India has been a wounded civilization because of Islamic violence: Pakistanis know this; indeed they revel in it. It is only Indian Nehruvians like Romila Thapar who pretend that Islamic rule was benevolent. We should face facts: Islamic rule in India was at least as catastrophic as the later Christian rule. The Christians created massive poverty in what was a most prosperous country; the Muslims created a terrorized civilization out of what was the most creative culture that ever existed.
- V.S Naipaul,
Nobel Laureate
(source: OutlookIndia.com, 15 November 1999 and
http://www.indpride.com/vsnaipaul.html).
taken from -
http://www.atributetohinduism.com/European_Imperialism.htm
"Those who forget history will be condemned to repeat it."
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