Ayodhya:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Ayodhya: "
Hans Bakker

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1078572
Doc. No	:	LA122201
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852791X00051‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Hans Bakker
Title & Author	:	Ayodhya: [Article] : a Hindu Jerusalem\ Hans Bakker
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	1991
Volume/ Issue Number	:	38/1
Page No	:	80–109
Abstract	:	This article discusses the concept of 'holy war' and the religious ideas it implies. According to some these ideas are characteristic of monotheistic traditions. The author investigates recent developments in Hinduism and comes to the conclusion that some of these characteristics are coming to the fore in modern forms of the Hindu religion that have strong bonds with fundamentalist movements. The question of the mosque occupying the holy spot in Ayodhyā, which is considered as the birth-spot of Visnu's incarnation as Rama, plays a central role in these developments. 'Liberation' of this site has many features in common with the motif of liberating Jerusalem in the age of the crusades. The author concludes by remarking that, though Hinduism has proved in the past to be a religion not prone to holy wars, recent developments in Indian society have made the prospect of a holy war between Hindus and Muslims seem only too real and close. This article discusses the concept of 'holy war' and the religious ideas it implies. According to some these ideas are characteristic of monotheistic traditions. The author investigates recent developments in Hinduism and comes to the conclusion that some of these characteristics are coming to the fore in modern forms of the Hindu religion that have strong bonds with fundamentalist movements. The question of the mosque occupying the holy spot in Ayodhyā, which is considered as the birth-spot of Visnu's incarnation as Rama, plays a central role in these developments. 'Liberation' of this site has many features in common with the motif of liberating Jerusalem in the age of the crusades. The author concludes by remarking that, though Hinduism has proved in the past to be a religion not prone to holy wars, recent developments in Indian society have made the prospect of a holy war between Hindus and Muslims seem only too real and close.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852791X00051‬