Would the Muslims ever allow a Hindu temple to built in Mecca? Far from it! They don’t even allow non-Muslims to enter Mecca.
Ayodhya is an ancient city of India and is revered by devout Hindus as the birthplace of Shri Ram.
When the Muslim emperor Babur came down from Ferghana in 1527, he defeated the Hindu King of Chittodgad, Rana Sangrama Singh at Sikri, using cannon and artillery. After this victory, Babur took over the region, leaving his general, Mir Baqi, in charge as viceroy.
Mir Baqi enforced Mughal rule over the population and used terror to maintain control over the civilian population. Mir Baqi came to Ayodhya in 1528 and destroyed the Ram temple over which he built the now demolished Babri Mosque.
During that period many Hindu temples were destroyed by Islamic rulers for both political and religious reasons. The 2007 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica notes that along with Ayodhya, temple structures ancient and holy Hindu places Varanasi and Mathura were also destroyed.
Now the Liberhan Commission backed by the anti-Hindu Congress and Indian English media (NDTV and CNN-IBN) is hell bent on victimizing Hindus and demonizing the cause of re-building a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
The situation regarding the Ram Janmabhoomi has been compared to the Temple Mount controversies and claims in Israel by Daniel Pipes.
In particular, Pipes writes:
Ayodhya prompts several thoughts relating to the Temple Mount. It shows that the Temple Mount dispute is far from unique. Muslims have habitually asserted the supremacy of Islam through architecture, building on top of the monuments of other faiths (as in Jerusalem and Ayodha) or appropriating them (e.g. the Ka’ba in Mecca and the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople)
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