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If the dispute was merely over piece of real estate,then amicable settlement would have been justified.We are quite aware it isn't,its about a religious space sacred for the Hindu community.The solution should not be one that rubs salt into festering wounds.There is place and significance for everything,a hospital or school is not where a devout Hindu can go for spiritual nourishment,the temple represents to a Hindu seeking spiritual solace, what the hospital is to a physically ailing.
One of the enshrined ideals of secularism as we understand in India is not deny a person the right to practice his religious with fear or intimidation.To deny the Hindus the right to consecrate the idol of Lord Rama at the place which Hindu traditions identify his birth place,build a temple according to traditional precepts and make it available to devout Hindus to visit it and pay obeisance,tantamount to denying the Hindus his right practice his religion.
A 'secular' solution in this case i'm afraid will only brush the issue under the carpet,will not go away,we already know what the consequence could be if the issue is kept in suspense.The ideal solution would have been to dismantle the Mosque, as immaculately as current engineering expertise would allow,and trans locate to a site acceptable to Muslims.Since now the structure stands demolished,whatever can be salvaged from the old mosque can be used to put together the mosque elsewhere.
If the dispute was merely over piece of real estate,then amicable settlement would have been justified.We are quite aware it isn't,its about a religious space sacred for the Hindu community.The solution should not be one that rubs salt into festering wounds.There is place and significance for everything,a hospital or school is not where a devout Hindu can go for spiritual nourishment,the temple represents to a Hindu seeking spiritual solace, what the hospital is to a physically ailing.
One of the enshrined ideals of secularism as we understand in India is not deny a person the right to practice his religious with fear or intimidation.To deny the Hindus the right to consecrate the idol of Lord Rama at the place which Hindu traditions identify his birth place,build a temple according to traditional precepts and make it available to devout Hindus to visit it and pay obeisance,tantamount to denying the Hindus his right practice his religion.
A 'secular' solution in this case i'm afraid will only brush the issue under the carpet,will not go away,we already know what the consequence could be if the issue is kept in suspense.The ideal solution would have been to dismantle the Mosque, as immaculately as current engineering expertise would allow,and trans locate to a site acceptable to Muslims.Since now the structure stands demolished,whatever can be salvaged from the old mosque can be used to put together the mosque elsewhere.