Yuyutsu,

But back on earth, that doesn't make a great deal of sense.

So because Rama was displeased, he approved the destruction of the Ayodhya temple by the Muslim invaders and their building a mosque smack-bang on top of it ? And that somehow justifies the Muslims building the Al-Aqsa Mosque on top of Solomon's Temple ?

Nope. Still doesn't make much sense.

Oh, because Muhammad flew to Jerusalem on a winged horse on the night he died ? Therefore Jerusalem is Muslim ?

Would that have been one of the winged horses being bred in Yemen ? The ones with the woman's faces ?

Nope, still doesn't make much sense.

Joe

Joe (Loudmouth).
How about the Hagia Sophia mosque being handed back to the Eastern Orthodox Church? I am sure that will solve a heep of middle Easter problems, try to appeal to the 'moderate' Christians in Turkey, some wonderful multicultural outreach. :))

Dear Joe,

I was writing specifically about the "wailing wall", that it should be destroyed because it drives the Israelis nuts. The next-door neighbour happens to be a Muslim mosque, alright, so what? You keep deviating from the topic, writing about mosques and all things Muslim, then you answer yourself in circles. Why?

Shri Rama left the earth, His mission accomplished, His people of Ayodhya fulfilled in heaven too and having set an example to the world of the perfect human-being. Ayodhya has served its purpose, with stripes, then it was spent: why should anyone worship the geographical spot Shri Rama happened to live in? Why should blood be spilt over it?

Yuyutsu,

You're probably aware that the Al Aqsa mosque is not so much a next-door neighbour of the Wailing Wall but an upstairs tenant: the al Aqsa Mosque was purposely built, as in the manner of conquerors, right bang on top of the ancient Temple of Solomon, as a symbol of obliteration. Or, if one is Muslim, as a symbol of the religion of peace.

I'm not sure if the BJP interprets the Muslim destruction of the Ayodhya temple as generously as you do. As I recall, their followers destroyed the mosque in about 1992 and re-built the Hindu temple on the site, and in the ensuing discussions with the religion of peace, hundreds were killed.

Anyway, yes, Israeli and Palestinian women should come together to try to talk some sense into the empty heads of the Hamas and PA leaders. Fat chance though at present.

Joe