This is what someone said in describing Islam in South Asia. We are culturally almost identical with our Hindu friends, the only difference being that we worship one God and not a combination of dieties.
I mean I was thinking abt it, and looking back at my life, it makes so much sense. Our wedding traditions, even to the red color of the bridal dress, is Hindu culture. Our adoption of castism (so and so is a jaat, or a memon ect ect)…
Checking the stars, muscially, oh just so similar.
We remain identical to our Hindu neighbours, and are little more then a loosely converted bunch.
I have no issue with that, (you will recall my interest in vedic astrology ect) as Islam doesnt have one conformist culture (ie you can keep the indigneous culture of a land and still adopt Islam wholly), but I was wondering what you ppl would make of it.
I request that our Hindu friends here especially give me there views.
lol, you act as if this is some revelation you've discovered....what is the surprise? South asian muslims are....south asian. Did you think they would suddenly start eating shawarmas and wearing Arab tunics upon converting to Islam?
how different is Chaldean culture (Iraqi Catholic) from Syrian Muslim culture? Not very....they are practically identical.
It is extremely difficult to appreciate why our Hindu friends fail to understand the real nature of Islam and Hinduism. They are not religions in the strict sense of the word, but are, in fact, different and distinct social orders, and it is a dream that the Hindus and Muslims can ever evolve a common nationality, and this misconception of one Indian nation has troubles and will lead India to destruction if we fail to revise our notions in time. The Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs, litterateurs. They neither intermarry nor interdine together and, indeed, they belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspect on life and of life are different. It is quite clear that Hindus and Mussalmans derive their inspiration from different sources of history. They have different epics, different heroes, and different episodes. Very often the hero of one is a foe of the other and, likewise, their victories and defeats overlap. To yoke together two such nations under a single state, one as a numerical minority and the other as a majority, must lead to growing discontent and final destruction of any fabric that may be so built for the government of such a state.
Paki Punjabi Muslims are the same as Indian Punjabi Sikhs.
Paki Urdus from Karachi (except for foreign 'blue bloods' such as SyedAbduallah, lol) are the same as Indian Hindi ppl from Mumbai.
My maternal side is Paki Punjabi but even when I speak to Sikh Punjabis or I see East Punjab on TV I get very naustalgic.
However I don't see how any Indians have any similarities with pure Pashtuns or Balochs and I don't see how anyone from Pak has any simialirities with ppl from Kerala, Tamil-Nadu, Assam or Orissa.
The vast majoirty of Indians and Pakis have nothing to do with each other.
The similarities end at Punjabi and Urdu/Hindi, some non Urdu/Punjabi Pakis/Indians can speak these languages so ppl from Pak NWFP can converse with ppl from Ind Kerala but neither of these people consider that their identity/culture.
Hinduism never propagates presence of a multitude of GODs. There is only one GOD but one one sees in the form of various deities are His aspects.
Western historians....portrayed it as a religion of 330 million gods!!!!!!!!!!..ignorance unplugged.
You are absolutely wrong madrasi15607 .......... they DO NOT believe in one god and the oneness of Allah ( azzowajal) .
Hinduism has 3 Main gods...Shiva, Brahma & Vishnu.
Vishnu seems the most powerful of the three main gods. He is the sustainer and preserver of creation.
Shiva is the destroyer
Brahma is the creator.
Then follows the subcategories of their numerous gods.........
May Allah ( azzowajal) give us all hidaya and keep us on the guided path, insha'Allah and protest us from getting astray.
Huntsman - Hindus believe there is only one God - the rest are avtars. It believes that whenever mankind is in trouble, God sends in his avtars to sort things out.
As such Hinduism is an all embracing religion, it does not have a start & end date.
It is not based on one book only, but accepts multiple explainations. It is an evolving religion.
It has served its purpose of providing spiritual guidance to billions of people in this world, including all religions. Yoga, meditation, spirtuality, etc.
It does not force people to convert to its thinking, and encourages peaceful co existance with all creatures big & small.
We dont have anything common with the Hindus except Basant and Paan maybe. Most of Pakistanis are central asians whereas Indian Hindus and muslims are natives to the land. Regarding zaat(caste), it just shows where we hail from- rajputs tend to remain within rajputs, jaats within jaats and gujjars within gujjars- nothing wrong with that. Even in America there are Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Mexican Americans who dont intermarry despite the same religion- Catholicism.
Hinduism deserves respect.. It is a 4000 year old relgion which has weathered many a storm. To write off Hindu culture and history, or try to undermine it, is arrogance personified...
Certainly, Muslims, have no right to claim any superiority...
If you cant respect any other religion how come can you ask respect for your religion?
to my brothers (excluding abdullah and moin)
i have same respect for islam as i have hinduisim but the only thing which pisses me off is when someone say we are true and others are false. Either every religion is true or every religion is false coz we are praising same god who is created earth and every single thing on it and it means christians,jews,hindus,muslims are all created by him.why he didnt stoped the production of hindus,christians and jews when islam is the only religion.
Respect can also mean remaining silent, or not inviting attack on your own faith by attacking others. The only thing we have in common is that I believe in something too. Belief is something different...and requires this sort of respect as there is often no shared vocabulary or set of concepts to fall back on.
If you think it's okay to pray to an idol as somehow an aspect of God, or a partner of God, then you can't possibly respect Islam as "true". If you don't think the Quran is the literal word of God, and somehow feel obligated to follow it's commands, then you can't respect Islam as "true". Yes, you may respect it as another person's faith...but not as your own.
Are you being sarcastic, coz these are ofcourse not the teachings of the Prophet and ofcourse above all the teachign of the Quran to dis respect other religion.
Simple answer i would give to any non-muslim brothers is
'to you are your deeds and to me are my deeds' and peace be upon you all.
yaar i am really sick of this hindu-muslim thing. treat people like a human first.
Exactly being a good human is very much necessary no matter what faith we follow.
We dont say we follow Islam, and still involved in treachery, robbery and same goes with other religions too.
Ofcourse in Islam believing in one God is the most important aspect, but by believing i include each and everything i.e. love, fear for God.
yaar i am really sick of this hindu-muslim thing. treat people like a human first.
It is Islam, that makes you human.
The parable of a non-muslim is like a man, who's been hired to run a shop by the shopowner. The employee makes sales all day only to give away all the collected cash to some other guy.
Such is the case with a person who is outside the fold of Islam, he lacks all the qualities that make a person a human being.
