suggestion >of a mosque in or
>around the disputed land. > >"It is absurd. Having a temple and a mosque
>standing alongside will only >breed more enmity instead of bringing about
>a lasting understanding between >Hindus and Muslims," VHP leader Giriraj
>Kishore said a day after BJP >president M Venkaiah Naidu made the
>proposal at a rally in Rampur, Uttar >Pradesh. > >Naidu had said the
>BJP wanted a temple at the disputed site, but a mosque >should be
>constructed next to it as a solution to the dragging legal and >religious
>temple-mosque battle. > >"We are completely opposed to the BJP's
>suggestion," said Kishore, >insisting there was no question of building a
>mosque anywhere in the >sprawling complex of 67 acres, including the 2.77
>acres on which the Babri >mosque once stood before it was broken down on
>December 6, 1992. > >"THEIR (MUSLIMS') PRAYERS WILL CLASH WITH OURS AND
>THAT WILL ONLY BE THE >TIP OF THE ICEBERG. IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A
>MOSQUE, THEY CAN DO IT OUTSIDE >AYODHYA. NO FORCE IN THE WORLD CAN GET A
>TEMPLE AND A MOSQUE BUILT >ALONGSIDE IN AYODHYA," KISHORE ASSERTED. >
>>Muslim leaders also brushed aside the BJP proposal as "useless" and
>nothing >new. > >Former diplomat Syed Shahabuddin said it was the
>"game" of Hindu radicals >and the BJP since 1986 to get Muslims to
>surrender the mosque site and make >way for a temple there. > >"The
>court case on the title suit is proceeding very fast now, on a
>>day-to-day basis, and a verdict may be in within a year," Shahabuddin
>said. >"If we waited a decade, why can't Naidu wait another year? We are
>prepared >to abide by whatever the court rules." > >The former MP, who
>heads the All-India Muslim Majlis-Mushawarat, pointed >out that the
>Supreme Court had ruled that depending on the verdict of the >title suit,
>the disputed land should be given to the victorious party and >the other
>party should be allowed to build its structure close by. > >Kasim Rasool
>Illyas of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, a powerful
>>conglomerate of Muslim groups, said the BJP was floating the formula to
>>escape from a court verdict that could go in favour of the Muslims. >
>>"If we had to accept this kind of a solution, we could have accepted it
>>long back. Our basic issue is the ownership of the Babri mosque site. >
>>"There is overwhelming evidence that the disputed site belonged to the
>>Muslims. If that is the case, we are not authorised to turn over our holy
>>land to anybody. It is not our personal property," said Illyas. > >"If
>they want to resolve the dispute now, after demolishing the Babri
>>mosque, then why don't they let us rebuild the mosque at the same spot
>and >build a temple next to it?" > > >
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