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What do you make of the DDC trying to demolish the mosque in Delhi currently then?

alephnerd 3y ago
Mixed bag. They shouldn't have demolished the historic Akhondji masjid (it is truly ancient), but the slum built around it was built on land that was encroached on. Delhi is ruled by the opposition AAP. It's not like Temples don't get demolished either [0], and 4 temples were demolished along with the Akhondji Masjid [1] during the Mehrauli demolishment drive. If it was truly egregious Islamophobia, Indian allies like the UAE and KSA would have called it out like they did Nupur Sharma's extremely insensitive statement 2 years ago. [0] - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/delhi/delhi-temple-demolition-delhi-govts-encroachment-drive-leads-to-hindu-temple-demolition-in-geeta-colony/videoshow/102908393.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/delhi/delhi-... [1] - https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/mosque-temples-graves-in-82-structures-razed-in-delhi-s-mehrauli-101707502017793.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/mosque-temp...
- selimthegrim 3y ago
  https://thepatriot.in/heritage/experts-historians-object-to-proposal-to-remove-sunehri-masjid-44228 https://thepatriot.in/heritage/experts-historians-object-to-... NDMC is 80% controlled by Central Government, not Delhi government. (Sorry I should have written NDMC instead of MCD (which is what I meant by DDC above)).
  - alephnerd 3y ago
    Sunehri Bagh Masjid hasn't been demolished: it's still there. Also it appears you are confusing different cases. It's going through the court system, as it should. Hindu temples go through the cycle as well, and as I noted above, 4 Hindu temples neighboring the Akhondji Masjid were demolished as well. Look, I won't deny that it sucks being Muslim in India, but not every act is explicitly done out of Islamophobia. If I wanted to, I could say the same thing about Hindu Mandirs being demolished in Karachi's slum redevelopment program as well (not out of Hinduphobia) Finally, I've never heard of "The Patriot" before. The primary newspapers in Delhi are The Tribune's Delhi Edition and The Hindustan Times, and it's been that way for over a century.

Mixed bag. They shouldn't have demolished the historic Akhondji masjid (it is truly ancient), but the slum built around it was built on land that was encroached on. Delhi is ruled by the opposition AAP. It's not like Temples don't get demolished either [0], and 4 temples were demolished along with the Akhondji Masjid [1] during the Mehrauli demolishment drive. If it was truly egregious Islamophobia, Indian allies like the UAE and KSA would have called it out like they did Nupur Sharma's extremely insensitive statement 2 years ago. [0] - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/delhi/delhi-temple-demolition-delhi-govts-encroachment-drive-leads-to-hindu-temple-demolition-in-geeta-colony/videoshow/102908393.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/delhi/delhi-... [1] - https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/mosque-temples-graves-in-82-structures-razed-in-delhi-s-mehrauli-101707502017793.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/mosque-temp...

selimthegrim 3y ago
https://thepatriot.in/heritage/experts-historians-object-to-proposal-to-remove-sunehri-masjid-44228 https://thepatriot.in/heritage/experts-historians-object-to-... NDMC is 80% controlled by Central Government, not Delhi government. (Sorry I should have written NDMC instead of MCD (which is what I meant by DDC above)).
- alephnerd 3y ago
  Sunehri Bagh Masjid hasn't been demolished: it's still there. Also it appears you are confusing different cases. It's going through the court system, as it should. Hindu temples go through the cycle as well, and as I noted above, 4 Hindu temples neighboring the Akhondji Masjid were demolished as well. Look, I won't deny that it sucks being Muslim in India, but not every act is explicitly done out of Islamophobia. If I wanted to, I could say the same thing about Hindu Mandirs being demolished in Karachi's slum redevelopment program as well (not out of Hinduphobia) Finally, I've never heard of "The Patriot" before. The primary newspapers in Delhi are The Tribune's Delhi Edition and The Hindustan Times, and it's been that way for over a century.