Has the word 'terrorist' lost it's meaning?
"YOU CRAZY LIBRUL! HOW DARE YOU QUESTION OUR COUNTRY'S RAIGHT TUH CALL YEW A TURRURYST!!" yup. would agree. I'm also tired of being called a liberal when i disagree...especially when I'm not. And shortly after being called a commie, I'm told to move to another country. I'm seriously thinking about it. I don't wanna be on the recieving end when we piss enough of the world off and every nukes US!
What is the first terrorism act in the world?
If you traveled back in time to the Roman empire and told them about the religiously affiliated terrorists in the middle east, the Romans would probably go "oh, Sicarii are still around?"Sicarius means 'dagger man', and referred to their favorite tactic of stabbing anyone they didn't like to death, which included civilian targets in public places. They were a part of the Zealots (Judea), a monotheist middle eastern group that believed their god YHWH was aiding them in a 'holy war' against the Romans for the 'holy land'. What makes them stand out as terrorists is they also killed their fellow middle easterners that didn't share their radicalized worldview, particularly community leaders like priests who were accused of being Roman collaborators. By 68CE the Zealots had taken over the largest temple in Jerusalem. When a less radicalized faction tried to drive them out in the Zealot Temple Siege, the Zealots defeated them then started massacring civilians perceived as collaborators.The middle eastern scholar Josephus was alive at this time and wrote of how the Zealots massacred whole communities of fellow YHWH worshipers that refused to bow to them, and also killed any Roman troops that surrendered.In 73CE the Roman empire's troops had a Zealot stronghold surrounded in the Siege of Masada. As one final show of fanaticism the Zealots killed off all of the women and children in the fortress, then themselves. Now technically 'terrorist' is a word that came around the French revolution to describe the use of terror tactics on civilian populations, but I figure the Zealots and Sicarius are a good example from 2,000 years ago that folks today would go "yep, that's a terrorist".
Why did Muslim invaders and rulers destroy Indian temples and other historical places?
Contrary to the popular belief, all Mughal invaders weren't completely intolerable with other religions.Looking at the graph of 5 main kings in Mughal ancestry, the graph shows the mountain- like presentation.In Babur's times, he wasn't much liberal with other faiths. He let them grew alongwith capturing the Hindu kingdoms.His son Humayun, was more liberal than him in flowering other faiths side by side with Islam but he supported the Mohammadans over and above other faiths.He was succeeded by hia son Akbar whose liberality and open mindedness towards other faiths made him the most famous and loved Mughal emperor. At his times, followers of other faiths did not feel heat of his wrath.His son Jahangir did not completely follow his father's footsteps and didn't treat Hindus and others fairly.After him, Shah Jahan, who dethroned him by killing him alongwith his elder brother, too was’nt tolerable towards other faiths.And last, but not the least ill-famous emperor Aurangzeb completely tried to destroy the other faiths from the face of India.These were the famous Mughal emperors and after them, for some time, Mughals still ruled India but not without much power. They were defeated by Portugese and British invaders who alongwith Marathas and other Hindu kings.This now brings us to the answer to your question, why Lal Mandir was allowed to be built in front of the Red Fort, the symbol of Mughal rule?The temple was built by some Aggarwal merchants who Shah Jahan invited to live along with him in his walled city of ShahJahanabad in 1658. Earlier the idols were put in tents and later the temple was built and restructured by Raja Harsukh Rai ji, a treasurer under the rule of Shah Alam II, who was kind towards other religions, in early nineteenth century.So, basically, whole Mughal dynasty can't be tagged with destruction. It varied king to king. And due to this, we have a temple at the front of the most important place of Delhi, Chandni Chowk.Bliss!!
What is the problem with Qatar?
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and Egypt has cut diplomatic ties with qatar. which means trade and transportation between these countries are at temporary halt. Air space for national carriers are also closed. As per recent updates, Qatar also closed its border for goods coming from saudi & UAE. Diplomats & citizens of these countries are given 2 week notice to deport back to their countries. During the holy month of ramadan, these countries have decided to do this which is the most shocking fact.In qatar, nothing is actually happening in public level. people love this country and will support it at all costs.There are exaggerated news spread over social media which may have caused some panic in supermarkets to stock up groceries mainly fresh poultry, eggs & milk of which saudi is the exporter. whats happening in diplomatic terms are not yet revealed.I am not sure but from the news i gather that the GCC countries are not happy with qatar keeping relations with Iran. Qatar and iran share world’s largest gas field. Cutting ties with iran will cause great problems in gas exploration to qatar which covers 70% of its GDP. There are speculations from the recent hack on national newspaper which revealed some false news to hamper the relation between qatar and its neighboring nations.Qatar has strong leadership and has dealt with issues like this in the past and will resolve it again. There is no need to panic.