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India-Pakistan
Archaeologists find ‘temple’ remains at Babri mosque site
2003-08-26
A 574-page report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) unveiled in court on Monday said that excavations at the site of the destroyed Babri mosque in Ayodhya had found features of a 10th century structure that resemble a temple. Buoyed by the report, Hindu organisations asked for a quick judicial verdict. Muslim groups rejected the report, saying it was “concocted, vague, contradictory and aimed at reaping a political harvest”. However, the ASI report does not specifically call the construction a temple.
It just walks like a duck. It quacks sometimes. It has webbed feet. Could be something else. Good Muslims will reject it.
The report said there was “archaeological evidence of a massive structure just below the disputed structure (Babri mosque) and evidence of continuity in structural activities from the 10th century onwards up to the construction of the disputed structure”. Among the excavation yields it mentioned were stone and decorated bricks as well as a mutilated sculpture of a divine couple; 50 pillar bases with carvings including foliage patterns, amalaka, kapotapali; a doorjamb with a semi-circular shrine pilaster; a broken octagonal shaft of black schist pillar and lotus motifs; and a circular shrine with a waterchute. These features were “indicative of remains which are distinctive features found associated with the temples of the north,” said the report.
Uhuh. Probably a bath house or a beer joint or something...
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#11  Sort of like the Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken in the same restaraunt deal.
Posted by: Slappy   2003-8-27 12:43:02 AM  

#10  Maybe the Muslims and and Hindus can set up a joint venture and build a common temple, like a zero-lotline model, or maybe a timeshare.

*alarm beeps*

Oops, gotta run and take my meds....
See ya later.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-8-26 5:07:08 PM  

#9  The coming altercation between muslim Pakistan and Hindu India could possible tie up tens of thousands of radical jihadinuts
Only for the ten minutes or so it takes the nuke tipped missiles to go from Point A to Point B. Then India loses a small percentage of it's overpopulation and Pakistan becomes a parking lot.
Posted by: Steve   2003-8-26 3:03:38 PM  

#8  Sadly, OP, I think there's such a surplus of jihadinuts that they won't even notice. The madrassas appear to live by the motto of "kill all you want -- we'll just make more!"
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2003-8-26 2:32:17 PM  

#7  Old Patriot, that's superb thinking! Let's contribute towards rebuilding the temple.
Posted by: Tom   2003-8-26 2:30:50 PM  

#6  This could possibly work to the advantage of the United States. The coming altercation between muslim Pakistan and Hindu India could possible tie up tens of thousands of radical jihadinuts, keeping them from interfering in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-8-26 12:52:44 PM  

#5  Does this place have any connection to the prophet, like did he slay Rama?
Posted by: Lucky   2003-8-26 12:48:19 PM  

#4  Mojo, that's the point:
Hindus believe the site to be the birthplace of their supreme god, Rama, and in 1992 a frenzied mob of Hindu worshippers tore down the famous Babri Mosque that was built there in 1528 after an Islamic invasion. The destruction of the 400-year-old mosque was followed immediately by Muslim-Hindu riots that killed more than 2,000 people. Hundreds more have died over the past decade in clashes linked to the Ayodhya dispute, with Muslims determined to rebuild their mosque and Hindus insistent that ancient ruins of a temple to Rama lie just below ground. The release of the Indian government's final archeological report on Ayodhya -- just hours before yesterday's bombing -- was favourable to Hindu claims and is widely believed to have been the trigger for the attack, which Indian police have blamed on Muslim extremists.

The Hindu's want to rebuild their temple and the Muslims want to rebuild the mosque which was torn down in 1992. Think rivers of blood.
Posted by: Steve   2003-8-26 11:55:49 AM  

#3  Yeah, yeah. Evidence of the last time the RoP went through that area. What's the point? Thay gonna remove the mosque and rebuild the temple? I bet not...
Posted by: mojo   2003-8-26 11:20:48 AM  

#2  They missed a bet here: "The site shows signs of having been a large hog farm..."

end of discussion
Posted by: snellenr   2003-8-26 9:20:46 AM  

#1  P.S. Jihad is now transalated to " dead muslim. "

We can work with this. A Rantburg dictionary?

Jihad -- a dead Muslim radical
Fatwa -- a greeting from the "Religion of Peace"
martyr -- teenage rebel, Arab-style
Urat -- a Murat before it takes its morning meds
Turk, Urat variety -- skitzo, EU wannabe / Arab wannabe
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-8-26 9:19:17 AM  

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