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I want to get people's opinions on this matter. In India a mosque built in the 1400s was demolished by Hindu right-wing groups in 1992.

This matter has been very heavily debated because of the history of the mosque. The understanding is that a Hindu temple existed there but was destroyed by a Muslim emperor named Babur. The Supreme court of India has confirmed that the mosque was indeed built on an existing non-Islamic structure.

This matter was in court and kept getting delayed (like most legal cases in India lol) and one day Hindu right-wing activists destroyed the mosque. So Hindus felt vindicated, but Muslims left their rights were trampled upon.

Now recently, the Supreme court ruled that a temple should be built there and a mosque should be built in a nearby area.

I guess what I want to ask is, considering this whole situation - should the history be considered relevant? Why or why not? Who was right?

I'm not religious either ways but I kind of don't know what would be the correct thing. What are your thoughts on this?

The destruction of the mosque was wrong

The destruction of the mosque was right

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Soteris | 6.9K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.

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History should be respected but its important to realize that it is not absolute. We replace things with new things all the time, its part of how things work. Statues get torn down and replaced with new ones that holds values the current people there feel is important. Everything old was new at some point and everything new will be old just the same, this is not an argument to do or not to do something.

If we take another real world example lets look at the Colosseum in Rome. Why has it not been destroyed? Why has it not been restored to how it was intended and used to be? Why is it kept as it is? Right now the monument holds significant importance to the people both for its history but also for its benefits such as tourism. The reason it is kept in its semi-dismantled state is partially financial but mostly because there is important history why it looks like it does today.

As such the history of a location or building has to be considered on an individual basis. Since I dont know anything about the mosque I can't really make the judgement call but I would probably say that considering the length of time the mosque stood there it probably had a much stronger claim of relevance to people today than something that existed there in the 1400's.

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3 mo
I think that particular mosque was built over an important temple which is why the uproar. I think it was the birth place of their God incarnate called Ram (like Jesus for Christians). And the guy who invaded it, did it to hurt local sentiments in the 1400s.

Do you think in this circumstance the temple should be removed and the mosque reconstructed?
Soteris

3 mo
I do not know how to quantify the importance people today have over a religious site over 600 years ago, especially when it has been replaced by another religious site that existed for around 600 years. There might very well have been reason to demolish the mosque early in its life when things like it being constructed to hurt local sentiments was fresh in peoples minds but at the same time 600 years later its very possible that people just dont really have strong feelings about it either way.

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I think that particular mosque was built over an important temple which is why the uproar. I think it was the birth place of their God incarnate called Ram (like Jesus for Christians). And the guy who invaded it, did it to hurt local sentiments in the 1400s.

Do you think in this circumstance the temple should be removed and the mosque reconstructed?

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Soteris

I do not know how to quantify the importance people today have over a religious site over 600 years ago, especially when it has been replaced by another religious site that existed for around 600 years. There might very well have been reason to demolish the mosque early in its life when things like it being constructed to hurt local sentiments was fresh in peoples minds but at the same time 600 years later its very possible that people just dont really have strong feelings about it either way.

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The Mosque built in the 1400s and a Hindu group destroyed it in 1992 ? I'm siding with the Muslins on this one.

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3 mo
Should the temple be removed and the mosque be put in it's place again?

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Should the temple be removed and the mosque be put in it's place again?

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Anonymous

It’s like asking should Israelis have been given land back in the Middle East, or should Native Americans have their land returned to them…

There’s points for both sides, but personally, the Hindus were in the wrong.

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3 mo
So, let's hypothetically say Native Americans were comparable in position to white Americans, would they be right in claiming an important place of worship. by the way, the temple that existed there is supposedly the birth place of Ram (who is like Jesus to them, except he was a king). There's a huge story behind Ram and the place, but I see it like how Christians would the Vatican.

I guess the relevant question is how far ago is something destroyed to be considered okay for being reconstructed over something an invasion did.

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So, let's hypothetically say Native Americans were comparable in position to white Americans, would they be right in claiming an important place of worship. by the way, the temple that existed there is supposedly the birth place of Ram (who is like Jesus to them, except he was a king). There's a huge story behind Ram and the place, but I see it like how Christians would the Vatican.

I guess the relevant question is how far ago is something destroyed to be considered okay for being reconstructed over something an invasion did.

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Anonymous

Historically Muslims have never been averse to trampling on the religious property of others, I feel no sympathy for them.

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But then what about the rights of the Muslim community? I know this place had some importance to the Hindus, I think they say their god incarnate leader Ram was born there. But apart from it would you say destroying other mosques that way is wrong? Because if we dig back history we will keep coming across so many things.

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But then what about the rights of the Muslim community? I know this place had some importance to the Hindus, I think they say their god incarnate leader Ram was born there. But apart from it would you say destroying other mosques that way is wrong? Because if we dig back history we will keep coming across so many things.

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