Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society

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Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society is a book by Koenraad Elst published in 1991 by Voice of India. The book is about the Ayodhya debate and also discusses Indian politics and communalism. Elst opines that reaching national integration "requires dropping the anti-Hindu separatist doctrines that have largely been created for the purposes of several imperialisms, and are now being kept afloat with a lot of distortive intellectual and propagandistic effort." The book attempts to examine the polemics between 'communalists' and 'secularists' in India. He also writes about Indian secularism and Communalism, and alleges "that a clear majority of the riots are started by Muslims". In another chapter, the author discusses the banning of books like Ram Swarup's Understanding Islam through Hadis. In the 14th chapter he discusses the concept of "Hindu Fascism". Table of Contents:- Introduction Chapter 1. Summary of the Historical Question 1.1 Before the Masjid, the Mandir 1.2 Methodological Errors 1.3 Who Built Babar's Mosque? Chapter 2. Belief and History 2.1 The Belief in Ram 2.2 Jerusalem and Ayodhya CHapter 3. Righting the Wrongs of History 3.1 The Bricks or the Truth 3.2. Kashi and Mathura 3.3. A Gesture, Not a Compensation 3.4. Enactment of Status-Quo 3.5. International Standards Chapter 4. Ram Janmabhoomi and the Courts 4.1 A Non-Mosque 4.2 Disputed Competence of the Judiciary Chapter 5. Ram Janmabhoomi Politics 5.1 V.P. Singh and Ayodhya 5.2 Mulayam's Emergency Rule and Kar Seva 5.3 Reactions in Neighbouring Countries Chapter 6. Communalists and Their Communities 6.1 Hindu Society 6.2 The Muslim Community Chapter 7. Press Reporting on Ayodhya 7.1 Reporting on Kar Seva 7.2. Foreign Press Reporting Chapter 8. The Misuse of History 8.1 Caught in the Act of Distorting History 8.2 Some Recent Myths 8.3 Disregarding the Evidence 8.4 Historians Arguing Ad Hominem 8.5 Broadcasting Distortions 8.6 "They Were All Fanatics" 8.7 Up Against Undeserved Authority Chapter 9. Secularism and India's Integrity 9.1 Separatism and Anti-Hinduism 9.2 Secularist-Separatist Nexus 9.3 Victory Through More Concessions ? Chapter 10. Secularism as It Is 10.1. Its Definition 10.2 Hindu Secularism 10.3. Marxism and Secularism 10.4. Real Secularism Through Real Religion 10.5 Secularism and Chaturvarnya 10.6. Sarva Dharma Samabhava 10.7. Dharma Chapter 11. The Rriots 11.1 Reporting vs. Comment 11.2 Inspiring and Starting Riots 11.3. Received Wisdom on Riots 11.4 Muslims and the Police 11.5. Who Starts ? 11.6. Riot Strategy 11.7. A Case Study in Riot Comment 11.8. Hindu Riots 11.9. Riots in Muslim Countries Chapter 12. Book Banning 12.1. Banning All That Hurts 12.2 Banning Criticism of Islam 12.3 Secularism and Book-Banning 12.4. Banning Religion From School Chapter 13. Facing the Truth the Only Solution 13.1 Facing the Past 13.2. Islam and Nazism 13.3. Seeing the Bright Side 13.4. Tolerance in Islam 13.5 How to Say It Chapter 14. Hindu Fascism 14.1. Hinduism, Hitler's Mother? 14.2. Hindutva and the "Evils of Hindu Society" 14.3. Arya and Swastika 14.4. "They Killed the Mahatma" 14.5. Hindu Nationalism 14.6. Majorityism 14.7 Targeting a Minority 14.8 Authoritarianism 14.9. Fascism in India : Where Is It ? 14.10.Who Reads Hitler Anyway ? Chapter 15. The Hindu Movement 15.1 Symbolic Issues 15.2 The Need for a Hindu Programme 15.3 Pride in Hinduism 15.4 From Ayodhya to Indraprastha Glossary Appendix 1. Girilal Jain on Hindu Rashtra Limits of the Hindu Rashtra The Harbinger of a New Order This Is Hindu India Appendix 2. Ram Swarup on Indian Secularism Notes Introduction Chapter 1. Summary of the Historical Question 1.1 Before the Masjid, the Mandir 1.2 Methodological Errors 1.3 Who Built Babar's Mosque? Chapter 2. Belief and History 2.1 The Belief in Ram 2.2 Jerusalem and Ayodhya CHapter 3. Righting the Wrongs of History 3.1 The Bricks or the Truth 3.2. Kashi and Mathura 3.3. A Gesture, Not a Compensation 3.4. Enactment of Status-Quo 3.5. International Standards Chapter 4. Ram Janmabhoomi and the Courts 4.1 A Non-Mosque 4.2 Disputed Competence of the Judiciary Chapter 5. Ram Janmabhoomi Politics 5.1 V.P. Singh and Ayodhya 5.2 Mulayam's Emergency Rule and Kar Seva 5.3 Reactions in Neighbouring Countries Chapter 6. Communalists and Their Communities 6.1 Hindu Society 6.2 The Muslim Community Chapter 7. Press Reporting on Ayodhya 7.1 Reporting on Kar Seva 7.2. Foreign Press Reporting Chapter 8. The Misuse of History 8.1 Caught in the Act of Distorting History 8.2 Some Recent Myths 8.3 Disregarding the Evidence 8.4 Historians Arguing Ad Hominem 8.5 Broadcasting Distortions 8.6 "They Were All Fanatics" 8.7 Up Against Undeserved Authority Chapter 9. Secularism and India's Integrity 9.1 Separatism and Anti-Hinduism 9.2 Secularist-Separatist Nexus 9.3 Victory Through More Concessions ? Chapter 10. Secularism as It Is 10.1. Its Definition 10.2 Hindu Secularism 10.3. Marxism and Secularism 10.4. Real Secularism Through Real Religion 10.5 Secularism and Chaturvarnya 10.6. Sarva Dharma Samabhava 10.7. Dharma Chapter 11. The Rriots 11.1 Reporting vs. Comment 11.2 Inspiring and Starting Riots 11.3. Received Wisdom on Riots 11.4 Muslims and the Police 11.5. Who Starts ? 11.6. Riot Strategy 11.7. A Case Study in Riot Comment 11.8. Hindu Riots 11.9. Riots in Muslim Countries Chapter 12. Book Banning 12.1. Banning All That Hurts 12.2 Banning Criticism of Islam 12.3 Secularism and Book-Banning 12.4. Banning Religion From School Chapter 13. Facing the Truth the Only Solution 13.1 Facing the Past 13.2. Islam and Nazism 13.3. Seeing the Bright Side 13.4. Tolerance in Islam 13.5 How to Say It Chapter 14. Hindu Fascism 14.1. Hinduism, Hitler's Mother? 14.2. Hindutva and the "Evils of Hindu Society" 14.3. Arya and Swastika 14.4. "They Killed the Mahatma" 14.5. Hindu Nationalism 14.6. Majorityism 14.7 Targeting a Minority 14.8 Authoritarianism 14.9. Fascism in India : Where Is It ? 14.10.Who Reads Hitler Anyway ? Chapter 15. The Hindu Movement 15.1 Symbolic Issues 15.2 The Need for a Hindu Programme 15.3 Pride in Hinduism 15.4 From Ayodhya to Indraprastha Glossary Appendix 1. Girilal Jain on Hindu Rashtra Limits of the Hindu Rashtra The Harbinger of a New Order This Is Hindu India Appendix 2. Ram Swarup on Indian Secularism Notes