A lot of India's history has been manipulated throughout the years to suit the means of the people in power. Islamic Invaders were AWFUL. They plundered our homes and temples, they forcefully took our women's dignity to the point that even corpses weren't spared. The tradition of Jauhar came to place because of these invaders- Ghori, Khiljis and what not- who were notorious for their necrophilism.
The Mughals were no different. Textbooks paint them as these righteous messiahs after a long period of having exploitative rulers but that is far from truth. There were forced conversions right from the dawn of the Islamic empire of course, people (usually the already discriminated lower caste) did it in hopes of being less exploited and gaining employment faster. But these rulers only preferred the "pure" muslims. That is, the one from their community.
Our temples were broken and mosques and tombs were built on their ruins instead. In fact, if you go near the Qutub Minar, there are a few ruins where you could see the sculptures of hindu gods etched into the stones but their faces, and only their faces, are broken. So that we know it's one of our Gods and understand the disrespect was inflicted purposefully.
Nalanda was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji. Centuries old knowledge was burnt to ashes. The library burned for months. Do you all comprehend the amount of ancient knowledge and text lost because of it?
Ram Mandir was a controversial topic for DECADES. People died because of it. Guru Rambhadracharya had to prove the existence of the janmabhoomi in the court. (I hope you guys saw his interview when Ram Mandir was finally opened. The man was at loss of words and had tears in his eyes.)
The Varanasi Gyanvapi mandir is still under debate.
The Hindu history in India is full of challenges after the invasions and it has been altered so many times that people don't even know their facts straight anymore.
I'm not saying this as some anti-islamic propaganda or something. I'm just telling how much suffering generations have dealt with. Because it's infuriating when people dismiss these things as me being non-secular or discriminatory. At the end of the day, you just can't change what is true. I'm not going to every person who belongs to that community's house, pointing a gun to their head and going "your ancestors killed my ancestors so you have to pay for it" no. I'm just saying that there used to be a certain group which has wronged my community in many ways. Why don't you accept it and help us restore the things we lost so we can live together peacefully?
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