[Buddha-l] Bangladesh Muslim lovefest

[Dan Lusthaus]

Dear Artur,

See Eaton's "Temple Desecration and Muslim States in Medieval India"
http://tinyurl.com/95389md

Also ch. 6 of his "Essays on Islam and Indian History."
http://tinyurl.com/9y6r5d8

Keep in mind that Eaton never abandons fully the prime directive with which 
he began, viz. to minimize destructive muslim activities in India, so it 
becomes instructive to sift through all that remains post-minimization.

The issue of temple desecration in India by Muslims has been a controversial 
topic for quite some time, with political, legal and occasional mob 
expressions. I suppose in another decade some historians will conjure up 
alibis or dismissals of Bamiyan as well. There is much literature 
passionately arguing one side or the other, so one has to wade through it 
all carefully.

For instance:
http://www.flonnet.com/fl1725/17250620.htm
and
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Aurangzeb

An example of the Hindu stance:
http://www.kashmirherald.com/main.php?t=OP&st=D&no=352

and example of how the Hindu stance is defanged:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Temples:_What_Happened_to_Them#cite_note-7

and so on.

Dan

> PS.:
>
> Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/opinion/ethnic-cleansing-of-myanmars-rohingyas.html?_r=0
>
> and:
>
> http://islamicvanguards.com/?p=278

Did you read how, even by Moshahida Sultana Ritu's account -- as an advocate 
for the Rohingyas -- this round of riots began? Don't fall for these pleas 
for impunity for misbehaving on small and grand scales.