[Reader-list] Scuffle near Hazratbal; Shabir Shah among 14 injured

[inder salim]

dear tapas
please look into numersous dissimilarities between you and the
rest....and you too will be surprised to notice that TAPAS RAY is not
a Hindu

 and that is normal and universal at the same time.....
love
is

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Tapas Ray <tapasrayx at gmail.com> wrote:
> I thank Sonia from bringing this perspective into the conversation.
> Looks like she isn't a terrorist after all. What a surprise!
>
> Tapas
>
>
> S. Jabbar wrote:
>> I think you may want to ask why it was necessary to begin a victory rally
>> from a religious place and how any of us would have reacted if Advani were
>> to embark on another 'victory' rally from Somnath or Ayodhya. These
>> so-called victory rallies will only add fuel to the Jammu-Kashmir/
>> Hindu-Muslim conflagration.
>>
>> Hazrat Bal and the Jama Masjid are not neutral sites and have been
>> politically charged ever since the 1930s when the Quit Kashmir movement was
>> launched against the Maharaja.  What must have started off as an equally
>> 'peaceful' gathering turned violent and a man was killed.  That was reason
>> enough for mass rioting.  You may be aware of the siege of Hazrat Bal in the
>> early '90s or for that matter the siege of Charar e-Sharif in '95 or for
>> that matter the Golden Temple in the '80s.
>>
>> The Hurriyat is not unaware that the state cannot risk a religious site
>> becoming another site of contestation.  It would try and control what in all
>> likelihood would turn into yet another communally charged and violent event.
>> And yet it decided to go ahead.  The stakes are high and I really don't
>> think anyone is above using religion to further their political ends.
>> --sj
>>
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