Loitering with Intent in Ayodhya

What people forget is that this entire Babri Masjid issue was caused by the weak-kneed Rajiv Gandhi. He kowtowed to Imam Syed Bukhari & Co on the Shah Bano case whereby he passed the Muslim Women`s Protection act **stripping** Muslim women of alimony granted to Shah Bano by the Indian Supreme Court and to assuage cries of special treatment for minorities, allowed Hindus to install idols of Ram and Sita in the mosque and worship there. The entire place was locked up since 1947 and nobody bothered about it in a serious manner until the idiot Rajiv Gandhi opened the Pandora`s box.

Muslims of India want the rule of law? Where was THAT demand when the Shah Bano judgment was rendered? Then you guys wanted the Shariat. Now you want the Rule of Law.

Make up your minds, guys.

Re: # 17

I know I am very late in replying to this comment. But unfortunately this is the first time I have read this interact comment, reaching here while doing research on articles about Babri Masjid and related events in India.

To answer your question harimau I would like to point out the fact that Indian Law has always been receptive to foreign laws and laws from different segments and different cultures that embed to form one Indian culture. Indian Law itself draws on various sources including English Law, Hindu Law and the Muslim Law. As you mention the Shariat that we ‘guys’ wanted is a system of Law. Being a religion that affects all aspects of life, Islam has regulations that effect personal, social, financial, economic, political and all other aspects of human existence. This is the reason that Scholars including several non-muslim scholars have referred to Islam as a way of Life rather than a religion.

India is a secular country and being secular means accepting people from all faith and none. Thus the Indian Law system upholds this key feature of India by accommodating regulations from not just Muslim but also Hindu Law and Law from other segments that have influenced Indian society. May be you would better understand this by reading the article on following link. ( http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042284 )

Further more I would like to add that the Shah Bano judgment constituted a judgement pertaining to personal Law, which is different for Hindus, Muslims and Christians in India, and not criminal Law. In case some one tries to rip apart the secular fabric of our country we the Muslims of India would definitely demand the same punishment as any Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, or a person from any other faith or no faith would demand.