“The logic which declares Tengiri to be a satan and denounces Chengiz Khan as an archcriminal but which, in the same breath, proclaims Allah as divine and hails the Ghaznavis, Ghuris, Timurs and Baburs as heroes, is, to the say the least, worse than casuistry.”

—  Sita Ram Goel, book The Calcutta Quran Petition

The Calcutta Quran Petition (1986)

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