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Article: LETTERS to the editor.(Brief Article)
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- The Humanist
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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A Rationalist Hindu View
In response to "Theoterrorism As Statecraft" by Professor I. K. Shukla ("Up Front," May/June 2001), which is simplistic though well motivated, there are a couple of points I wish to make that the enlightened readers of your magazine, as well as the average U.S. citizen, should know.
Regarding the destruction of the historic mosque built by the first Moghul king, Babur, it has been the traditional belief, substantiated by some evidence, that the mosque was built after destroying a Hindu temple located there, again believed to be the birthplace of Rama. For the Muslims, the mosque ceased to be a place of worship long, long ago and ...