IF NOT ISLAM, THEN WHAT? a world without Islam—admittedly an almost
inconceivable state of affairs given its charged centrality in our daily news
headlines. Islam seems to lie behind a broad range of international disorders:
suicide attacks, car bombings, military occupations, resistance struggles,
riots, fatwas, jihads, guerrilla warfare, threatening videos, and 9/11 itself.
Why are these things taking place? “Islam” seems to offer an instant and
uncomplicated analytical touchstone, enabling us to make sense of today’s
convulsive world. Indeed, for some neoconservatives, “Islam fascism” is now our
sworn foe in a looming “World War III.”But indulge me for a moment. What if
there were no such thing as Islam? What if there had never been a Prophet
Mohammed, no saga of the spread of Islam across vast parts of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa? Given our intense current focus on terrorism,
war, and rampant anti-Americanism—some of the most emotional international
issues of the day—it’s vital to understand the true sources of these crises. Is
Islam, in fact, the source of the problem, or does it tend to lie with other
less obvious and deeper factors? For the sake of argument, in an act of
historical imagination, picture a Middle East
in which Islam had never appeared. Would we then be spared many of the current
challenges before us? Would the Middle East be
more peaceful? How different might the character of East-West relations be?
Without Islam, surely the international order would present a very different
picture than it does today. Or would it? CURSES OF HINDU RELIGION 1.
Polytheism (33 crore Gods & Goddesses): The Hindus, who always brag of
believing in the existence of one God, in fact, believe in the existence of
crores of Gods and Goddesses. While propitiating (appeasing) any one of them,
the Hindus claim that the remaining 33 crore Gods and Goddesses are subservient
to Him/Her. This is self-contradictory and only indicates our lack of faith in
one God. Dendrolatry in the form of worship of trees like peepal, banyan, banana, tulsi
and jand etc. and zoolatry in the
form of worship of animals as gods only exposes fickleness of our minds. As if and not satisfied with such a big army of Gods, the Hindus also
throng to religious places of other faiths like gurudwaras and mazaars/peers, so much so that many of the
mazaars/peers are maintained and
looked after by the Hindus only. It is beyond doubt that most of the Muslim peers are flourishing because of Hindus
only, and will be shut if Hindus stop visiting them. Hindus are always eager to
appease the other communities (Muslims, Sikhs, Christians etc.) by following
their customs/rituals. We may justify it as secularism but actually it reflects
our wavering faith in our own Gods and Goddesses. On the contrary, rarely is a
follower of other faiths seen in our temples or practicing our rituals. Lack of faith in one deity has seriously
affected unity among the Hindus and has lead to disorganization and weakening
of the Hinduism. On thousands of occasions, Hindus have miserably failed to
protect the respect of their Gods and Goddesses and religious places.
2. Lack of centralised
temporal authority: Unlike other religions, the Hindus
have no centralised authority to control & regulate their religious
affairs. The four Mathas established
by the Shankracharya in 8th century have not proved to be really
effective. This makes us unorganised and leads to lack of consensus on trivial
issues like dates of Hindu festivals. Our religious scholars seldom agree on
single date for festivals leading to celebration of festivals on different
dates. This dilutes the devotion & enthusiasm and also impels a sense of
ridicule for our religion in the minds of others. This is solely because of
non-availability of a centralised religious command.
3.
Non-Violence: The
philosophy of non-violence has made us cowards and the Hindus on the excuse of
non-violence do not even protect their own person & property, what to talk
of common interest. The Hindus are not ready to bear pain involved in fighting
for their own rights and always look towards others to fight for them. This
philosophy has made us cowards to such an extent that we did not retaliate even
the invaders who attacked us in our homeland. Just a handful of Muslim invaders
attacked us, captured us, slew us, converted many to Islam, outraged the
modesty of our women, broke our temples and used every possible atrocity to
destroy Hinduism but the philosophy of non-violence
made the Hindus surrender everywhere. The submissive nature of the
Hindus is evident even today. Even a single person of other faiths like Muslim,
Sikh etc. would assert himself proudly and defend his religion whereas a large
crowd of Hindus dare not do that even if it is a question of honour of the
whole community.
4. Idealism:
The philosophy of idealism also proved a bane for the Hindus. On
numerous occasions, brave Hindu rulers proved their superiority over the enemy
but, out of idealism, instead of finishing him they showed compassion to the
captured enemy and let him go scot-free, who later became a threat to them. On
the contrary, the enemy never committed such foolishness. He did not miss any
occasion to deceive and destroy the Hindus whenever got a chance. It was true
not only in the medieval period when Muslims invaded India but in modern times
as well. The delusion of slogan of Hindi-Chini
Bhai Bhai in 1962, releasing of 90000 Pakistani POWs just for international
acclaim while leaving our own POWs to languish in enemy captivity till today
and returning the captured areas to Pakistan under the Shimla Agreement in
1971, Lahore Declaration consummating in Kargil episode in 1999 are some
glaring examples of our hollow idealism, diplomatic immaturity and foolishness.
Gained in the battlefield by our brave soldiers was always lost on the table by
our myopic leaders.
5.
Secularism: Secularism
(or pseudo-secularism?) has done immeasurable harm to Hinduism. The selfish
Hindu leadership, both religious & political, is always eager to compromise
the interest of Hindus for transient gains, in the name of secularism, without
realizing the harm caused to the religion in the long run. Is this secularism
not applicable to Muslims? Never does a Muslim ever talk of respect to the
other faiths. The Muslim invaders exercised every atrocity to finish the Hindu
race. They believed in dar-ul-Islam (converting the whole human race into
Islamism). The only language they know is jehad and for them jehad denotes just killing qafirs
i.e. everyone who does not
follow Islam. The objective of dar-ul-Islam is very much alive even today. The whole world today is under the
perpetual threat of Muslim fundamentalism. It is only and only the leaders
belonging to Hindu race who are the thekedars
of secularism at the cost of
their own faith. If there were Jai Chands in medieval times, there are Laloos,
Paswans, Mulayams, Arjuns and Advanis in this era, who, for their momentary
selfish motives, are selling the interests of the Hindus in the name of secularism without realizing the
irreparable loss being caused by them to their community. Gandhi’s secularism
always aimed at destruction of Hindus at the hands of Muslims. Paswan’s secularism
advocates a Muslim Chief-Minister in Bihar. Arjun’s secularism believes
in distorting our history. Numerous such pseudo secularists have always been
active to destroy the Hindus. Mulayam’s secularism impels him declare holiday
in U.P. on last Friday of Ramjan.
Mulayam, Pasvan and even Nitish Kumar throwing Iftaar parties to Muslims and wearing muslim caps on their heads
shamelessly is the burning example of pseudo secularism.The irony is that their
secularism erupts only when the interests of the non-Hindus are
involved. Thousands of Hindus being murdered in Mopla and Naokhali riots before
partition, lakhs of Hindus being butchered and crores suffering displacement
during partition in 1947 did not make a dint on any of these secularists. Thousands of Hindus being
slain in Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir and lakhs being rendered refugees in
their own motherland did not shake the soul of the secularists. Conversion of Bangladesh from a secularist to an
Islamic nation in 1979 did not perturb these secularists nor did the planned elimination of Hindus in Bangladesh
and Pakistan caused qualms of conscience to them. The kar-sewaks burnt alive in
Godhra doesn’t make any difference to these secularists, but its
reaction in the form of Gujarat riots is termed as a “blot” on humanity and the heads of Bajpais and Advanis are
“lowered in shame”. Muslim invaders looted & demolished thousands of temples
and erected mosques over them, but redeeming Ram Temple from underneath Babri
mosque is the “blackest day” in the life of secularist Advani. Time and
again Commissions have been constituted to convict, by hook or crook, the
accused of the 1984 Delhi riots and 2002 Gujarat riots even after their
acquittal by the courts of law. On the other hand, terrorists like Wassan Singh
Zaffarwal and Jagjit Singh Chouhan deserving severe punishment have gone
scot-free for want of proof and it did not impel any secularist to deplore such acquittal and seek re-trial. Mushrooming
madrasas in the country indulging in
anti-India activities does not worry these secularists
but they have the audacity to term the activities of RSS and VHP as
anti-nation. For them, religion-based reservation for the Muslims in AMU is not
an anti-national act, but the alleged discrimination in relief-distribution to
the quake-hit in Bhuj surely perturbs these secularists.
5% reservation for Muslims in A.P. awaiting emulation by Bihar and many other State Governments is another burning
example of their secularism. Pampering the Muslims at the cost of the
Hindus is an unpardonable sin, which cannot be forgiven by any rational and
nationalist Indian. It is nothing but a political gimmickry for appeasement of
Muslims to garner their votes, which has rendered the Hindus orphans in their
own land. The coming generations of ours are being recklessly thrown to a
disadvantageous position. The virtual slavery is inevitable for us.
6. Casteism The casteism, too, has proved a bane for the Hindus.
The exploitation of the lower castes at the hands of the privileged ones
fomented hatred amongst the denizens of the country and weakened the Hindu
race. Further, the Hindus being divided on caste lines in the past, the
responsibility to fight and protect the country from foreign invaders was
solely put on the Kshatriyas. This gave the others an excuse to shy away from
the duty to sacrifice for the country. Whenever there was any attack, it was
the Kshatriyas who were to face the brunt. Many a time their short number or
non-availability of fighter-Kshatriyas lead to their defeat in wars.
7. Credulousness: The Hindus are credulous by nature. They simply
believed what others said without suspecting the ulterior designs of the enemy.
There were occasions when the idealist Hindu rulers sincerely honoured a treaty
or ceasefire in war but the crook enemy took undue advantage of their
credulousness and captured them.
8.
Liberalism/Indifferent Attitude: Liberalism, too, has
played a destructive role in Hindu religion. The pictures and names of Hindu
Gods & Goddesses are freely used as mean trademarks and trade names. Ganesh Bidi, Ganesh Chhaap Khaini, Durga
Lottery etc. by the Hindus
themselves certainly lowers the respect for Hindu Gods in the mind of others.
Taking a cue, the foreign companies dare to print the pictures of Hindu Gods
and Goddesses on such mean things as undergarments, shoes and commodes. Would
they dare to do the same with the deities of other faiths? Making films on Hindu
Gods & Goddesses causes irreparable harm to the faith. Human beings personifying
Hindu Gods & Goddesses, picturization of vulgar scenes/songs in temples,
showing Hindu Gods & Goddesses smoking in ad films only lowers their
respect in the eyes of people.
9. TV serials like Ramayana,
Maha Bharata, Jai Hanuman, Sri Krishna etc., where human beings play the divine role for money, encourage commercialisation of the Hindu
ecclesiastical domain. Even in Jagrans, the bhaints are based on film
tunes that certainly spoils the sanctity. The pictures of Hindu Gods &
Goddesses on calendars, in newspapers and magazines being trampled under feet
in streets definitely lower the respect in the mind of others. On the contrary,
ban on assuming the role of Sikh Gurus or Muslim Prophet maintains reverence.
Inviting censure of Sikhs by films like “Sava Lakh Se Ek Ladaoon”, and “Jo Bole
So Nihal” are live examples of the concern of the Sikh community for their
gurus, which regretfully is missing in the attitude of the Hindus.The beggars
wearing masks of Hindu Gods and posing as Gods for begging in bazaars &
streets definitely reduces obeisance for the Gods.10. Lack of discipline and
non-availability of facilities in temples, inns and places of pilgrimage: Lack of discipline in Hindu
temples and places of pilgrimage is also a serious stigma. The managing bodies
of the Hindu religious places and the pandas are largely unscrupulous
& selfish and are only interested in minting money. The ashrams and dharamshalas are used as
enterprises of profit. On the contrary, the ample availability of food, shelter
and services in gurudwaras certainly inspires a sense of security & respect
in the mind of visitors. This has resulted in the taking over of the management
of several Hindu shrines and places of pilgrimage by government. Could any
government dare to do the same with a mosque or a gurudwara or a church? Males and females bathing together
at places of Hindu pilgrimage or in sacred rivers/ponds become objects of
sensuousness only. Lack of conveniences, defecating and defiling the surroundings by the visitors
present a nauseating look. On the contrary, strict discipline is observed in
gurudwaras, which certainly helps in maintaining reverence for these places.11. Glorification of invaders’ monuments: It is a well known historical
fact that the Muslim invaders exercised every atrocity on the native Hindus.
They attacked us. They looted wealth, slaughtered innocent people, converted
Hindus to Islam at the point of sword. They kidnapped our women and raped them
with pride. They broke temples and erected mosques over them. They even decked
idols of those temples in the stairs to humiliate Hindus. Famous historian P.N.
Oak claims that the so called Muslim monuments in India were originally the
Hindu buildings. The Muslim invaders plundered them, captured them, broke them,
sacrileged them and converted them into Muslim monuments. The Hindus, instead
of considering them a stigma on the national honour take pride in calling them national monuments. Millions of rupees are spent on their maintenance. Some
have been given the status of heritage buildings. A community of self honour
would never accept such humiliation like this.12. Unhealthy custom of
marriage: There are many unhealthy and despicable customs amongst the
Hindus. For example, in almost all the southern states of the country and parts
of some western states like Maharashtra, Gujrat and Rajsthan, there is
permission of a person marrying his niece, like sister’s daughter (bhanji), cousin like maternal uncle’s (mama) or paternal aunt’s (bhooa) daughter. This is marriage within
consanguinity. Though marriage within consanguinity is against Hindu marriage
Act, but the custom overrides the statutory provisions. This weakens the
uniformity of the custom at national level and makes us a subject of ridicule
by others. 13. Leaderless community: A
common Hindu belongs to leaderless community, as their own (Hindu) leaders are
not for them, they are for others. I have seen Sikh leadership fighting
collectively on different issues like Delhi riots, turban issue in France, kirpaan issue in Sweden, Santa-Banta (ridiculing cartoons) issue
in Mumbai, turban-scanning issue in America. All the Sikh leaders irrespective
of their political affiliation fought it collective. Similarly, Prophet
Mohammed’s picture (cartoon) in a Danish newspaper attracted protest from
Muslims all over the world. Conversely, you can amply see Hindu leaders
neutralising efforts of their own brothers doing something for Hindu welfare
and blaming of violating secularism. It is nothing but a cheap effort to earn
momentary & transient acclaim from others. On the contrary, the leaders of
other faiths fighting collective, forgetting their political differences,
definitely fetches them tangible results. The above-mentioned points prove that
the Hindus are dead race with impotent leaders. They are no better than sheep
and goats. They take pride in being driven like cattle by others. The selfish
Hindu leaders see nothing beyond their myopic ends. The meek & selfish
Hindus are sure to extinct one day.
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