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By recognizing the right of Hindus in the land of the historic Babri mosque, the Indian Supreme Court poured more oil on the fires of religious disputes in a country where secularism has long been flaunted by the extreme Hindu tide that threatens Muslims in India, the world's largest religious minority.
In its ruling on Saturday, the court unanimously adopted the view of the Hindu party at the expense of the Muslim party. The court said in its decision that a report by the Archaeological Survey of India shows that the remnants of a non-Muslim building were under the Babri Mosque, which was destroyed by Hindus 27 years ago, and then decided to grant Land for Hindus.
Despite the verdict from India's highest judicial body, the timing and context in which it comes is more than a political decision, defusing an unfinished crisis, even if it involves giving Muslims new land in the Ayuda district, where the historic mosque in Uttar is located. Pradesh in the north of the country.
| Court omits view of Muslims who demanded rebuilding of mosque destroyed by Hindus (Reuters) |
Timing
The timing of the verdict comes as the 27th anniversary of the mosque's demolition nears 22 December 1992, when thousands of Hindu extremists - including some prominent names and leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party - stormed and demolished the Babri mosque.
They claim that the site is the birthplace of the god Ram, the seventh son of the god Vishnu (Hafez universe to the Hindus), although Ayodhya has more than a dozen other ancient Hindu temples, and priests of each temple claim to be above Ram's hometown.
Following the destruction of the mosque, widespread riots erupted in the desecration of a large number of mosques in many parts of India.
| A security alert accompanied the verdict that adopted the Hindu position (Reuters) |
Moody welcomes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who yesterday hailed the court's decision, saying that the "case is over" sees the verdict as a personal victory for him, who has already made the reconstruction of the Ram Temple replace the Babri Mosque a top priority.
During the election campaign that brought his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in 2014, Moody promised to build the temple, but later decided to wait for the Supreme Court ruling to fulfill the desire of his election base from the millions of Hindu militants who asked his government to pass legislation to build the temple in the mosque.
If the first period of Modi state saw a promise to build the temple of Ram in place of the mosque, the second term that began this summer will see the fulfillment of the promise, fulfilling one of the demands of the ultra-Hindu nationalist party, which emerged in the political arena in 1980 from the womb of the fundamentalist Hindu movement, which is not Hindu - Muslim or Christian - foreign, India is a Hindu state.
| Hindus ready Ram building materials before ruling (Reuters) |
Goodbye to secularism
Destroying the Babri mosque 27 years ago, poisoning Hindu-Muslim relations in India, served as a cry for the hard-line Hindu right now ruling New Delhi, and marked the beginning of the end of secular India advocated by historical political leaders such as Gandhi and Nehru.
Yesterday's ruling consecrated the situation with the gravity and fears that would have been avoided had the court decided not to subordinate the site of the destroyed mosque to either party due to religious sensitivity and its impact on community relations in India, and to ensure that state institutions maintain a non-sectarian view to ensure justice for all. Citizens, but the Hindu side was reassured even before the court's decision yesterday that the decision would come in line.
The court's decision to allow the construction of the temple gave legitimacy to the demolition of the Babri mosque, and indirectly supported the destruction of the mosque by the mob through this ruling despite the fact that it described the demolition of the mosque as "illegal."
Ironically, the court's decision came on the opening day of the "Karterpur Corridor between India and Pakistan" in order to facilitate the entry of "Sikh pilgrims" to Pakistan, which showed that step in tolerance with other religious communities.
But yesterday's verdict was a disappointment for Pakistan and bets on remnants of secularism in India, which believes the decision "will encourage Hindotv infantry" and send a message to India's minorities - especially its Muslims - that religious dominance and violent tactics by the Hindu majority will be overlooked in India. Under the Hindu extremists topped the scene.
| Hindu extremist militias threaten coexistence (Reuters) |
Adding to the gravity of the situation, the background of the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirms that he has been drinking for many years a certain Hindu movements that adhere to "Hindu", which is considered "Hindu" synonymous with "Hindi", which increases the concern of secular non-Hindu Indians, as well as Muslims.
During Modi's presidency, the state witnessed bloody sectarian violence in 2002 and attacks on Muslim homes that killed 1,000 people. He was accused of encouraging violence and making no effort to protect Muslims.
Modi went on to challenge them by appointing in his government a woman convicted in the attack on Muslim homes, and because of his position and suspicions raised about him, he was prevented from entering the United States, and recently lifted the ban because the judiciary did not condemn him, after he appeared to be on the way to head Government of the whole of India.
In July 2013, Modi returned to anger with remarks comparing Muslims who have fallen victim to Hindus violence and car-pups in the streets.
Bharatiya Janata is not only a fanatical nationalist but also a fanatic of Hinduism, which is why he rejected Muslims, Christians and secularists as well, although his main battle against the Islamic presence is not only because of the large number of Muslims but also because of their presence and relics that remained on the ground.
Violence against Christians in India has been on the rise since Narendra Modi came to power, according to a French rights group in May, citing various acts of violence including the killing of people on the pretext of eating beef.
| Modi vows to build Ram temple to replace Babri mosque in first campaign in 2014 (Reuters) |
Israel is inspiring
India under Modi continues to strengthen its relations with Israel, and Moody and his party do not hide their admiration for Israel, and therefore abandoned India's traditional pro-Palestinian policy, visited Israel twice during which he admired economic and technological achievements, it is estimated that he will seek further cooperation on economic issues and exchange Intelligence on terrorism.
The literature of the Hindu extremist movements, which came from the womb of Modi sees the presence of Muslims as a reflection of the purity of the desired state, and put in mind the "clearance" of the country from the Islamic presence.
These movements believe that "all Islamic traces in the country must be removed, and Muslims have the choice to return to what they see as their Hindu origins or to leave the country elsewhere, Pakistan or Bangladesh."
The extremist Hindu literature is no different from the extremist Israeli calls for a purely Jewish state and the expulsion of the Arabs in the context of a transfer policy.
The underlying fear is that a “hate-based” mentality will be enshrined within the Modi government, which has extremist Hindu voices, reinforcing the differences between communities and religious segments of the population that threaten to spark violence that is being pushed by India's 200 million Muslims out of a total population. India's 1.3 billion people.