Re: [nukkad] Vadodara

["Anantha Narayanan" <>]

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Yesterday some TV channel shown live pictures of cops shooting at people
(shooting at heart level). That shooting alone led to death of 2.

On 5/7/06, ROHIT  wrote:
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> 1. Gujarat High Court ordered removal of a structure.
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> This Dargah was not the only illegally built and obstructing structure.
> A few days earlier some six road side temples were demolished.
> There were protests and presentations to the municipal authorities,
> but then that was all about it. All illegally constructed temples were
> razed to the ground and the area cleared for widening the road to
> cater to ever growing traffic in Vadodara, a city of 2 million.
> Before the court's order was enacted by the local civic authority,
> several rounds of conciliatory meetings were held with Muslim
> religious and community leaders of the area but their adamancy
> prevented any amicable settlement of the matter.
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> 2. It was removed in pursuance of court orders.
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> Because the municipal authorities knew before hand what was in
> the offing when it came to removing an illegal structure of Muslim
> faith, they had as a pre-emptive measure obtained the court's prior
> permission. Or else the demolition squads of each municipality is
> always authorized to clear such structures, no matter if they are of
> religious importance to any community in particular or to all in the
> locality.
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> 3. Some people wanted their personal views to prevail over Court orders
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> related action and took law in their own hands and created law and order
> problem, to quell which police had to resort to firing, resulting in a few
> deaths.
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> The point here is the demolished structure was an old Dargah and can not
> be regarded as mosque / masjid. Usually a Dargah is visited by the
> followers
> of both Muslim and Hindu faiths for they are symbolic of Sufi / Bhakti
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> of each practice, like all Dargahs all over India. True, some 80% of them
> could
> be Muslims, but then the Hindus did not seek confrontation with the
> authorities,
> while few Muslims gave it an intolerant and later a violent turn. In
> strict Islam
> there is no room for structures like Dargah, Makbara etc. etc., then why
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> a vehement opposition disturbing peace of 2 million ?
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> 4. The above are mere facts, as reported in the media. When facts are
> plain,
> why muddle them with comments?
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> Anna has some exposure to Indian affairs from the remote corner and
> generally her observations are of a bird's eye view. Naturally we do
> not expect her to know much of actual, factual ground realities of a
> country so vastly differing in her demographic character. Thus some
> clarifications might be helpful to her.
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> Rohit Zaveri.
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