From Babri Masjid to Gyanvyapi mosque: Why liberals fail to learn any lesson
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From Babri Masjid to Gyanvyapi mosque: Why liberals fail to learn any lesson

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Liberals in India need to understand that denial does not obliterate fault lines; it only deepens them With a ‘Shivlinga’ at the Gyanvyapi mosque in Varanasi and the Eidgah at the Krishna Janmabhoomi site being talked about, many commentators have weighed in on how Kashi and Mathura seem set to follow the path of Ayodhya, where the Babri Masjid not just stayed in news for long but also changed the course of Indian politics. The skewed vision of the Indian liberal also makes her side with conservative sections of Muslim society — something that makes reform or even rational engagement between the two communities impossible. Medieval India — or the ‘Muslim period’ — was seen as a period of history when Muslim kings committed atrocities on their Hindu subjects. ‘Secular’ politics also tended to instinctively side with conservative Muslim voices, thus effectively stifling any chances of a secular Muslim leadership in India.

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