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Fifth Friday Senno11 Nov 9, 1990 when serious protests erupted as a result of his stand, he bravely stood up to this pressure in support of his stand, caring the least, even if this would cost him to loose power. This noise had hardly died down, when those who were previously conspiring against him, started to drum up the issue of the Bahri Mosque. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus got prepared to march towards the Babri Mosque to destroy it and to reconstruct in its place, the historic or otherwise Temple of Rama. It is not an ordinary thing to face such a huge challenge and to persuade the army which is Hindu-dominated that even if people belonging to their own religion attempted to forcibly invade the Mosque premises they must be fired upon, and that the sanctity of the mosque and the sanctity of the laws of India be safeguarded at all costs. Undoubtedly, many Hindus got killed in their efforts to occupy the mosque al the very hands of the Hindu army, many were roughed up at the hands of the Hindu police, in addition many were injured and imprisoned. Their militant Hindu leader supporting the intruders, who is quite powerful and with whose help and cooperation the government was in power, was imprisoned. As such, knowing full well that, he was cutting the very branch on which he w as perching, this great leader accepted this fall from his high office, not because of any idiocy on his part but solely out of sheer greatness and bravery lo uphold his principle. He cared the least, even if this political set-back would seal his political career for good. THE NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF A PIOUS REACTION BY MUSLIMS Islam teaches us to recognise and laud all such leaders, wherever they may be, who remain ready to offer such valiant sacrifices in the cause of justice. The Holy Quran states: • 1 ;;,,,-�i1 \� r'",. v� 1$ y- ,�. . . ,. . !,IJ\al "Cooperate with one another in acts of goodness and righteousness" In this Quranic injunction, religion is not made the criterion for cooperation, rather, it is justice, righteousness and good deeds. Only the future will tell, as to how much the Indian nation learns from such incidents and upto what extent they possess the ability to distinguish between their real friends and foes. The Islamic world should have been grateful for the efforts of Mr Singh. The Islamic 100