To the north of the Indian peninsula, in Kashmir, there is a shrine which houses two tombs, one of which would be that of Jesus
Jesus died like a man lying in a common grave in Srinagar, capital of the Indian state of Kashmir.
looks like the script of a novel by Dan Brown, and instead is Lonely Planet, the famous series of guidebooks, which shows the description of the "tomb of Jesus' burial site in the Roza Bal, whose meaning comes from the Kashmiri Rauza-Bal, the tomb of the prophet." A nothing has served to distance published in the latest edition of the guide on India: the grave has become a pilgrimage destination by foreigners curious and conspiracy theorists.
The debate has gone on for decades and it seems that the tomb contains two grave sites: one is that of a Muslim saint of the medieval period, Syed Naseerudin, the other is a charismatic preacher arrived in Kashmir by Israel in 30 AD, Yuz Asaf, also known as Issa.
All movement that revolves around the story and tourists that fill the holy site, are not welcome by the local Muslim population, for which the tomb contains the remains of the Sufi saint, the most recent tenant of Roza Bal, whose life is well documented, and has attracted himself all the religious attention in recent times. Of
Yuz Asaf, however, is said to have arrived with his mother Mary, and his name in the language of Kashmir means "healer" or "shepherd."
stories about spurious or alternative versions of the New Testament, including the possibility that Jesus survived the crucifixion and has traveled to Kashmir with his mother or his wife, are very ancient, but in last hundred years have begun to arouse more interest.
the tomb of Roza Bal will have testimonies from 112 AD, before the advent of Islam, but Muslims and Christians both agree that this whole story is blasphemous: both religions Jesus Christ has been taken in heaven from God, and some sects believe in His second coming.
The warden of the small shrine that stands firmly in Srinagar says that both are Muslim burials, but supporters of the thesis that in the temple of Roza Bal there is the tomb of Christ take several arguments in favor of their theories: among them there ' Olsson is Suzanne, a researcher who lives in New York, author of "Jesus in India, The Lost Tomb. " The Olsson says he is the 59th descendant of Christ and has an ambitious project entitled: "The DNA of God," who wants to study seven burial sites in Pakistan, Kashmir and Tibet, hoping that DNA testing to produce the Rosa Bal conclusive proof of his lineage. Also claims that in what is now Pakistan, where he would pass on his journey, find the tomb of Mary, in a site known as the Murree.
books on the subject. On the subject, as well as that of Olsson, several books have been written since the last century, a French lawyer who first proposed the idea that Jesus had spent time in India in a book of 1869, The Bible in India. There is a Russian author, Nicolas Notovich, who in 1890 wrote The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. More recently we find a number of books published by an Indian sect, the Ahmadiyya sect, and a local journalist, Aziz Kashmiri, in 1973, is co-author of another book on the subject by Professor Fida Hassnain, former director of the archaeological section of the Museums in Jammu and Kashmir. In addition to books of investigations, and essays, novels are also well documented, such as the thriller The Rozabal line, Ashwin Sanghi, 2007.
theses. The main argument, reported in several publications who want to experience the presence of Christ in Roza Bal, starting from the consideration of so-called missing years in the life of Jesus, those between 12 and 30 years, of which there is no trace of the New Testament. The nineteenth century Russian author, Notovich, talks about some scrolls found in a Buddhist monastery in the Ladakh region, which tells of Jesus' presence in India in those years, engaged in the study of Buddhism. The Kashmiri journalist then, together with prof. Hassnain, expounds the thesis that Jesus died in India at the age of 120 years. A historical link would tie Jesus and the geographical area of \u200b\u200bKashmir: the origin of Kashmiri and Afghan Pashtun dates back to the ten lost tribes of Israel, the people settled in new countries after it went out of Israel during the Babylonian exile, in about 720 BC, is for this reason that Jesus would return to his people. The
Olsson notes instead of the sarcophagus in the Roza Bal is positioned from east to west, as dictated by Jewish tradition, unlike the Muslim, who follows the north-south, and was then covered with a stone directed from north south to give the place, according to his account, Muslim identity. Furthermore feet Yuz Asaf, carved in stone, showing signs of injury are very similar to those inflicted by a nail through them when they are one above the other during the crucifixion, and in Asia there is no tradition or track history of the crucifixion. Other burials then, in addition to to Murree, testify to the links between Kashmir and the Jewish tradition: the tomb of Moses and his brother Aaron, who would become Bandipora and Harwan, also in east-west line.
One thing is certain, if all these claims can prove that the tomb of Roza Bal array is Jewish, is quite another thing to prove that it is the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. However, the main problem for Suzanne Olsson and his project is another: the idea of \u200b\u200bDNA testing is seen as a desecration of the shrine by the people of Srinagar. Things are better in Pakistan where the tomb of Mary, and the government has already given its support to the project, including making military technology available to carry out surveys. In Kashmir, however difficult things to go the same way, since such a pronouncement from the government would unleash tremendous outrage by those who have already defined the crazy American researcher, and the sanctuary was closed in April following an attempt Olsson's introdurvisi and testing.
After two decades of separatist war, the state of Jammu and Kashmir is experiencing a period of relative peace, and the Indian government does not want to disrupt the fragile calm that has been created by allowing actions that can make upsurge religious violence.
Alessandro Micci
source: http://it.peacereporter.net
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