Mosque is not a religious place, can be demolished any time: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy

[Levina]

OT:
hey there, the thing you mentioned about highway engineering. . Is it 100% true? Wanted to confirm because there was a controversies in my town on highway widening and a church. Thanks.

Under normal circumstances religious places 're avoided, unless it is mandatory to demolish it.
And afaik special permission has to be taken if a religious structure is to be demolished. (i'm sure about that)

 

[SrNair]

Swamy this is India not Saudi Arabia .And also we can demolish the instant worship places whether that is temple,church or mosque .If it is a problem to development activities.
You cant single out mosque from there.

 

[45'22']

I think he is @45'22' . He uses this account for replying and kahonapyarhai account for posting new threads. He clarified this somewhere in this forum.

 

[Bitter Melon]

This is the logic that he actually wanted to articulate....
But no need to rake up such issues ....

Let us say he is a bold man and more courageous than you.

 

[jamahir]

like i said soon after joining pdf last year, muslims don't need mosques... islam is not a religion of ritualism and constant prayer... only the structures at makkah, madinah, jerusalem and few other places have reason for existence.

india has the most number of mosques in the world... 300,000+ !!! and that number 100,000+ just a few years back. !!!

the above is because of many indian "muslims" adopting non-islami traditions.

most mosques in the world can be and should be demolished... they have contributed only to poisoning the impressionable minds.

didn't egypt government order closure of 27,000 mosques just a few days back??

the only sadness in the indian case is that it is subramanian swamy who is say this?? where are the so-called leaders of indian muslims?? preparing to send another tableeghi brainwash team to xinjiang or dagestan or jakarta??

 

[Hindustani78]

This statement by Mr Swamy is linked to Babri masjid issue.

BJP downplays Swamy's controversial remark on mosques | Zee News
Last Updated: Sunday, March 15, 2015 - 16:24

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday downplayed party leader Subramanian Swamy's mosque 'not a religious place' remark, saying there can be no comment that that is negative to anyone's beliefs, faith or place of worship.


"I have not seen the statement and I don't know whether it is correct if he has said it in that sense. However, when it comes to anyone's faith and their place of worship, it has to be respected," BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli told ANI here.

"There can be no comment that is negative to anyone's own beliefs, their own faith or their place of worship," he added.

Meanwhile, Swamy defended his remark and said that the Islamic places of worship have been demolished for public purposes in British times.

"As far as the masjid is concerned, the Indian Supreme Court constitutional bench of 1994, in the famous Ram temple matter, observed that a masjid is not an essential part of Islamic religion and, therefore, in the British time mosques have been demolished for a public purpose," Swamy told ANI here.

"In our own experience here, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) had moved four masjids out of the way of temples, two from MP, one from Goa and one from Karnataka and at that time the Director responsible was a person called Mohammad, whom I recently honoured in a function in Kerala," he added.

Citing the example of Saudi Arabia, Swamy said that mosques are regularly demolished or given another place in the Islamic kingdom.

"Christian churches are regularly purchased by VHP branch in USA because the number of people going to churches is going down. So, many churches are unable to maintain themselves, economically, so they sell it. The VHP has been purchasing these churches and converting them into temples," he added.

Swamy had earlier said that mosque is not a religious place but is just a building that can be demolished any time.

An FIR under IPC Sections 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) and 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) has been filed against Swamy, who had made the controversial statement at a programme in Guwahati, after a complaint by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS).

The KMSS has accused Swamy of spreading communal disturbance ahead of the assembly polls in Assam.

ANI

 

[TankMan]

All Indians are Hindus.

Enough with the pointless one-liners already.
If they say they are Muslims, you can not call them Hindus, unless you have now considered Hinduism to be an ethnicity or nationality instead of a set of beliefs. 15% of India's population identifies as Muslim.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Enough with the pointless one-liners already.
If they say they are Muslims, you can not call them Hindus, unless you have now considered Hinduism to be an ethnicity or nationality instead of a set of beliefs. 15% of India's population identifies as Muslim.

Hinduism is actually not a set of beliefs.

 

[TankMan]

Hinduism is actually not a set of beliefs.

Exactly - so you define Hinduism as what, to be precise? Hinduism is mostly considered a set of beliefs. Please expand on your point.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Exactly - so you define Hinduism as what, to be precise? Hinduism is mostly considered a set of beliefs. Please expand on your point.

Hinduism does not exist.

 

[TankMan]

Hinduism does not exist.

 

[Green Arrow]

Good to see that swamy ji is back with another controversy.

Interestingly, he only likes to post threads on this site, he/she doesnt participate in any discussion.
I seriously doubt that this guy is on pdf's payroll. Lol

But then how he got the negative rating ?

 

[wolfschanzze]

Most of Indians in here are engineers. Some are MBA too. Engineer+MBA is a common phenomenon in India nowadays.

They do MBA after Engineering to get a job in MNC company or IT companies.Not to open startups or become Entrepreneurs themselves.
The very purpose of MBA is lost once you start working as a clerk for some MNC.
The very purpose of Engineering is lost once you start working as IT specialist, when you were trained in Mechanical,Chemical,EEE, and Electronic Engineering.

Out of Professionals,only Lawyers and Doctors are still continuing in the the field they studied in.Engineers started abandoning their profession once the IT boom came.

 

[jamahir]

Good job, pls remove foreign culture from India. Thanks

you mean hinduism too, i believe.

 

[I.R.A]

like i said soon after joining pdf last year, muslims don't need mosques... islam is not a religion of ritualism and constant prayer... only the structures at makkah, madinah, jerusalem and few other places have reason for existence.

india has the most number of mosques in the world... 300,000+ !!! and that number 100,000+ just a few years back. !!!

the above is because of many indian "muslims" adopting non-islami traditions.

most mosques in the world can be and should be demolished... they have contributed only to poisoning the impressionable minds.

didn't egypt government order closure of 27,000 mosques just a few days back??

the only sadness in the indian case is that it is subramanian swamy who is say this?? where are the so-called leaders of indian muslims?? preparing to send another tableeghi brainwash team to xinjiang or dagestan or jakarta??

My personal Belief (You may not agree with me)

The only case where a mosque was demolished during life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is that of a "Masjid e Zarar", reason to demolish it, was that it was built with intention to gather support to harm and plan anarchy within Muslims.

Zionists have a long outstanding dream of "Demolishing Mosque Al Aqsa" to rebuild their "Temple of Solomon". I won't bore you with importance of happening of this event and its link with future events to unfold in light of Islamic Prophecies (you can always research it yourself or you may already know). The importance of this Swami's statement for me is that it will set a precedent to demolish Mosques without any reason by Non Muslims and that will remove "Importance and sense of belonging Muslims associate with a mosque". In nutshell it is very easy to demolish any mosque when Muslims start considering it to be normal and nothing unusual. I hope you get my point.