Pakistan: Hindu temples turned into picnic spots, hotels

Authorities are apathetic, because as far as those authorities are concerned, these temples are offensive structures that have no right to exist in the first place. "Pak's Hindu temples turned into picnic spots, hotels," from Rediff, February 24 (thanks to e):

Hindus in Pakistan are watching helplessly as ancient temples turn into ruins due to the apathy of authorities, reports Tahir Ali from Islamabad.

Despite being the second largest ethnic majority in the country, Hindus in Pakistan have been unable to acquire possession of their religious places, agricultural land and other commercial areas. Due to lack of government action, most sacred sites for Hindus are in a dilapidated condition; the rest have been converted into schools, hotels or business centres.....

There is much more. Read it all.

| 16 Comments
del.icio.us | Digg this | Email | FaceBook | Twitter | Print | Tweet

16 Comments

| Leave a comment

"...If a work of art has iconic value to the kuffars (infidels) then that is all the more reason to destroy it, in order to humiliate the kuffars and their culture. Humiliation of the infidels is a very important feature of Islam..." http://crombouke.blogspot.com/2010/01/islamic-music-art-and-culture.html

Looks like Pakistan is a lot more civilized than India's former Muslim sultans and the Moghul rulers. They would level temples & convert them into mosques. I find converting them into picnic spots, malls, hotels a lot less objectionable. As for schools, if they are converted into madrassahs, that's as bad as them being converted into mosques.

Reading the whole article, I found it interesting that Hindus are demanding anything, given the current climate of terror against Infidels. Also, the sentiments expressed by one person that if some of these monuments were restored to the Hindus, they'd attract worldwide Hindu tourists were nothing but a bunch of hogwash. Which Hindu, or other Infidel in his right mind would want to visit a site in Pakistan or indeed any Muslim country? Certainly not me.

To those who have followed closely the U.S.-Pakistan nexus, it is clear that Pakistan's wanton actions (e.g. development of nuclear weapons from stolen technologies, hosting hundreds of thousands of foreign and domestic terrorists and their jihad factories, among the dazzling exploits of which are the 911 attacks, Mumbai attacks, London bus bombings, just to name a few) have occurred under the aegis of the U.S., without whose unwavering and unquestioning support, Pakistan would long have become a failed state such as Somalia.

But thanks to the misplaced generosity U.S. lawmakers, Pakistan is thriving today, and brazenly thumbing its nose at the U.S. by holding Raymond Davis in a jail cell, despite his clear-cut diplomatic immunity, which, according to Davis' own statement in a Lahore court yesterday, is stated on the first page in his passport. Obama and Hijab Hillary have all but abandoned Raymond Davis.

Going forward, Pakistan will continue to flagrantly violate the rights of its minorities (Hindus and Christians) as long as its coffers are regularly replenished by foolish lawmakers in the U.S.

Pakistan is a lot more civilized than India's former Muslim sultans and the Moghul rulers. They would level temples & convert them into mosques.

This cannot be, for I've more than once seen the Moghuls being praised by Muslims and apologists as the very epitome of tolerance and civilized behavior.

Why don't they make a trade?

Relocate all the Hindus in Pakistan to India, and all the muslims in India to Pakistan.

If only it could be so easy.

Steffen

Muslims can say anything, but the record of Moghul rule in India is filled w/ the destruction of temples, except for a brief break of a few years.

ImNoDhimmi

Somehow, India's leaders Gandhi & Nehru were dead set against the idea. And even now it'd be opposed by almost all political parties in India, just like both Republicans & Dems are against deporting all Illegal Aliens.

PICNIC spots ? Surely muslims don't engage in such a normal and enjoyable exercise ? Sounds very un-islamic to me...

All joking aside, how horrible and typical of muslims to treat with contempt other religions holy edifices. Can you imagine the carry on from lefty PC/MC idiots if the Hindus had been doing that to mosques ?

The existence-extinction scale of Jews and Hindus is precariously balanced. It could tilt either way in the coming 50 ears.

-Both have only the one country, one land to claim as their own. Jews have Israel, Hindus have India.

-Yet, both have been under seize in their historic homelands by the ever swelling Muslim population. Muslims comprise a quarter of the population in both countries. I believe that the actual percentage of Muslims in India is far greater than the 15% reported. Israeli Muslims consist of 25% of the population.

Hindus and Jews have no where to go if they loose this battle, unlike Christians, Muslims and Buddhists...

Most have been converted to schools,hotels,business centers,seems preservation of Hindu religious sites are being protected by the very philosophy of Hindu.What better way than to name them something else in order to survive this time period in history.Very clever in my opinion of the Hindus.I would think now that these structures qualify for state funded restorations.Very clever.

I didnt expect anything less and to be frank the hindus who stayed back in pakistan after partition deserved it upon themselves . If the world thinks that non muslims are going to be treated equally in a muslim nation than they r seriously deluded

David wrote:

What better way than to name them something else in order to survive this time period in history.Very clever in my opinion of the Hindus.I would think now that these structures qualify for state funded restorations.Very clever.
........................

Uh...are you being sarcastic here?

Ug...respect you and your post immensely Gravein..no sarcasm.Praying Mantis along those terms is all,to clarify a point.To appear as something else in order to survive a predators gaze.Camouflaging to survive an onslaught.A sacred site is now a park..The Hindus know how to survive as the muslims self destruct.Hundreds of years from now the Hindu structures will still be there and muslims won't be around any more.Hindus are clever.If the Buddhist statue in Afghanistan was thought of as a park or anything but a religious symbol by the uneducated it may have survived.A five year old muslim today would walk by an ancient Hindu structure and think it was a park.when he turns twenty the uneducated muslim would still think it is a park and not a Hindu structure of importance.I think that is clever of the Hindus.Muslims are not taught to reason they are taught to memorize.The Hindus know this.

"Pakistan: Hindu temples turned into picnic spots" -

Really? I never saw a Pakistani going to a picnic. It is more like they turned it into a urinating or what have you field ground. Mohaunds are not on the world to enjoy. They are are never happy till they do some destruction.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/special-report/The-many-shades-of-Shiva/articleshow/7583859.cms
This was in News today,as it will be MahaShivaratri a couple of days hence. This was one way how people of those times dealt with the Islamic invasion and conversion.However, in todays dhimmified India, it will be seen as the 'Tolerance' of Muslims.Actually,I hope they preserve this dying culture instead of getting infected by 'wahabism'.

Awesome story Sita. Thanks for the link.

Sita,
Thank you for the link.To me it is a beautiful culture in a transitional period in history.God Bless.

Leave a comment

NOTE: The Comments section is provided in the interests of free speech only. It is mostly unmoderated, but comments that are off topic, offensive, slanderous, or otherwise annoying stand a chance of being deleted. The fact that any comment remains on the site IN NO WAY constitutes an endorsement by Jihad Watch, or by Robert Spencer or any other Jihad Watch writer, of any view expressed, fact alleged, or link provided in that comment.







Not Peace But A Sword by Robert SpencerDid Muhammad Exist? The Muslim Brotherhood in America, by Robert SpencerIslamophobia: Thoughtcrime of the Totalitarian FutureMuslim Persecution of Christians, by Robert Spencer Obama and IslamThe Ground Zero Mosque: Second Wave of the 9/11 Attacks
The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran


Stealth Jihad


The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam


The Truth About Muhammad


What they’re saying about Robert Spencer
“My comrade-in-arms, my pal, my buddy.”
Oriana Fallaci

“Robert Spencer incarnates intellectual courage when, all over the world, governments, intellectuals, churches, universities and media crawl under a hegemonic Universal Caliphate’s New Order. His achievement in the battle for the survival of free speech and dignity of man will remain as a fundamental monument to the love of, and the self-sacrifice for, liberty.”
Bat Ye’or

“Robert Spencer is indefatigable. He is keeping up the good fight long after many have already given up. I do not know what we would do without him. I appreciate all the intelligence and courage it takes to keep going despite the appeasement of the West.”
Ibn Warraq

“America's most informed, fearless, and compelling voice on modern jihadism.”
Andrew C. McCarthy, Senior Fellow at National Review Institute

“Robert Spencer is the leading voice of scholarship and reason in a world gone mad. If the West is to be saved, we will owe Robert Spencer an incalculable debt.”
Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs

"The consummate Islam critic and expert." — Bruce Bawer

“Over the years, we have become friends, and I have received his assistance on several pieces of legislation I proposed.”
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo

“Few people are capable of applying scholarship, analytical reasoning, and objectivity to their topic -- while simultaneously being readable and witty -- as can Robert Spencer.”
Raymond Ibrahim

“A national treasure...The acclaimed scholar of Islam.”
Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy

“I am indeed honored to call him my friend.”
Brad Thor, novelist

“A top American analyst of Islam....A serious scholar...I learn from him.”
Daniel Pipes

“A brilliant scholar and writer.”
Douglas Murray

"One of my best teachers."
Ashraf Ramelah, Voice of the Copts

“Thank God there’s at least one man with balls left in the West.”
Kathy Shaidle, Five Feet of Fury

“I read people like [Mark Steyn] and Bob Spencer and the rest of them, and I say, ‘Boortz, you’re pretending you’re an author. These people really are. They really write some entertaining, some standup stuff.’”
Neal Boortz

“Robert Spencer is the Stephen King of Jihad.”
Chris Gaubatz, Muslim Mafia

“Armed with facts and fearlessness, Spencer stands up for Western civilization.”
Michelle Malkin

“Widely read in conservative foreign policy circles.”
New York Times

“Widely read in many quarters in Washington.”
Washington Post

“A canny operative who likely has the inside track on the State Department’s Middle East affairs desk should the tea party win the White House.”
New York Magazine

“A hero of the American right.”
Karen Armstrong

"The leading anti-Islamic intellectual in the United States....The go-to Islam expert for the right wing."
Salon Magazine

“Robert Spencer is an Edward Said turned upside down.”
Stephen Suleyman Schwartz

“One of the nation's most notorious Islamophobes.”
Hamas-linked CAIR

"Geller and Spencer are probably the most important propagandizing Islamophobes in the world. These people's voices speak very loudly — not just here in the United States but overseas."
Heidi Beirach, Southern Poverty Law Center

“Satanic ignoramus.”
Khaleel Mohammed

“The Likud anti-Christ.”
Dar al-Hayat newspaper (Saudi Arabia)

“Zionist Crusader, missionary of hate, counter-Islam consultant.”
Al-Qaeda’s Adam Gadahn, “Azzam the American”



Follow me on Twitter
facebook islam
RSS feed

Monthly Archives



Donate
Jihad Watch is a 501 (c) 3 organization. Donations are tax-deductible.


Robert Spencer debates on The Quran Teaches WarVideo: Robert Spencer on CPAC Breitbart News
Crucified Again by Raymond Ibrahim
SIOAFreedom Defense InitiativeJihad Watch VideosAmerican Freedom Law Center
Note: Listing here does not imply endorsement of every view expressed at every linked site.

» ACT for America
» Always on Watch
» American Center for Democracy
» American Coptic Association
» American Council for Kosovo
» American Freedom Alliance
» American Freedom Law Center
» American Islamic Forum for Democracy
» American Sheepdogs
» American Thinker
» Americans Against Hate
» Americans for Legal Immigration
» Amerisrael
» Amillennialist Contra Mundum
» Annaqed
» A New Dark Age Is Dawning
» Answering Islam
» Answering Muslims
» Anti-CAIR
» Apostates of Islam
» Aramaic Broadcasting Network (ABN)
» Armies of Liberation
» Assyrian International News Agency
» Atlas Shrugs
» Atour — The State of Assyria
» Australian Islamist Monitor
» Biafra Nation
» Blazing Cat Fur
» Bosch Fawstin
» Brad Thor
» Brussels Journal
» CAIR Watch
» Campus Watch
» Caroline Glick
» Christians Under Attack
» Citizen Warrior
» Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights
» Conservative Nation News
» Copts.com
» Creeping Sharia
» Daniel Pipes
» David Horowitz Freedom Center
» The David Project
» David Thompson
» David Yerushalmi Law
» D. C. Watson
» Dearborn Underground
» DEBKAfile
» Dhimmitude.org
» Dry Bones
» Ellis Washington Report
» Europe News
» Eye On Islam
» Ezra Levant
» Faith Freedom International
» Father Zakaria
» Federale
» Five Feet of Fury
» Foundation for Democracy in Iran
» Free Congress Foundation
» The Free Copts
» Freedom Defense Initiative
» FrontPage Magazine.com
» Geert Wilders
» Genocide1915.info
» Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center
» History of Jihad
» Hizb ut-Tahrir Watch
» Honest Reporting
» Honor Killings
» Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities
» India Defence
» Infidel Blogger’s Alliance
» Infidels Are Cool
» The Intelligence Summit
» International Analyst Network
» International Free Press Society
» Internet Haganah
» The Investigative Project on Terrorism
» IOwnTheWorld.com
» IranPressNews
» Iran va Jahan
» Islam Review
» Islam Speaks
» Islam Versus Europe
» Islam Watch
» Islamic Terrorism in India
» Islamist Watch — Middle East Forum
» Israel Matzav
» JihadOnBuddhists.org
» Kejda Gjermani
» KRSI: Radio Sedaye Iran
» Liberated
» Logan's Warning
» Looking At the Left
» Mahdi Watch
» Mapping Sharia
» Mark Steyn
» Martin Kramer
» MEMRI TV
» Middle East Facts
» Middle East Quarterly
» Middle-East-Info.org
» Middle East Media Research Institute
» Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA)
» Militant Islam Monitor
» Morning Star
» Muhammad Tube
» The Muslim Issue
» Muslim World Today
» Myths and Facts
» National Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Coalition
» NewsReal Blog
» No Mosques At Ground Zero
» Nonie Darwish
» Northeast Intelligence Network
» Occidental Jihadist
» One Jerusalem
» Open Speech
» Operation Give
» Operation Gratitude
» Organiser
» Orwellian Culture
» Palestinian Media Watch
» PamelaGeller.com
» Panun Kashmir
» Pedestrian Infidel
» The People's Cube
» The People of the Book
» Persecution Project
» Political Islam
» Politically Incorrect
» Politiskt Inkorrekt
» Q Society of Australia
» Radio Farda
» Radio Jihad
» RAWA: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
» Raymond Ibrahim
» Red Alerts
» Refugee Resettlement Watch
» Religion of Peace
» Republican Riot
» Reuters Middle East Watch
» The “Reverend” Jim Sutter
» SANE: Society of Americans for National Existence
» The Second Draft
» Shire Network News
» SITE Intelligence Group
» Small Wars Journal
» Smoke-Filled World
» The Snooper Report
» Snow Report Blog
» StandWithUs
» Steve Lackner
» The Stiletto Blog
» STOP! Honour Killings
» Sultan Knish
» Tell the Children the Truth
» Terrorism Awareness Project
» Theodore’s World
» Tom Gross Media
» Translating Jihad
» Una via per Oriana
» Undaunted
» United States Central Command
» Urban Infidel
» Walid Shoebat
» Winds of Jihad
» Women Against Shariah
» World Council for the Cedars Revolution
» Yid With Lid
» Z Street
» Zilla of the Resistance
» Zionist Conspiracy
David LittmanOriana Fallaci Thousands of Deadly Terror Attacks Since 9/11The incredible Reza Aslan automated insult generator! iGoogle Gadget
Site Meter