Muslim rulers and Sufis of India
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 Muslim rulers and Sufi’s of India |
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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 Muslims 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”. Notion that 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:--
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. |
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 *Dr. Makhan Lal Babu, Born and brought up in Kashmir, lived in Kashmir till his migration from valley in 1990. Retired as Professor and Head Neurosurgery from Institute of Medical sciences, Soura, Srinagar. Has published a lot of professional articles, both in national and international journals. His interests, besides medicine, are in Ancient history of Kashmir, Vedas and Ancient India. His focus is educating youth who are fast losing track of their glorious roots and culture. |
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