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## Re: [CT] [MESA] INDIA-Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute

Released on 2012-08-11 09:00 GMT

Email-ID | 671127
Date | 2010-09-22 20:36:03
From | reva.bhalla@stratfor.com
To | bokhari@stratfor.com, ct@stratfor.com, mesa@stratfor.com, animesh.roul@stratfor.com

THanks, Animesh.
I dont think the govt is going to take any big risks on this. They
can';t afford to with Kashmir going nuts rights now.
On Sep 22, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Animesh wrote:
>
> The verdict will certainly create chaos and sporadic violence. and
> But we are not expecting large scale violence, like Godhra. Why? The
> case will and can go to Supreme Court next. So breather for
> alarmists here. People are more catious now than in 1992/3 or 2002.
>
> The govt already banned mass SMSes/MMSes, and ordered/urged to keep
> calm. leaders from both relgions are too urging respective community
> to keep calm and restraint.
>
> To me (and i have chated with many people on this), the High Court
> will take middle path and order to built Temple/Masjid near the
> Epicenter which might be used as 'Sarbadharma Sthal' (Place for all
> relgion). We have Temple/Mosque in two other place Mathura and
> Benaras, for example.
>
> The court might declare many BJP/VHP leader guilty ...this will
> create disturbance as well.
>
>
> Animesh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kamran Bokhari <bokhari@stratfor.com>
> To: CT AOR <ct@stratfor.com>
> Cc: Reva Bhalla <reva.bhalla@stratfor.com>, Middle East AOR <mesa@stratfor.com
> >, Animesh <animesh.roul@stratfor.com>
> Sent: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:34:05 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Re: [CT] [MESA] INDIA-Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute
>
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> <font face="Times New Roman">I have heard that it could be in favor
> of the Muslims, which is why the right-wing Hindu militants are
> sharpening their knives and blades. Should it not be in favor of
> Muslims, this issues gives the jihadists another opportunity (in
> addition to the unrest in Kashmir) to exploit. Not hearing
> anything of pre-verdict demos though. Let me check with a source
> on this. <br>
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> On 9/22/2010 12:59 PM, Reva Bhalla wrote:
> <blockquote cite="mid:9A2EC4D9-599F-4C2A-9DB9-C7A98566BD3A@stratfor.com
> ">
> <div>Animesh, can you answer these questions for us? Thanks<br>
> <br>
> Sent from my iPhone</div>
> <div><br>
> On Sep 22, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Korena Zucha &lt;<a href="mailto:zucha@stratfor.com
> " target="_blank">zucha@stratfor.com</a>&gt;
> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> </div>
> <blockquote>
> <div>
> <font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Any
> insight
> as to which way the high court is expected to rule over
> the Babri
> Masjid site? Are there any protests planned in India
> ahead
> of the
> ruling? It has been reported that security has already
> been increased
> in <br>
> some areas of India as a precaution. Also, can we expect
> to see
> Hindu-Muslim riots after the verdict?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/09/22/hindu-right-hopes-fortunes-turn-on-babri-verdict/
> " target="_blank">http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/09/22/hindu-right-hopes-fortunes-turn-on-babri-verdict/
> </a><br>
> <br>
> The Allahabad High Court&rsquo;s verdict on whether the
> ruined
> structure at a
> disputed site in the town of Ayodhya in northern India is
> a mosque or a
> temple, as well as who has the rights over it, is
> expected
> on Friday.<br>
> <br>
> It will be a monumental decision that in itself, and in
> its aftermath,
> will test India&rsquo;s ability as a nation to balance
> its
> plurality of
> faiths. But the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, a Hindu
> nationalist group
> that is one of the parties on the Hindu side of the court
> case, is
> counting on the event to resurrect the appeal of Hindu
> nationalism and
> its political future.<br>
> <br>
> Established in 1915, the group, whose name loosely
> translates as the
> All India Hindu General Assembly, claims to be
> India&rsquo;s
> first &ldquo;Hindu&rdquo;
> political party and aims to establish a &ldquo;really
> democratic
> Hindu state.&rdquo;<br>
> <br>
> The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, formed in
> 1980, and its
> other affiliates, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
> (National Volunteers
> Group) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council),
> established in
> 1925 and 1964 respectively, have their roots in the Hindu
> Mahasabha and
> espouse similar political ambitions.<br>
> <br>
> The Hindu Mahasabha was briefly banned from contesting
> elections in the
> 1990s because its manifesto didn&rsquo;t appear to
> uphold the
> secular values
> that India&rsquo;s Constitution mandates from every
> political
> party. After
> changing their manifesto and becoming a registered
> political party in
> 1996, the group has had very little electoral
> support.<br>
> <br>
> But the group appears to be trying to rally fervor for
> the
> Ram temple
> issue again. In Hindu belief, Ayodhya, the name of the
> town in Uttar
> Pradesh state where the disputed site is located, was the
> birthplace of
> the God Ram.<br>
> <br>
> Acharya Madan Singh, executive president of the Hindu
> Mahasabha, told
> India Real Time that his group is the
> &ldquo;caretaker&rdquo; of the
> disputed Babri
> Masjid site, and maintains that the mosque was grafted
> onto a
> pre-existing temple when the Central Asian conqueror
> Babur
> invaded
> India in the 16th century.<br>
> <br>
> &ldquo;Only the dome was added to the same temple by
> Babur&rsquo;s men
> in 1528 that
> gave it a shape of a mosque,&rdquo; Mr. Singh
> says.&nbsp; &ldquo;No namaz
> (Muslim
> prayer) was offered in that place ever.&rdquo;<br>
> <br>
> Mr. Singh says that Babur &ldquo;occupied several
> temples and
> Hindu palaces
> to turn them into mosques and forts.&rdquo; Mr. Singh
> also calls
> the first
> ruler of the Mughal empire, which weakened as the British
> colonial
> conquest began, a &ldquo;terrorist.&rdquo;<br>
> <br>
> Muslim groups differ with this understanding of history,
> saying their
> examination of historical documents and travel accounts
> from the time
> doesn&rsquo;t show any temple was demolished for the
> construction of Babri
> Masjid.<br>
> <br>
> Hindu mobs demolished the mosque in December 1992,
> demanding the right
> to build a temple there. The demolition sparked sectarian
> riots into
> January, especially in Mumbai, that left many dead, more
> of them Muslim
> than Hindu.<br>
> <br>
> Mr. Singh says his group was not involved in the
> demolition and says
> that the BJP, RSS and other groups who led mobs to
> destroy
> the mosque
> have wronged Hindu gods. He said the structure they
> destroyed was the
> remains of a temple that had existed since the birth of
> the Lord Ram
> hundreds of thousands years ago.<br>
> <br>
> &ldquo;The BJP hijacked our issue,&rdquo; said Mr.
> Singh. &ldquo;We had told
> them &lsquo;you
> are destroying the temple.&rsquo; But they needed an
> emotional
> issue for
> winning Hindus.&rdquo;<br>
> <br>
> BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar says that his party
> wanted
> a temple
> built at the Ayodhya site, but that the demolition was
> not
> part of his
> party&rsquo;s plan.<br>
> <br>
> &ldquo;BJP never wanted demolition but it
> happened,&rdquo; said Mr.
> Javadekar,
> whose party has been in disarray since losing back-to-
> back
> elections.<br>
> <br>
> These days, some Indian political observers wonder if
> Hindu nationalism
> itself has lost its appeal.<br>
> <br>
> In the larger political sphere, scores of commentators
> have argued one
> side or another of India&rsquo;s politico-religious
> tussles
> thrown into
> relief around this case. In court, 22 lawyers have argued
> for the
> structure to be recognized as Hindu against two lawyers
> arguing for it
> to be safeguarded as an Islamic property.<br>
> <br>
> The court case initially began in 1950, when a Hindu
> petitioner asked
> for regular access to the Babri Masjid site for prayers
> and for idol
> worship, says H.S. Jain, the Hindu Mahasabha&rsquo;s
> lawyer.
> This was later
> clubbed together with several other suits by Hindu
> petitioners. The
> leading three petitioners each claim to be the only true
> representative
> of the country&rsquo;s Hindus.<br>
> <br>
> On the other side, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Board
> of Waqfs ,
> which supervises mosques and other sites of Sunni Islamic
> heritage in
> the state, and others filed a petition in 1961, asking
> for
> the removal
> of idols from the site and full possession to the
> property. Zufar
> Farooqui, the present chairman of the board, says the
> disputed site was
> registered with the board as a mosque in the 1940s.<br>
> <br>
> Unless the Supreme Court defers the verdict, the
> Allahabad
> High Court
> in the state of Uttar Pradesh will have the uncomfortable
> task of
> weighing in all these claims Friday.<br>
> <br>
> The government has asked for calm, whatever the outcome.
> Mr. Singh at
> the Hindu Mahasabha didn&rsquo;t appear to be giving any
> guarantees, although
> he did say the &ldquo;first recourse in case of an
> adverse
> verdict is the
> Supreme Court.&rdquo;<br>
> <br>
> But he also added, &ldquo;If Ram temple is not made,
> every Hindu
> will come
> out of home for the sacrifice. If the law comes in
> between, the law
> itself has to be changed. Law should be according to the
> will of the
> Hindus to whom India belongs.&rdquo;</font></font>
> </div>
> </blockquote>
> </blockquote>
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>
> --
> Animesh