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Kashi, Mathura Are Not About The Past; They Symbolise An Iconoclasm That Continues Even Today


Kashi, Mathura Are Not About The Past; They Symbolise An Iconoclasm That Continues Even Today
by R Jagannathan - Apr 12, 2021 11:01 AM
The Gyanvapi mosque. (Wikimedia Commons)
Snapshot
Kashi and Mathura are not instances of Muslim iconoclasm and temple vandalism from some time in the distant past where despotic rulers had no compunctions about targeting Hindus.
These problems are extant today in many parts of the Indian sub-continent.
A Varanasi district court’s order asking the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to check if there was a destroyed temple under the Gyanvapi mosque has raised liberal and Muslim hackles all around. ....

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