On a beautiful spring day, in the quiet city of Mashqallit, the sky was clear and the atmosphere was perfectly calm. Its residents were asleep, enjoying safety, security, and peace of mind.
Abdullah woke up in the middle of the night, terrified by the sounds of explosions, the crackle of bullets, and the roar of planes.
He saw his young children screaming and clinging to their mother in fear, looking at their father with pleading eyes for help.
People’s screams filled the streets. He rushed out of his house to see what was happening and why there was such chaos!
He saw a massive army, heavily armed, filling the streets and blocking the city’s exits with checkpoints.
Men, women, and children were running and fleeing in every direction.
He asked his neighbor, Abdulrahman: "What happened?! Who is this army?! Why are they here?!"
Abdulrahman replied: "This is the Indian army; they have invaded our city and blindsided us."
Abdullah: "Why did they do this? What is the reason? Did we wrong them?!"
Abdulrahman: "I don't know. Like you, I was sleeping and woke up to the sound of explosions, the screams of women and children, and the voices of commanders calling us over loudspeakers to gather in the city square."
Abdullah spotted the Indian army commander and went to inquire about what was happening.
The following dialogue took place between them:
Peace be upon you. Who are you?
We are the Indian Army.
And what are you doing in my city? What is the reason for this invasion?
Please, brother, this is not an invasion.
Not an invasion?! (May your house be destroyed, you attack us in the middle of the night and say it's not an invasion?) What do you call it then?
These are Hindu "Conquests" (Futuhut).
What!! What did you say? What do you mean by "Hindu Conquests"? I don't understand, can you explain?
Brother, we follow the Hindu religion, and our teachings command us to spread the faith to all corners of the earth.
And what is your Holy Book?
It is the "Bhagavad Gita."
And does the teaching of this book command you to invade countries?
Brother, I told you it's not an invasion but a conquest. Our Holy Book does not contain an order for conquests; rather, all commands in it are only to repel aggression.
Then why are you "conquering" us if your Holy Book does not command it?
Because those commands in our Holy Book have been abrogated.
What do you mean by "abrogated"?
It means they have been cancelled.
And who dared to take the teachings of your Holy Book and cancel them?!
Our Valiant Leaders; they are the ones who told us so. They informed us that our Great Leader told them.
And who is your Great Leader, and what are his instructions? What did he command you?
He commanded us to perform conquests to spread the religion. He told us: "I have been commanded to fight people until they convert to Hinduism; if they do so, their blood and wealth are protected from me."
Didn't you tell me that your Holy Book forbids you from attacking others? So how can your Great Leader command you to fight!!
And didn't I tell you those teachings were abrogated!!
This means your Great Leader did not adhere to the teachings of your Holy Book!!
He has the authority to change the teachings as he sees fit for us.
How can a human change the teachings of a Holy Book!!
I don't know. That’s what our Valiant Leaders told us.
Aren't you afraid of your God's punishment when you disobey Him with these acts?
We have a deed we perform, and the God forgives all our sins.
And what is this great deed? Do you feed the poor, clothe the naked, or spend on orphans?
Neither this nor that. We make a pilgrimage to the Ganges River, our Holy River, and bathe in it. We return from our sins as pure as the day our mothers gave birth to us.
Fine, brother. And what is our fate if we refuse to enter your religion?
Do you want the answer according to our Holy Book, or according to the words of our Great Leader and Valiant Leaders?
According to your Holy Book. I have all respect and appreciation for Holy Books because they do not call for violence.
Well, according to our Holy Book, you have freedom of choice in religion and belief, and no one has the right to force you to embrace our religion.
This means your Holy Book does not force anyone to convert!
Yes, that is so, brother.
Fine, then what is our fate according to the instructions and sayings of your Great Leader and your leaders?
First of all, their name is "Our Valiant Leaders." You must respect and revere them; they spent their lives in the teachings of our "Orthodox" religion. Who are you to speak of them like that without saying "Valiant"? What is your level of knowledge? You haven't reached a quarter of the knowledge they attained.
I apologize; I never meant to offend. I should have added the word "Valiant" to show my respect for them. Please forgive me for this grave error.
Fine, I will answer you. According to the teachings of our Great Leader and our Valiant Leaders, if you refuse to enter our religion, you have two choices and no third.
First: Death.
Second: Paying the Jizyah (Tribute).
Paying Jizyah!! You seem to be mistaken, brother. Jizyah is paid by the aggressor when he is defeated in battle. How did you flip the script? Or is it "protection money" you mean, and you just named it Jizyah!!
Watch your language 😡 It's not protection money; it is Jizyah.
How can it be Jizyah when YOU are the ones attacking us!!!
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I mean "Occupiers."
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"Invaders"?
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"Conquerors"?
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Yes, I mean you are the army of "Conquerors," not aggressors. This is very clear through the barrels of the cannons and tanks aimed at us. Furthermore, who asked you to enter our country? We were safe in our land, enjoying peace and security. Don't you see this chaos you've left behind? Don't you hear the screams of children and women out of fear?
The teachings of our "Valiant" religion must be imposed in every part of the world. We don't wait for permission from you or anyone else. Our religious teachings must be a constitution that applies by force to all humans.
And will you kill us all?! Men, women, and children?
Nahi Nahi (No, No).
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I mean no, brother. Our religion is a religion of mercy. We will kill only the men and spare the women and children.
And what will you do with them—I mean the women and children?
We will take the women as captives and concubines (Sabi).
By what right do you rape them!!!
Brother, it’s not rape; it’s "Captives." Why is your vocabulary so violent, criminal, and devoid of humanity!? "Rape," he says.
And what will you do with them if you are not going to rape them?
We will distribute the women among the fighters with justice. One of our tolerant religious teachings is justice.
And your tolerant religious teachings are only for your fighters? Is there no right for us as humans? Do we not have freedom of choice to refuse your religion?
On the contrary, brother, you have absolute freedom to refuse to enter our religion. Isn't that freedom of choice!!!
But you will kill whoever refuses or take protection money from them!!
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I mean Jizyah, Jizyah.
Yes. You possess freedom of choice, and we also possess freedom of choice over your fate.
And what will the fighters do with the women after distributing them? Will they marry them?
The women will be concubines and captives for the fighters. They have full right to do as they please with them: intercourse, selling them in the slave market, and other things.
And what about the children?
We will take them as servants in our city. And the young girl who can "handle intercourse" will be slept with by some of the noble brothers among the fighters, since she has become "what their right hands possess"!!
A child and intercourse!!! What criminality is this!! How can you do this! She is just a child, how can you find pleasure in her!!!
These are our "Valiant" religious teachings. Our Great Leader married a child who hadn't reached nine years of age.
And why all this? Why impose your ideas on us? We don't want them.
Didn't I tell you that our religious teachings are a constitution that must apply by force to all humans?
And why!!?
Because we are on the truth and all other humans are on falsehood. Therefore, our religious teachings must be mandatory for everyone.
And what will you do with our properties and money? Will you leave them alone?
Of course not. All you possess will be "spoils" (Ghanima) for us.
You mean "theft."
It is not theft; it is spoils.
How can you rape a woman?
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I mean enslave a married woman and have intercourse with her after you killed her husband and took her child—her own flesh and blood—to be a slave for you. How can you find pleasure in her? Don't you feel for her mental state? Aren't you human!!
The woman doesn't matter to us; she is a "Captive" first and last. She is naturally deficient in soul and affection. Besides, these things are normal in our "Orthodox" teachings. Our Great Leader married a captive named "Radhia" after killing her husband and father in one of the blessed Hindu conquests. She was presented to him as a captive after the battle ended, so he consummated the marriage with her and did not care about her mental state.
And were you with him in that conquest?
With whom?
With your Great Leader.
No, brother. Our Great Leader died a long time ago!!
Then how do you know all these details about him, since he’s been dead for many years?
Our Valiant, trustworthy leaders—may the Gods preserve them—are the ones who told us so.
What they told you about him might be false. How do you verify that? What is the criterion?
I don't know. We don't think; our Valiant Leaders think for us. We only execute what they dictate to us; they are more knowledgeable than we are. Furthermore, their words cannot be incorrect because they constitute three-quarters of our Hindu religion. There is one of our Valiant Leaders named "The Azerbaijani" who authenticates and weakens the sayings of our Great Leader for us as he sees fit.
How can your Holy Book rely on a man like this whom you call the Great Leader? As you told me, your book forbids aggression and contains all human values. How can it rely on a pedophile who marries children, and a criminal who marries captives and commands killing, decapitation, and imposing his religion by force!! This is a contradiction!!
But our Holy Book does not describe him with these attributes at all, brother!!
Really!! And what does it describe him as then?
Our Holy Book describes him with the most beautiful human attributes. Sometimes it says he is a mercy to all humans, and sometimes it says he possesses a beautiful character. Even when anyone tries to mock him or belittle him, our Great Leader does not respond or pay any attention. He doesn't care about mockers. Our Holy Book demands our Great Leader to be patient with what people say about him, and informs him that it knows his chest is tight from what they say, and demands he seek patience and accountability and not respond to them.
I can hardly believe it. Is this really the character of your Great Leader mentioned in your Holy Book!!
Yes, brother, this is it.
Then why do you contradict what you told me earlier—that he commanded you with conquests, imposing religion, and killing everyone who doesn't believe in his faith, and that he married captives and children? Where did you get these descriptions and sayings from?
Didn't I tell you that our Valiant, trustworthy leaders are the ones who told us so!!
This means your Great Leader is innocent of the criminality and violation of your Holy Book attributed to him. He cannot be one person. According to the Holy Book, he is a noble man, but according to your Valiant Leaders, he is a criminal!
Did you verify the sources of your Valiant Leaders' words to know if they are true or not?
No, we haven't verified, because we cannot and are forbidden from doing so.
And what prevents you from seeking the truth?
Our Valiant Leaders. They told us that these matters are their specialty alone, and no one is allowed to search or investigate after them.
And after you "conquer" us, I wonder, will you head to Europe in the north or Africa in the south?
Of course we will head to Europe, where the blonde beauties are—I mean, where there are oppressed people who must be helped and countries that must be conquered to spread the tolerant Hinduism in them.
And why do you travel all these distances, cross the seas, and expose yourselves to the danger of drowning and other things when Africa is right beside you? They are also oppressed and in need of help. Note that we weren't oppressed in our country before your arrival, we didn't complain to you, and we didn't ask for help. Or is the reason that Africa doesn't have blondes!!
That's none of your business. "Shut your mouth!" We know our job. Now, gather in the city square. one of our Valiant Leaders will come to give a speech and announce the conquest of this city. And you, there! Decide now: will you enter our religion and secure your life, or will you refuse and know what awaits you?
On the contrary, brother, I will enter your tolerant religion voluntarily!!
That is the right choice. But tell me, brother, where did you learn this wisdom in decision-making!!
I learned it from my neighbor Abdulrahman's head, which was cut off right in front of me!!!
And so, ladies and gentlemen, peace prevailed after the people of Mashqallit embraced the religion of the conquerors with ease and security, without force, coercion, or obligation. They were convinced of this religion after feeling their necks. The Mashqaliti Conquest became a subject taught to succeeding generations, a symbol of courage, pride, and morality. Hindu monks began preaching in temples about the virtues of their valiant ancestors who conquered Mashqallit with roses and jasmine, and that the Hindu religion was never spread by force or coercion. Anyone who says otherwise is an agent of the secularists and liberals trying to destroy our religion. The Hindus wept at the greatness of their ancestors and wished that time would turn back, so they could conquer more countries with roses and jasmine.