7th Rangers: Did you know: The Somnath temple idol was smashed into four pieces, and buried inside Jama Masjid, Ghazni Palace entrance, Mecca, and Medina
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Did you know: The Somnath temple idol was smashed into four pieces, and buried inside Jama Masjid, Ghazni Palace entrance, Mecca, and Medina
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Somnath Temple (L), Mahmud of Ghazni (R)
The subjugation of kafirs and subjection of their faith to ignominy were
the key objectives undergirding the Islamic conquests in medieval
India.
The Mahmud of Ghazni not only launched repeated attacks on
Somnath Temple to plunder its legendary wealth but also sought to
humiliate Hindus by destroying the idol of one of their most revered
deities. Earlier today, the court-monitored survey of the disputed Gyanvapi structure reportedly found a Shivling inside the Wuzukhana of the mosque. The Wuzukhana is a place inside a mosque where Muslims wash their hands and feet before offering namaz.
The discovery of a Shivling
inside the mosque, that too at a place associated with ‘cleansing
dirt’, sparked outrage among Hindus and brought to the fore the
historical aversion that Muslim rulers who attacked India harboured for
Kafirs in general and Hindus or idol-worshippers in particular.
The desecration of Somnath idol by Mahmud of Ghazni: The utter contempt harboured by Islamic marauders against Vedic faiths
One of the hallmarks of centuries of Islamic rule in India was the
deep antagonism they held against Hindus, which was manifested from time
to time in their perverse desire to humiliate Hindus and force them
into embracing Islam. To this end, the Islamic marauders not only looted
the legendary wealth of temples to fill their coffers but also
subjected Hindus to mortification by destroying the temples and
desecrating the idols that resided in them.
Perhaps, no one embodied this hatred against Hindus and their deities
more zealously than Mahmud of Ghazni, who led 17 attacks against the
hallowed Hindu temple of Somnath and made no bones about his aversion
for Hindu beliefs and idols of Hindu Gods. While his primary aim to
invade India was to loot its vaunted wealth, Mahmud of Ghazni was
equally fanatic in attacking India to spread Islam. In his sixteenth
expedition to India in 1025, he plundered the celebrated idol of
Somnath. The word “Somnath” means master of the moon. The Somnath temple
located in Gujarat, India, is one of the twelve jyotirlingas of Lord
Shiva.
The subjugation of kafirs and subjection of their faith to ignominy
were the key objectives undergirding the Islamic conquests in medieval
India. The Mahmud of Ghazni not only launched repeated attacks on
Somnath Temple to plunder its legendary wealth but also sought to
humiliate Hindus by destroying the idol of one of their most revered
deities.
According to historical accounts, during his 16th raid on the Somnath
Temple, he smashed and broke the idol of Lord Somnath into four
pieces. After successfully subduing defenders of the Somnath Temple,
Mahmud of Ghazni entered the temple, where he saw the majestic idol of
Lord Somnath. On seeing the idol, anger coursed through him and he
lifted his mace and attacked with such ferocity that the reportedly five
yard-long idol of Lord Somnath was broken into pieces.
