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## Re: [CT] [MESA] INDIA-Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute

Released on 2012-08-11 09:00 GMT

Email-ID | 669777
Date | 2010-09-22 21:36:02
From | bokhari@stratfor.com
To | ct@stratfor.com, zucha@stratfor.com, mesa@stratfor.com, animesh.roul@stratfor.com

Here are some thoughts from an Indian contact:
If the court wants to rule on the issue and not skirt it once again by
sending it for further reviews, the likelihood is that the it will rule
the demolition as illegal and will rule in favor of Babri mosque.
Judiciary is fair and strictly adheres to facts and provisions of law
under which it is beyond doubt that the demolition was illegal. That is is
why senior BJP leaders are facing criminal charges for their involvement
in the demolition. It is very unlikely that this verdict will be any
different. However, it may or may not rule on issue of whether there was
any religious structure or not before the mosque was built and it might
recommend further investigations.
I assume that the BJP leadership is also aware that the verdict might go
against the demolition and thus they are talking about appealing to the
Supreme Court and are asking people to stay calm. It is a fact that
whatever the verdict is it will indeed go to the SC and will not resolve
the matter.
If the court does rule on the issue of the dispute and does not come up
with a lame duck judgment leaving the issue unresolved, the chances are
that there is will sporadic violence. Security has indeed been beefed up
across the country and the law and order administration is ready to face
the fallout of the verdict especially in view of the upcoming Commonwealth
Games but they may still not be able to prevent violence because there
will definitely be attempts to incite it. Some religious leaders are
already saying that that they will not accept the verdict because the
court has no jurisdiction over religious matters. There are reports that
certain organizations are preparing for an adverse judgment. However, I
still doubt that there will be widespread Hindu-Muslim riots across the
country because of lack of mass involvement. Yet there might be stray
cases of violence in some parts of the country especially in the smaller
cities.
The court is deciding for the first time on the issue of title since the
petition was first filed in 1885 in Faizabad. It will tread very carefully
and take into account every single issue in its verdict. Given the
sensitivity of the case, I have no doubt that It will be a
watertight judgment. Moreover, this judgment will have a direct bearing
on the issue of demolition of the mosque and cases against senior BJP
leaders. The title and demolition issues are intertwined and by deciding
the title, if at all it does, the court will indirectly rule on the issue
of demolition.
On 9/22/2010 2:53 PM, Korena Zucha wrote:
Thanks Animesh. Any updates you may have leading up to and on Sept. 24
are appreciated.
Animesh wrote:
Verdict against Muslim would give impetus to IM/SIMI , radicals like PFI and other Pak trained and Kashmir centric groups to step up their activities in the name of Islam ('Islam in danger' argument). I donaEUR(TM)t consider Hindu Militants are that capable or dangerous. Rightwing groups like Siva Sena/MNS, RSS/VHP will do their protests...but nobody will go violent as they might not upset their chance in SUpreme Court.
Again there is no support for them in the Society at large.Hindu groups could trigger vigilante activities for sure. The situation (of 1992/1993 era) has changed. Hindus are not following the 'Ram'/RSS/Safron brigade blindly...
Well we can expect Riots/Stone pelting: in UP towns (Lucknow, Kanpur, Benares, Faizabad (the epicenter) and Gorakhpur have many sensitive places, mostly Walled Cities, Ghettos, and Muslim Bastis). Also in Kerala, in Hyderabad, in Mumbai there could be some tensions...but it wonaEUR(TM)t be too much for the security forces. Delhi might see some peaceful demonstrations...
Animesh
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From: Korena Zucha <zucha@stratfor.com>
To: CT AOR <ct@stratfor.com>
Cc: Middle East AOR <mesa@stratfor.com>, Animesh <animesh.roul@stratfor.com>
Sent: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:25:08 -0500 (CDT)
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<font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">One other
question: could we also see Islamist militant groups launch attacks
against Hindu or Muslim targets in the hope of igniting riots?<br>
<br>
</font></font>Reva Bhalla wrote:
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<div>Animesh, can you answer these questions for us? Thanks<br>
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Sent from my iPhone</div>
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On Sep 22, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Korena Zucha &lt;<a href="mailto:zucha@stratfor.com" target="_blank">zucha@stratfor.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Any
insight
as to which way the high court is expected to rule over the Babri
Masjid site? Are there any protests planned in India ahead of the
ruling? It has been reported that security has already been increased
in <br>
some areas of India as a precaution. Also, can we expect to see
Hindu-Muslim riots after the verdict?<br>
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/09/22/hindu-right-hopes-fortunes-turn-on-babri-verdict/" target="_blank">http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/09/22/hindu-right-hopes-fortunes-turn-on-babri-verdict/</a><br>
<br>
The Allahabad High Court&acirc;&euro;&trade;s verdict on whether the ruined structure at
a
disputed site in the town of Ayodhya in northern India is a mosque or a
temple, as well as who has the rights over it, is expected on Friday.<br>
<br>
It will be a monumental decision that in itself, and in its aftermath,
will test India&acirc;&euro;&trade;s ability as a nation to balance its plurality of
faiths. But the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, a Hindu nationalist group
that is one of the parties on the Hindu side of the court case, is
counting on the event to resurrect the appeal of Hindu nationalism and
its political future.<br>
<br>
Established in 1915, the group, whose name loosely translates as the
All India Hindu General Assembly, claims to be India&acirc;&euro;&trade;s first
&acirc;&euro;&oelig;Hindu&acirc;&euro;A&#65533;
political party and aims to establish a &acirc;&euro;&oelig;really democratic Hindu
state.&acirc;&euro;A&#65533;<br>
<br>
The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, formed in 1980, and its
other affiliates, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (National Volunteers
Group) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council), established in
1925 and 1964 respectively, have their roots in the Hindu Mahasabha and
espouse similar political ambitions.<br>
<br>
The Hindu Mahasabha was briefly banned from contesting elections in the
1990s because its manifesto didn&acirc;&euro;&trade;t appear to uphold the secular
values
that India&acirc;&euro;&trade;s Constitution mandates from every political party. After
changing their manifesto and becoming a registered political party in
1996, the group has had very little electoral support.<br>
<br>
But the group appears to be trying to rally fervor for the Ram temple
issue again. In Hindu belief, Ayodhya, the name of the town in Uttar
Pradesh state where the disputed site is located, was the birthplace of
the God Ram.<br>
<br>
Acharya Madan Singh, executive president of the Hindu Mahasabha, told
India Real Time that his group is the &acirc;&euro;&oelig;caretaker&acirc;&euro;A&#65533; of the disputed
Babri
Masjid site, and maintains that the mosque was grafted onto a
pre-existing temple when the Central Asian conqueror Babur invaded
India in the 16th century.<br>
<br>
&acirc;&euro;&oelig;Only the dome was added to the same temple by Babur&acirc;&euro;&trade;s men in 1528
that
gave it a shape of a mosque,&acirc;&euro;A&#65533; Mr. Singh says.&nbsp; &acirc;&euro;&oelig;No namaz (Muslim
prayer) was offered in that place ever.&acirc;&euro;A&#65533;<br>
<br>
Mr. Singh says that Babur &acirc;&euro;&oelig;occupied several temples and Hindu palaces
to turn them into mosques and forts.&acirc;&euro;A&#65533; Mr. Singh also calls the first
ruler of the Mughal empire, which weakened as the British colonial
conquest began, a &acirc;&euro;&oelig;terrorist.&acirc;&euro;A&#65533;<br>
<br>
Muslim groups differ with this understanding of history, saying their
examination of historical documents and travel accounts from the time
doesn&acirc;&euro;&trade;t show any temple was demolished for the construction of Babri
Masjid.<br>
<br>
Hindu mobs demolished the mosque in December 1992, demanding the right
to build a temple there. The demolition sparked sectarian riots into
January, especially in Mumbai, that left many dead, more of them Muslim
than Hindu.<br>
<br>
Mr. Singh says his group was not involved in the demolition and says
that the BJP, RSS and other groups who led mobs to destroy the mosque
have wronged Hindu gods. He said the structure they destroyed was the
remains of a temple that had existed since the birth of the Lord Ram
hundreds of thousands years ago.<br>
<br>
&acirc;&euro;&oelig;The BJP hijacked our issue,&acirc;&euro;A&#65533; said Mr. Singh. &acirc;&euro;&oelig;We had told them
&acirc;&euro;&tilde;you
are destroying the temple.&acirc;&euro;&trade; But they needed an emotional issue for
winning Hindus.&acirc;&euro;A&#65533;<br>
<br>
BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar says that his party wanted a temple
built at the Ayodhya site, but that the demolition was not part of his
party&acirc;&euro;&trade;s plan.<br>
<br>
&acirc;&euro;&oelig;BJP never wanted demolition but it happened,&acirc;&euro;A&#65533; said Mr. Javadekar,
whose party has been in disarray since losing back-to-back elections.<br>
<br>
These days, some Indian political observers wonder if Hindu nationalism
itself has lost its appeal.<br>
<br>
In the larger political sphere, scores of commentators have argued one
side or another of India&acirc;&euro;&trade;s politico-religious tussles thrown into
relief around this case. In court, 22 lawyers have argued for the
structure to be recognized as Hindu against two lawyers arguing for it
to be safeguarded as an Islamic property.<br>
<br>
The court case initially began in 1950, when a Hindu petitioner asked
for regular access to the Babri Masjid site for prayers and for idol
worship, says H.S. Jain, the Hindu Mahasabha&acirc;&euro;&trade;s lawyer. This was later
clubbed together with several other suits by Hindu petitioners. The
leading three petitioners each claim to be the only true representative
of the country&acirc;&euro;&trade;s Hindus.<br>
<br>
On the other side, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Board of Waqfs ,
which supervises mosques and other sites of Sunni Islamic heritage in
the state, and others filed a petition in 1961, asking for the removal
of idols from the site and full possession to the property. Zufar
Farooqui, the present chairman of the board, says the disputed site was
registered with the board as a mosque in the 1940s.<br>
<br>
Unless the Supreme Court defers the verdict, the Allahabad High Court
in the state of Uttar Pradesh will have the uncomfortable task of
weighing in all these claims Friday.<br>
<br>
The government has asked for calm, whatever the outcome. Mr. Singh at
the Hindu Mahasabha didn&acirc;&euro;&trade;t appear to be giving any guarantees,
although
he did say the &acirc;&euro;&oelig;first recourse in case of an adverse verdict is the
Supreme Court.&acirc;&euro;A&#65533;<br>
<br>
But he also added, &acirc;&euro;&oelig;If Ram temple is not made, every Hindu will come
out of home for the sacrifice. If the law comes in between, the law
itself has to be changed. Law should be according to the will of the
Hindus to whom India belongs.&acirc;&euro;A&#65533;</font></font>
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