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Anas Haqqani visits the tomb of Mahmud Ghaznavi, glorifies him for destroying Somnath Temple

October 6, 2021
The Commune

One of the top leaders of the Haqqani Network which is the Pakistani Army backed faction within the Taliban visited the tomb of Mahmud Ghaznavi and glorified him for smashing the idol of Somnath temple.

Anas Haqqani visited the tomb of Mahmud Ghaznavi, who attacked the Somnath temple in Gujarat in the 10th century said, “Ghaznavi established a strong Muslim rule’ in Ghazni and smashing the idol at Somnath temple. He further added that these shrines’ inspire us with freedom, pride and courage’.

Haqqani tweeted on Tuesday, “Today, we visited the shrine of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, a renowned Muslim warrior & Mujahid of the 10th century. Ghaznavi (May the mercy of Allah be upon him) established a strong Muslim rule in the region from Ghazni & smashed the idol of Somnath.”

The Taliban leader’s comment comes at a time when the Taliban government in Afghanistan wants to establish good ties with India and resume trade and other activities.

However, it is an open secret that it was the Pakistan Army and its Inter-Service Intelligence that propped the Haqquanis into top positions within the Taliban cabinet knowing fully that they represent the hardline perpetual Jihadi faction.

It must be noted that Mahmud of Ghaznavi was a mass murder and a brigand who attacked India 17 times and destroyed the Somnath temple in Gujarat. During his invasion into Somnath, Ghaznavi is said to have broken the Jyotirlinga and killed thousands of devotees who were trying to protect the temple.

The contemporary Somnath temple was reconstructed under the orders of India’s first Home Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel and was completed in May 1951 after his death. It is also noteworthy that Jawaharlal Nehru was dead against the rebuilding of the Somnath temple which he called Hindu revivalism. 

Responding to the Taliban leader’s insensitive comment, BJP leader Kapil Mishra tweeted, “Somnath is still standing high again But cities of Ghazanavi, Ghori, Ghazni, Taimoor are perishing in poverty and hunger”.

The Taliban may have taken over Afghanistan but there are reports of people selling their children because they do not have money to buy food. Also, Anas Haqqani and his family is responsible for the death of several American troops and it is shameful that Twitter has given them a platform to spew venom and hatred.

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