There are lot of good things going on in grass root level, but the pseudo-secularist media and politicians try to demonize a few zealots to make their news more wordy for sale. I guess it is easy to make someone scapegoat and blame everything bad of society on them; Modis and Saddams are the results. And under this cover, pseudo-secularist try to exploit the society in a silent way. Hard as well as soft Hindutva is poisonous for society. Soniaji also started her campaign in Gujarat visiting Ambaaji temple, campaigned along with Saandhus and prevented all the Muslim leaders to campaign in Gujarat. The media looked the other way; it blamed everything on the other side. While pseudo-secularist media and Congress are attributing BJP victory to Hindutva, in Assam Congress is ready formalizing OBC status to Muslims and 25 percent job reservations to gain vote for next election cycle. I am sure had it been done by the BJP for the minority Biharis and Sikhs o!
f Assam, everyone would have smelled Hindutva. The gist of the story is that people can live harmoniously irrespective of religion. Only the politicians are exploiting organized religion for their own narrow gain! My two cents!
>From: D Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: ASSAMNETCOLORADO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Change of Heart?
>Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:39:25 -0800 (PST)
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>The following was published in the web page whose address came from Neep Hazarika. Is it a real case of good will or is there a snake under the grass? I hope it is the former.
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>Hindus open closed mosque for Muslims
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>IANS
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>PATNA: Muslims are again praying at a mosque in a village in Bihar shut 10 years ago following communal violence, a Hindu elder having taken the initiative to build religious amity.
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>Hindu residents of Manjor village of Warsaliganj block in Nawada district reopened the mosque that was closed down after the razing of the Babri mosque in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh in December 1992 sparked countrywide violence.
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>Following the trouble, about 40 Muslim families of Manjor village locked up the mosque, deserted their homes and migrated to other villages.
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>"Since the mosque was closed no prayer had been offered until now," said a police officer.
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>The initiative for opening the mosque was taken by Vibhishan Singh, the deputy head of the village council, who contacted Muslims of a neighbouring village, surprising them with the news.
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>Singh told IANS: "We invited Muslims of neighbouring village to cooperate with us to open the mosque and resume prayers."
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>This happened last week. Muslims gathered at the mosque and lighted candles after accepting the offer. Hindus of the village have also promised to maintain the Islamic shrine.
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>Said an official: "The incident has become the talk of the town."
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