attack at Ram Janmabhumi

[theist]

This could get even much more ugly.

 

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Attackers Storm Temple Complex in India

6 Assailants Die At Disputed Site Of Razed Mosque

 

 

NEW DELHI, July 5 -- Six men thought to be Islamic radicals stormed a disputed temple complex that is the main flash point for Hindu-Muslim tensions in India, and five of them died in a gun battle with police, authorities said Tuesday. The sixth man apparently blew himself up.

 

The attack on the temple complex in the town of Ayodhya, about 345 miles east of New Delhi, sparked fears of communal violence of the sort that occurred after Hindu extremists destroyed a mosque on the same site 13 years ago, triggering riots that left more than 2,000 people dead.

 

 

 

Indians gather around the wreckage of a jeep that was used to breach a security fence at the controversial Ayodhya site in Uttar Pradesh state. (By Rajesh Kumar Singh -- Associated Press)

 

Security forces across the country were placed on alert after Tuesday's attack.

 

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for nationwide protests over what it said was the failure of the government, led by the Congress Party, to provide adequate security for the temple complex, known to Hindus as Ram Janmabhoomi. Hindu nationalists associated with the BJP have long campaigned for the construction of a temple on the ruins of the mosque.

 

"Tomorrow all over the country we will protest and express anguish over the incident," the BJP's president, L.K. Advani, said at a news conference. "Ram Janmabhoomi is a very sacred place, and the response to the attack over it should be equally fitting."

 

Advani has been accused of encouraging the Hindu mob that tore down the 16th-century Babri mosque in 1992. Many Hindus revere the temple complex as the birthplace of the god Ram and believe the mosque was built on the site of an ancient Hindu temple.

 

Authorities said Tuesday's incident in the state of Uttar Pradesh began about 9:15 a.m. when five of the attackers drove up to the site in a car. Another man then detonated explosives inside a jeep, killing himself and opening a hole in the iron fence that surrounds the 80-acre complex. The five others then entered through the breach and began firing at police, authorities said.

 

"It looked like very powerful explosives were used to create a passage into the complex," a witness told the Reuters news agency. "All the attackers were wearing black trousers and shirts, which made them look like commandos."

 

Police prevented the gunmen from entering the innermost part of the complex, which contains a makeshift, tent-like structure used by Hindu priests and pilgrims. Alok Sinha, the interior secretary of Uttar Pradesh, said that the gun battle lasted nearly two hours and that all five gunmen had been killed, according to Reuters. Three security officers were injured.

 

Authorities said they had not yet identified the attackers, although some of the country's more extreme Hindu nationalist leaders were quick to blame Pakistan for the incident. Pakistan in the past has supported Islamic militant groups fighting Indian forces in the disputed Himalayan province of Kashmir, but relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors have greatly improved since the start of a peace process last year.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

This is what happens when Vaishnavas steal other devotees' (in this case, Muslims) holy place and try to build Ram temple. Lord Ram would be ashamed of such people calling themselves vasihanvas and hurting muslims. Little wonder, Muslims are reacting to the fanaticism of teh vaishnavas.

[theist]

The little terroist sympathizer. I answered you on the other thread. You attempt to keep the Hindus passive victims will not work. The whole world is fed up with your ilk. You change or be eliminated from the globe is how things are shaping up.

[Guest guest]

But for this miscreant, I only say

 

<h1>DELINDA EST ISLAM</h1>

 

 

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[Guest guest]

My apologies if I'd offended you. I am not asking anyone to be passive, and I certainly don't care about labels such as hindu, muslim and so on. We are all human beings with our own problems and cares. The last thing we need is a problem of a religious nature, where one group fights another under the pretext of devotion and all that.

 

That was my point, and it has nothing to do with hindus or muslims or whoever. All people must try to be civil, this isn't the medieval ages. This is the 21st century and as Vaishnavas, we need to set an example to others and what better way of doing it than gifting a piece of land (which is part of this materialistic world) to the Muslims or whoever wants it. By giving a piece of land, the Hindus can prove to the world they aren't materialists and this might encourage muslims as well. This is the best present for Lord Ram that Hindus and Vaishnavas can give, an abundance of love and not hatred for muslims who happen to be human beings.

 

Haribol!

[Guest guest]

Control your anger before it attacks you...randomly. It isn't befitting a Vaishnava. Love your muslim brothers. Hate none. That's Christ's message of love and forgiveness.

[Guest guest]

<marquee><h1>delinda est islam</h1></marquee>

[gHari]

Surely no one believes that the Muslim ruler purchased that land where he built the mosque.

 

[Guest guest]

Surely no one believes that the Muslim ruler purchased that land where he built the mosque.***

 

Perhaps not. But the Muslims were rulers of India back then and they had ownership rights, whereas Hindus didn't. So it is only natural that the subject race should ask for permission from the ruling class to build temples etc. But the subject race in this case has acted without approval from the ruling class, which is illegal and unethical.

[gHari]

You seem to think that the Muslim invasion was okay. This is a new invasion - this time by Hindus. They are the new rulers. The demons are now the "subjected race".

 

You will watch the jihad horde crush your Deity with an axe. Some Rama lover!!!??? All in the mind, simply ego.

 

[Guest guest]

Lord Ram can never be crushed.

[Guest guest]

What happened in the past should be forgotten. True Muslims invaded but so did others. If 'revenge' is gonna motivate your actions, then I am afraid you haven't grasped SP's sublime message fully.

[gHari]

You have no idea what that message is. Stop being so pompous.

[Guest guest]

Do you?

[gHari]

No doubt. And you?

[Guest guest]

Same here.

[gHari]

http://in.news./050710/137/5zaf8.html

 

Authorities in Indian Kashmir have deployed tens of thousands of soldiers along a treacherous 30-mile mountain track which takes pilgrims along icy streams, glacier-fed lakes and through snow-covered mountain passes.

 

"I am satisfied over the security grid put in place but extra vigilance is needed to ensure an incident free yatra for the third consecutive year," said state governor S.K. Sinha, who heads the Amarnath pilgrimage board.

 

The two-month long pilgrimage has often been targeted by Muslim rebels, but the last two years have been peaceful.

 

[Guest guest]

I don't know why a nation that practices ahimsa deploys so many soldiers. it doesn't seem spiritual. especially because there are pilgrims.