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Views of Irfan Husain (a Pakistani newspaper columnist & former servant) on bloody Islamic History.
"”While historical events should be judged in the context of their times, it cannot be denied that even in that bloody period of history, no mercy was shown to the Hindus.. (1/8)
"”While historical events should be judged in the context of their times, it cannot be denied that even in that bloody period of history, no mercy was shown to the Hindus.. (1/8)
.. unfortunate enough to be in the path of either the Arab conquerors of Sindh and south Punjab, or the Central Asians who swept in from Afghanistan.
The Muslim heroes who figure larger than life in our history books committed some dreadful crimes. Mahmud of Ghazni, .. (2)
The Muslim heroes who figure larger than life in our history books committed some dreadful crimes. Mahmud of Ghazni, .. (2)
..Qutb-ud-Din Aibak, Balban, Mohammed bin Qasim, and Sultan Mohammad Tughlak, all have blood-stained hands that the passage of years has not cleansed.
Indeed, the presence of Muslim historians on their various campaigns has ensured that the memory of their deeds will live.. (3)
Indeed, the presence of Muslim historians on their various campaigns has ensured that the memory of their deeds will live.. (3)
..long after they were buried.
Seen through Hindu eyes, the Muslim invasion of their homeland was an unmitigated disaster.
Their temples were razed, their idols smashed, their women raped, their men killed or taken slaves. When Mahmud of Ghazni entered Somnath on one of his.. (4)
Seen through Hindu eyes, the Muslim invasion of their homeland was an unmitigated disaster.
Their temples were razed, their idols smashed, their women raped, their men killed or taken slaves. When Mahmud of Ghazni entered Somnath on one of his.. (4)
..annual raids, he slaughtered all 50,000 inhabitants. Aibak killed and enslaved hundreds of thousands. The list of horrors is long and painful.These conquerors justified their deeds by claiming it was their religious duty to smite non-believers... (5)
..Cloaking themselves in the banner of Islam, they claimed they were fighting for their faith when, in reality, they were indulging in straightforward slaughter and pillage.When these warriors settled in India, they ruled as absolute despots over a cowed Hindu populace... (6)
For generations, their descendants took their martial superiority over their subjects for granted. "... And a substantial number of Pakistani Muslims are secretly convinced that they are inherently superior to the Hindus.
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One irony, of course, is that contrary to their wishful thinking, the vast majority of Muslims in the subcontinent have more Hindu blood in their veins than there is Arab, Afghan, Turkish or Persian blood. Many of the invaders took Hindu wives and concubines.".. (8)
source: Demons from the past By Irfan Husain.
