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Vasco da Gama's treatment of Malabar Muslims
by Rishi Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:17 pm
Vasco da Gama himself indulged in some of the most heinous crimes. He was the inaugurator of gun-boat trade and politics in the Indian Ocean region.
On October 1, 1502, he mercilessly ordered the killing of 700 innocent Malabar pilgrims, returning from Mecca. Half the pilgrims were women and children.
Vasco da Gama issued orders for the ship to be set on fire by gunpowder, after looting it. Not one pilgrim escaped. He remained insensitive to even the wailing women holding their babies in their hands on the deck, imploring for pity.
On October 27, 1502, he seized 50 Malabaris at sea, got their heads, legs and hands cut off and sent ashore in a boat with a message in Arabic, asking the Zamorin to make curry out of the severed limbs.
Not satisfied with this, he bombarded Calicut from the sea for three consecutive days and razed it to the ground, killing several hundred people in the process.
All these crimes have been recorded by Portuguese chroniclers and have gone unpunished.
For these heinous killings Vasco da Gama needs to be tried for crimes against humanity.
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-vasco-da-gama-needs-to-be-tried-for-crimes-against-humanity/20130813.htm#3
On October 1, 1502, he mercilessly ordered the killing of 700 innocent Malabar pilgrims, returning from Mecca. Half the pilgrims were women and children.
Vasco da Gama issued orders for the ship to be set on fire by gunpowder, after looting it. Not one pilgrim escaped. He remained insensitive to even the wailing women holding their babies in their hands on the deck, imploring for pity.
On October 27, 1502, he seized 50 Malabaris at sea, got their heads, legs and hands cut off and sent ashore in a boat with a message in Arabic, asking the Zamorin to make curry out of the severed limbs.
Not satisfied with this, he bombarded Calicut from the sea for three consecutive days and razed it to the ground, killing several hundred people in the process.
All these crimes have been recorded by Portuguese chroniclers and have gone unpunished.
For these heinous killings Vasco da Gama needs to be tried for crimes against humanity.
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-vasco-da-gama-needs-to-be-tried-for-crimes-against-humanity/20130813.htm#3
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Re: Vasco da Gama's treatment of Malabar Muslims
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:22 pm
Yet another incident of killing of Innocent muslims.Rishi wrote:Vasco da Gama himself indulged in some of the most heinous crimes. He was the inaugurator of gun-boat trade and politics in the Indian Ocean region.
On October 1, 1502, he mercilessly ordered the killing of 700 innocent Malabar pilgrims, returning from Mecca. Half the pilgrims were women and children.
Vasco da Gama issued orders for the ship to be set on fire by gunpowder, after looting it. Not one pilgrim escaped. He remained insensitive to even the wailing women holding their babies in their hands on the deck, imploring for pity.
On October 27, 1502, he seized 50 Malabaris at sea, got their heads, legs and hands cut off and sent ashore in a boat with a message in Arabic, asking the Zamorin to make curry out of the severed limbs.
Not satisfied with this, he bombarded Calicut from the sea for three consecutive days and razed it to the ground, killing several hundred people in the process.
All these crimes have been recorded by Portuguese chroniclers and have gone unpunished.
For these heinous killings Vasco da Gama needs to be tried for crimes against humanity.
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-vasco-da-gama-needs-to-be-tried-for-crimes-against-humanity/20130813.htm#3
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Re: Vasco da Gama's treatment of Malabar Muslims
by ashdoc Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:42 am
much of the iberian peninsula ( spain and portugal ) had been under muslim control for centuries . the portuguese fought for no less than 800 years for their independence .
obviously such a long and hard struggle against islam hardened their attitudes towards muslims . in the light of this fact vasco da gama's behavior is understandable .
needless to say the portuguese were able to liberate themselves from the clutches of islam BECAUSE they had such an attitude . had they been softer then their fate would have been like persia---converted to islam without a trace of their former religion left...
obviously such a long and hard struggle against islam hardened their attitudes towards muslims . in the light of this fact vasco da gama's behavior is understandable .
needless to say the portuguese were able to liberate themselves from the clutches of islam BECAUSE they had such an attitude . had they been softer then their fate would have been like persia---converted to islam without a trace of their former religion left...
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