[Assam] invasion of Indo-Gangetic plains by Muslims

[Ram Sarangapani]

Dear Barua,

>I just want to ask you one question. Do you have any proof of the above
statement?

In all fairness, I too have heard/read of such stories in the past. I don't
have any proof, nor can I place a bet that such things did happen for sure.

But looking at it in a practical manner, it is well within the realm of
possibilities of survival, that such things did happen.

There were also stories that Hindus (during Hindu-Muslim riots at
independence) would eat beef to prove they were Muslims and Muslims
would say they were Hindus by giving claiming their names as Pharsi or
Christian.

There were also stories that both Hindus and Muslims often protected each
other as neighbors when attacked.

There are also stories of Assamese and Bengalis (during riots) protecting
each other - both at Guwahati and in Silchar.

I tend to believe these stories both, good and bad. What I am trying to say
is that human beings would be willing to cross religious threshholds if it
were a question of life and death.

--Ram


On 3/9/06, Rajen Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  >On January 29, 2006, I clearly wrote in the net that "To protect a
> family during the early period of invasion of Indo-Gangetic plains, if a
> family of had five >brothers, two would take conversion to Islam to protect
> the remaining three.
>
> Dear Himen-da:
> I just want to ask you one question. Do you have any proof of the above
> statement?
> If yes, can you support with any historical reference or book or article
> written by any historians?
> I never heard such statement from any quarter. So it is very important
> that we absolutely find the truth
> Rajen.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Himendra Thakur <hthakur at comcast.net>
> *To:* Shantikam Hazarika <shntikamhaz at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* assam at assamnet.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:01 AM
> *Subject:* [Assam] Khasi-Christian Stereotyping
>
>
>
> Dear Shantikam,
>
>
>
> I completely agree with you that this is a wastage of time. But, if I do
> not record my protest to Mr. Mukul Mahanta for his accusation that I incited
> *"young Assam INTELLECTUALS to kill a million! Muslims?", *or to protest
> to Mr. Chandan Mahanta for his accusation that I am involved in a crime *"to
> perpetrate ethnic-cleansing, to send them to gas-chambers",* the younger
> generation may go with a wrong impression. I must protest and record that I
> am not even remotely involved in these crimes.
>
>
>
> On January 29, 2006, I clearly wrote in the net that "To protect a family
> during the early period of invasion of Indo-Gangetic plains, if a family of
> had five brothers, two would take conversion to Islam to protect the
> remaining three. Without the protection of Indian Muslims, India would have
> become completely Islamized like Persia. I have recorded this many times
> that, in India, *Hindus and Muslims are brothers* lost in the hurricane of
> History. Once that hurricane is over, the two brothers will shake off their
> differences and unite."  I have been declaring the Hindus and Muslims as
> "brothers" since 1991 in my published book "Don't Burn My Mother!" The
> insinuations by Mr. Mukul Mahanta and Mr. Chandan Mahanta that I incited
> "young Assam INTELLECTUALS to kill a million! Muslims?" and that I am
> involved in a crime "to perpetrate ethnic-cleansing, to send them to
> gas-chambers" are preposterous, to say the least.
>
>
>
>
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