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| Muslim charity seizes the Taj Mahal |
| 2005-07-13 |
| The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Wednesday rejected the Archaeological Survey of India’s contentions and declared the Taj Mahal as Waqf property. The ASI plans to appeal the order in the high court. |
| Posted by:john |
| #7 For some reason I got the impression the Taj Mahal was built by a Muslim leader for his love, or something along those lines. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-07-13 23:27 |
| #6 john - now why am I not surprised? :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-07-13 22:10 |
| #5 Would not surprise me. Razing temples and building mosques is an old islamic practice. Most chilling is something I read in "Among the believers" by the nobel laureate VS Naipaul. In excavating the surroundings of the oldest mosque in Pakistan, a layer of human bones was found. The very first mosque in the Indian subcontinent was built on top of the bones of the slaughtered hindus and budhists. |
| Posted by: john 2005-07-13 20:38 |
| #4 Many Hindus believe the Taj Mahal is built on top of a Vedic temple. There is a lot of UNislamic art in and around the central building, things that look a lot more like Hindu symbols. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-07-13 20:31 |
| #3 The Taj Mahal is actually a Moslem mausoleum. Now, given that currently popular Wahhabi-esque thinking is opposed to such frivolities (Muslims are supposed to be buried in unmarked graves as per strict Sunni interpretation), one could entertain the (probably unlikely) worry that a radical faction could take over and insist on destroying it. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2005-07-13 19:02 |
| #2 No war for this. The Waqf board is an Indian muslim organization. Members are supporters of the Congress party (the current Indian Gov't) so they will probably get away with this seizure. Muslims are a cherished vote bank in India. Muslims are accorded special rights. They are entitled to a subsidy from the Indian gov't for the haj pilgrimage. They are allowed to have their own laws for marriage, divorce, inheritance rights etc. The ones in Kashmir are accorded even more rights. No other Indian citizen can own land there. There can thus be no settlement that would change the demographic character (muslim majority) of Kashmir. The Deoband madrassa (taliban was deobandi) is given funds by the Indian gov't. |
| Posted by: john 2005-07-13 18:48 |
| #1 Oh, that is prime fuel to start a war on. India vs Pakistan IV? |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-13 18:28 |