Communal Common SenseCommunal Common Sense Popular Perceptions and the reality Communalism: Violence and Politics Communalism: misuse of Religious identity for political Mobilization Communalism: politics; Violence Communal Violence: Innocents get killed and Guilty are generally not punished Communal Violence: Superficially visible part of the phenomenon-Unleashed in the name of taking revenge of past or present events Communal Politics: Politics in the name of Religion, Social Common Sense I Set of Understandings which are supposed to be true in the popular thinking but they need not be true These negative perceptions are more against minorities, and weaker sections of society Earlier such perceptions were more against dalits and women In Pakistan such perceptions are against Christians, Hindus, here in India more against Muslims and Christians Social Common Sense II In 1984 thousands of Sikhs were massacred in the aftermath of murder of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguard. In India Muslims are 13.4% (2001 Census), in communal violence the % of Muslims getting killed is around 80%. Anti Christian violence is on ascendance from 1996, since BJP first came to power in the Center. Burning alive of Graham Stuart Stains by Bajrang Dal affiliate Dara Sing was described as a an act from the inventory of black deeds of the World. Social Common Sense III About Muslims A: Historical- Temple Destructions Forcible Conversions Atrocities on Hindu Women Imposition of Jazia B: Contemporary: Demographic Four wives Twenty Children Violence, Fanatic Beef Eaters uneducated Oppress their women United, Revengeful C: Global: All Muslims are not terrorists but all terrorists are Muslims Islam is the violent religion, Muslims are foreigners in India Social Common Sense IV About Christians Westernized Do the conversion work by force, fraud and allurement They are foreigners Their charity work is a ruse for conversions Temple Destructions Somnath Kashi Vishwanath Ayodhya Shrirangpatanam Mosques destructions Holy Places destroyed by Kings of all religions: a. for wealth: Somnath, Raja Harshdev b. as a sign of victory they destroyed the holy place of defeated kings-Shrirangpatnam Somnath Temple I Communal Historiography attributes the Mahmood Gaznis destruction of temple only for religious motives. There were thousands of temples on Gaznis way to Somnath, there was bamiyan Buddha statues also. He chose Somnath for destruction as Somnath was a rich temple, Rs. 151 crores worth of gold, 20000 golden dinars were part of the wealth of Somanth. Somnath Temple II On way to Somnath Gazni destroyed Mosque in Multan, as Abdul Fat Daud, the King of Multan did not permit him to pass through Multan. They had a battle and the mosque got destroyed. His army had five Hindu Generals, and many Hindu soldiers. Tilak, Sondhi, Harjan, Rann and Hind. His successor Masood Destroyed the mosque in Central Asia for the sake of wealth. . AND MORE code pour embarquer la vidéo : >>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/NMOYykcTqgo <<< |