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Though it is widely believed that violence between Hindus and Muslims began with British interference, this is not true. Problems between Hindus and Muslims in India can be traced back to the 14th century. This hate between Hindus and Muslims was further fueled by the British, using their strategy of "divide and rule".
In 1947, Pakistan was created as a separate entity for Muslims, making the Muslim population in India a minority compared to Hindus and further deepening the divide between them. Since then, there have been many riots between Hindus and Muslims. One of the most destructive riots was the 2002 Gujarat Riots which was spread over three days and led to the death of more than 1000 people. This occurred as a result of the burning of a train carrying Hindu pilgrims, which was followed by Hindu retaliation against Muslims. Another prominent controversy between Hindus and Muslims is the Ayodhya Ram Mandir - Babri Masjid case. The premise for this was that a Mosque was built by Mir Baqi, a commander of Babur in the birthplace of Lord Ram, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. However, Hindus believed that this Mosque was built after tearing down a Temple that used to be in its place and the Hindus thus raised legal objections to the presence of the Mosque. Fortunately, both Hindus and Muslims have agreed to maintain peace and preserve communal harmony in Ayodhya, in light of the Supreme Court delivering its verdict regarding this case on 9 November 2019. Thus, though Hindu-Muslim relations are complicated and are fueled by hate, there are also many places where they peacefully coexist in India. In ancient times, it was customary for the rulers' family to adopt a religion that was acceptable to the people of the country. Just as the famous Roman emperor Constantine renounced his idolatry and converted to Christianity, so did Christianity spread throughout his empire, and the area that was once called the Roman Empire is still Christian-majority. Similarly, if we talk about India, when Ashoka the Great established his rule over this land, he sent a large number of Buddhist leaders to preach in the corners of the kingdom. As a result, Buddhism spread not only to India but also to many neighboring countries such as China, Thailand, Burma and Afghanistan. For some reason, this religion could not establish itself in India. However, Buddhism is still the majority religion in India's neighboring states. In contrast, during the hundreds of years of Muslim rule on the Indian subcontinent, Muslims have never been in the majority, nor are they today. This is a great proof of the justice and tolerance of the Muslim rulers of India that they never campaigned for the forcible conversion of non-Muslims to Islam. On the contrary, they gave high positions in their governments to all Muslims, including Brahmins. Especially during the Mughal Khumran period, most of the Hindus held the most important positions.
Muslim rulers have little involvement in bringing Islam to the subcontinent and spreading it. Let us tell those who consider Muhammad bin Qasim as the source of the arrival of Islam in India that Islam had reached India in the time of the Holy Prophet. According to a legend from the state of Kerala, a local king, Chiramin, saw the moon split in two in the sky. When the king discovered the truth of the matter, he learned of a prophet coming to the land of Arabia. Then this king made his son the guardian of the throne and came to the service of the Holy Prophet with a group of merchants and accepted Islam. The same king returned and built a mosque in India. It is the oldest mosque in India. Which was built during the lifetime of the Holy Prophet. This oldest mosque is still standing in the Indian state of Kerala. Later, millions of people in the region became Muslims through the preaching of Muslim mystics and elders. These included Brahmins and untouchables. For hundreds of years, the two nations lived happily ever after. Ideological differences are in place, but these differences have never led to large-scale riots or massacres.
It was the British who started the Hindu-Muslim riots in this region of India. After the war of independence, he adopted the philosophy of Divide and Rule as a policy. Under this policy, the British were the first to end history. He spread poison among the people for many Muslim kings like Aurangzeb Alamgir, Al-Awdin Khilji and Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq. He used various tactics to incite Hindus and Sikhs against Muslims. Eventually, the first major Hindu-Muslim riot in the history of the subcontinent took place in Bombay in 1893. This was the moment that made Muslim intellectuals think of establishing a separate homeland. |