By Sultan Shahin, Editor, New Age Islam
A group of young college students planned to commemorate the second anniversary of the demolition of the Babri mosque on December 6, 1992 by going to the site in Ayodhya and holding prayers. But the Babri Masjid Action Committee and the Muslim personal Law Board as well as the Imams of Delhi’s Jama Masjid very wisely declined to take the path of agitation. I hope they would go further, rethink the entire Muslim agenda and decide to follow the Islamic principles of generosity in settling the Babri Masjid dispute once and for all.
The Supreme Court’s judgement on the Presidential reference was widely acclaimed. But few people realise what it has actually meant for the Muslims. It has given them the greatest stake in the Indian democracy, a stake they appeared to have lost with the infamous demolition of the mosque in full view of the world. But it has also brought them to the crossroads.
Would they strengthen their stake in the system, reinvest their trust in Indian democracy or squander the tremendous opportunity gifted to them quite miraculously? These are some of the weighty questions facing them. On their answer to these questions will depend their fate for years to come.
A very thin line divides an opportunity and a disaster. In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to return the Presidential reference on the Ayodhya issue. Things are said to have gone back to square one. Which presumably means, we will once again witness the futile course of dialogue between the Muslim leaders and the Hindu sadhus and sants.
http://newageislam.com/babri-masjid--opportunity-for-muslims/spiritual-meditations/d/1514
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