Muslim rulers and Sufi’s of India
There has been systemic attempt in free India to put various
Muslim rulers of past from bad to not so bad mode. This brazen writing by some
writers both Hindus and Muslims needs to be condemned. There are Muslim historians of those times who acknowledge atrocities and barbarities of these Muslim
rulers. Yet we have brazen faced pseudo scholars in free India who downplay
barbarities of these rulers, Aurangzeb and co. Most of the mosques in India
have been built at Temple sites .Babri masjid mosque at Ayodhya,
Kashivishwanath at Varanasi are glaring examples. These barbarians even used
material from demolished temples to build mosques.
Even founder of Pakistan,
M A Jinnah said ,”Aurangzeb presided over a conquest state where Hindus had to
submit to his rule most unwillingly”.
Mythification of
rulers like Aurangzeb is totally unwarranted. Aurangzeb was a bigot who
tortured/killed Hindus. State religion and politics were inseparable in Muslim
rule. Aurangzeb persecuted those who did not belong to his faith. He destroyed
Hindu Temples, Executed saints like Guru Tejbahadur and imposed unpopular taxes
on nonmuslims. According to Pew research 4.6 million were killed in his rule.
Aurangzeb even changed names of places in India. This was done by some other Muslim
rulers also. In 1669AD he issued an order to demolish all temples in India
which included temples like Kashivishwanath in Varanasi, Somnath in Gujarat and
KESHARAJ TEMPLE in Mathura. For two years Muslim barbarians tried to destroy
Kailash temple but failed to do so. He cited Islamic precedents for Iconoclasm
and believed it as his pious duty. Tons of Indian literature including Holy
Scriptures were burnt in Muslim rule. It is quite unbelievable that in free
India there are still people who object to removal of his name plate in
streets. What a shame?
Rise of
Islam changed power dynamics of Western India. Mohd bin Qasim invades Sindh in
711AD. He decapitated all Brahmins above age of 17 years and enslaved children
and women. In 1000AD Ghazani adds Punjab to his empire. Gori in 1200AD invades India,
which later led to formation of Sultanate in Delhi [1206---1526AD].Sultanate
was later conquered by Moghuls. In total Muslims ruled India for 682 long years
from 1175AD—1857AD.Muslims brought with them Persian art and barbarity of
Mongols. During Muslim rule India was reduced to penury, Slavery and total degradation.
Islam was forced on people. Those who opposed were brutally killed.Jazia was
imposed on Hindus and many other “FARMANS”Were issued time to time by rulers to
suppress Hindus.
As a society we
should be ashamed to blindly believe that Sufi’s were proponents of humanity
and tolerance. Shamsdin Araki [1480AD] , a saint personally supervised
demolition of temple. His biographer Mohd Ali writes,”…..None had that honour
of breaking temples as Araki for the sake of propagating Islam”. Read book on
Kashmir Sufism by Y. Sikand who clearly states that notion, conversions
occurred peacefully is erroneous. Sufi’s acted as crusaders of love and peace
is not corroborated by historical events. The thesis Islam spread because of
Sufi’s and Khanqah’s is absurd. Khanqah’s worked as places of teaching of Islam
. Bribing people with free meal and brain washing them with slogan of equality
was aim of Khanqah’s. Sufi’s claim that Islam was peaceful and taught
brotherhood was total farce. Why did not these Sufi’s stop rulers from
atrocities and murdering Hindus. Infact these Sufi’s worked in tandem with
rulers to force and propagate Islam. Some of the Sufi edicts are as follows:--
1. 1 .. Hindus
physically bow to Muslims.
2. Hindus to dress deplorably,
have distinct dress.
3. Hindu cannot ride horse and
cannot use jewelry.
4.Turbans cannot be used by
Hindus.
Sufi’s were telling people that it is tenant
of Islam to convert nonmuslim to Muslim fold and told them persons converting
people to Islam are assured of berth in Heavens. This sufi teaching is
continuing even today. Many Sufi’s infact supervised demolition of temples and
building of mosques at same site. Sufi Hamdani directed ruler Sikander to
destroy temples in valley. Martand temple and temples at Awantipur were
destroyed in Sikander’s time only. Kashmiri pundit[KP] were drowned in a pack
of two in Dal lake by Assad Khan and his
successors. A locality near Dal lake is still called “Bata Mazar”[ KP grave
yard]. Read Lawrence and Forster account on brutalities on KP’S. A women named
Koshib , associate of Atta Mohd destroyed beauty of Kashmiri Hindu girls by
shaving their head and cutting their nose.
Thousands of Hindus still go to various Muslim shrines to pay respects
little knowing that these holy men worked in tandem with Muslim rulers to force
Islam in valley and supervised demolition of places of worship.All sufi's did not agree with dictates of rulers but good number of them did.
India gave refuge to Prophet’s family when they were fleeing their country,
chief among those refugees was Caliph Ali’s daughter Ruqaya. They were given
shelter by Lahore king, Raja Anandpal. Ironically no one among Muslims shielded these Hindus
when Muslims raided India. When there was khilafat moment Muslims instead
killed Hindus. This is height of ingratitude of muslims towards Hindus.
Today in our neighborhood Pakistan, boys are taught in schools that Hindus
are enemies of Islam. Same teaching is in Madrassas of India. Why are our media
and politicians silent on this serious issue? What have we Hindus done to harm
Islam? Are we paying price for giving refuge to family of prophet in India? We
Indians seriously need to address these issues for our safety and security.
Arrogance of Muslims in India has not ended
even after partitioning India. Minimum they could do to pay gratitude to Hindus
is to allow Hindus to construct temples at Ayodhya and Kashivishwanath. They
could relocate their mosques. Relocation of mosques is done in Muslim countries
including Saudi Arabia on trivial issues like widening of roads. Why cannot
relocation of mosque be done in India?
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