On January 26, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Uttar Pradesh, India, to personally preside over the inauguration of the Rama Temple.
Rama is the legendary prince of the ancient Indian kingdom of Ayutha, a great hero of ancient Indian legends, and one of the important deities worshipped by Hinduism. At the same time, he is also the protagonist of the ** poem "Ramayana" and one of the incarnations of the main god Vishnu.
Its birthplace is Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, India, where there was once a Rama temple.
In 1528, the Muslim rulers of the Mughal Empire ordered the temple to be demolished and a Babri Mosque was built on its site.
In 1992, BJP Chairman Adwani led his party members and fanatical Hindus to demolish the 400-year-old mosque with the slogan "Rama".
Muslims in India were furious, and massive religious violence between Hindus and Muslims broke out across the country for months, killing 2,000 people and injuring 5,000 people across the country. India** at that time also fell as a result.
In 1994, the High Court of India made a decision"Maintain the status quo of Ayodia"India** also forbade either party to build a temple in Ayodhya. Sectarian conflicts between Hindus and Muslims gradually subsided.
But only to subside, not eliminate.
After this incident, the BJP received fanatical support from the majority of Hindus, and its power grew rapidly throughout India.
In 1984, the BJP had only two of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament). In 1996, the first time since the demolition of the Papuan mosque, the BJP became the single largest political party in India, winning 161 seats and coming to power. Later, he was in power for a long time, and it is still in power today.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is considered by some international observers to be a sectarian party, and now has more than 100 million members, making it the largest party in the world.
From the construction of the Rama Temple, we can see that the BJP started and grew by inciting Hindu extremists to hate Muslims.
To be willing to do nothing is to incite religious hatred against other religious groups, especially Muslims, in order to gain the support of Hindu fanatics.
"Hate and fear are the cheapest and most effective methods of political mobilization," Ke said. The Bharatiya Janata Party couldn't be more appropriate.
Some cunning politicians and careerists spread hatred and fear to the rabble, so as to realize their political ambitions and achieve the goal of monopolizing power!
Back in 2002, when Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat, he encouraged Hindus to carry out vendetta against Muslims, which sparked international condemnation.
In 2014, the leader of the BJP, Narendra Modi, came to power and became even more frenzied.
In 2019, he passed a bill led by him as prime minister to rebuild the Rama temple on the site of the Ayodhya Rama temple at a cost of $2$1.7 billion, with an additional cost of $38$500 million, and a large number of supporting facilities were built. The statue of Lord Rama enshrined in the temple is shared with 15 kg** and 180,000 diamonds.
Modi has vowed to make it the "Vatican City" of Indians – the holiest place for Hindus in the world. ”
A few days ago, Modi personally presided over the inauguration ceremony, which aroused fanatical support from Hindus in China, and even touted Modi as "Rama of the new era".
In his speech after the ceremony, Modi said the unveiling of the Rama temple was a fulfillment of a dream that Hindus had dreamed of for many years and was of epochal significance, and that "a thousand years later, people will still talk about the pomp and circumstance of this day".
Observers believe that Modi is preparing for the first time in May.
Since January 26 is India's "Republic Day" every year, some analysts believe that the timing of the completion of the Rama Temple is "another attempt by Modi to integrate Hinduism and the state".
However, Indian opposition leaders refused to attend the unveiling ceremony and slammed Modi's practice of forcibly binding ballot politics and behavior to Hindu nationalism as a serious violation of the spirit of India's constitution. The Indian constitution states that India is a secular and not a religious state. As the head of state, Modi should not attend such religious affairs, which violates the principle of separation of church and state.
Some Hindu leaders also refused to attend, citing the sheer size of the Rama temple and the fact that only one phase will be completed in 2025 due to the sheer size of the temple.
Coincidentally. On 28 September 2000, Israeli opposition politician Ariel Sharon, surrounded by bodyguards, went to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, Palestine.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest site in Judaism.
The Temple Mount, where the Al-Aqsa Mosque is located, is the site of the First and Second Temples of the Israelites. After the Arab occupation of Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque were built on the site of the Second Jewish Temple.
All that remains of Judaism is the Second Temple, a Wailing Wall.
Arguably, the situation is similar to that of the Rama temple in India: different religions built their own temples on the same site, resulting in fierce rivalry and conflict between the followers of the two religions.
At that time, Sharon wanted to run for the prime minister of Israel, so he deliberately stirred up the religious sentiments of the Palestinians and intensified the conflict between Arabs and Jews, so as to make political capital for himself.
Sharon's visit sparked outrage and indignation among Palestinians, who saw the entry of Jewish Sharon into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site for Muslims, as a provocation and violation of religious and political rights, thus launching the second Palestinian intifada.
In February 2001, Sharon ran as the leader of the Likud party and won the election for prime minister of Israel, successfully forming the 29th Israeli coalition**.
There is nothing new under the sun, and the old dog can't play new tricks.
Politicians and careerists will always take advantage of the ethnic and religious contradictions of the rabble again and again to reap political benefits for themselves, and behind them is a sea of corpses and blood.
Let's talk about India.
There are 1.4 billion people in India, and about 80% of the population is Hindu (about 11.).200 million people), 15% of whom profess Islam (about 2.).100 million people), and the rest of the population professes Jainism, Buddhism, etc.
But another figure shows that the proportion of Hindus has fallen from 88 percent in 1951 to 80 percent today, while the Muslim population has grown from 98% to 15%.
Although Hindus are in the majority, if they are not curbed, Muslims will probably become the majority in the future. It is important to know that Pakistan and Bangladesh, which are around India, are Muslim countries.
After the independence of British India, it was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan, according to religion.
This time, the Rama temple was built, but the religious contradictions in India were not eliminated, but intensified.
The vast majority of us Chinese are atheists and have no religious beliefs (note that I am talking about no religious beliefs and not beliefs, such as my belief in survivalism). Therefore, it is difficult for Chinese to understand the violent conflicts between foreign believers because of religion.
The reconstruction of the Rama temple will surely greatly stimulate the Muslims of India and lay the foundation for the stability of India. Maybe some extremists will blow up the Rama temple that day, and maybe even Modi himself could be assassinated.
If one of these two things happens, there will be another violent conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India, which will lead to international sides: Muslim countries will inevitably side with Indian Muslims, while India will probably be left alone and no one will support him. Because there are very few Hindus in other countries.
With the exception of the Rama temple in Uttar Pradesh, the Hindus have to gain an inch.
According to the Indian Express 29**, the Archaeological Survey of India released a report that "a Hindu temple already existed at the Jawapi Mosque in Varanasi, a city of Uttar Pradesh, India", before it was built.
According to the Hindustan Times, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass said that "Prime Minister Modi held a consecration ceremony for the Rama temple (Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh), which is welcomed by Hinduism......But our requests are Ayodhia, Varanasi and Mathura. ”
Ayodhya, Varanasi and Mathura all have disputes over the ownership of mosques in their original locations, and Hindu groups have called for an investigation into these mosques.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Sinder said the mosque on the Sufi (Islamic sect) holy site on the outskirts of Mumbai was originally a Hindu temple, claiming to "liberate" the temple.
It seems that this wave of Hindus is going to demolish and rebuild.
In this wave of Hinduism hustle and bustle, there is no shortage of calm and rational voices.
India's Frontline magazine criticized: "What we are seeing today is a blatant rise in the politicization of religion. Religious belief, once a personal matter, is now a public affair. The Prime Minister of the country is now a family pastor, and the functions of the state administrator include those of a pastor. Democracies became theocracies. The construction, worship and promotion of the Rama temple is completely a ** project. ”
If this extremist ideology is allowed to spread, India will inevitably fall into turmoil.
It is conceivable that if all parts of India follow suit and tear down mosques and build Hindu temples, then India's Muslims may rise up and start a long-term violent conflict with the Hindus, and India will be destroyed.
What the head of a country should do is to maintain the unity and mutual assistance of a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country, instead of supporting one side and suppressing the other, otherwise the country will inevitably fall into violent conflicts or even violence.
It is not difficult to see that it will not be long before India repeats the 2002 vendetta killings of Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat.
The bloody slaughter between various nationalities (Serbs, Croats and Muslims) and religions (Orthodox and Muslims) in the Bosnian war after the dissolution of Yugoslavia is not yet a short period of time.
Maybe India will follow in the footsteps of Bosnia-Herzegovina vendetta or even **.
It is rumored on the Internet that "Modi's old immortal mana is boundless", could it be that after Modi, the "Rama of the new era", was re-elected as prime minister, could his mana really suppress the religious contradictions in India?