Why Kasab should not be forgiven?

By Rajani

In view of Kasab’s lawyer comparing him to sage Valmiki before he became a sage, and asking to forgive his plaintiff, it becomes very important that we look into this seriously.

Hindus are paying a heavy price for this largeheartedness of theirs. Should we remain like this even now? Recounting the war between Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Ghori:

, with the Rajputs in hot pursuit, the fleeing Muslim general Kutub-ud-din Aibak let loose a large herd of cows chained to each other to block the path of the pursing Hindu army.

When the captured Mohammed Ghori was brought before Prithviraja as a captive bound in chains, he pretended to be repentant, while internally he was seething with rage at being humiliated for having been captured by a Kafir king. This rage proved itself a few years later when their (Prithviraj’s and Ghori’s) roles were reversed.

But for now as a prisoner in chains before Prithviraja, Mohammed Ghori begged for mercy and promised that he would never lift his eyes toward India.

, he ordered Mohammed to be released and as a token of his generosity, he also gifted his captive with five hundred horses and twenty elephants, and honorably released him!

So he resorted to another patented Muslim subterfuge of single comba – called Mard-O-Mard in Farsi.

In order to humiliate Prithviraj, Mohammed sent word that he would call off the battle, if Prithviraja came and fought his champion Qutub-ud-din Aibak in single combat. To save the lives of his soldiers, and to conclude the war quickly Prithviraja agreed.

This was a foul move, and it would have been fair, had after this, Qutub, also dismounted and fought Prithviraja on foot.

The betrayal and blinding of Prithviraja, and how he avenged his humiliation

On hearing this Mohammed and his courtiers laughed derisively at Prithviraja and told him that he did not understand Islam and the Muslim psyche!

Prithviraja told him that a Rajput’s eyes are lowered only after death, Mohammed in a fit of rage ordered that Prithviraja’s eyes be pierced with red hot irons.