Re: Holi's Muslim history
all muslim invaders as well as their descendants committed innumerable atrocities to spread islam. Millions of people were converted to islam by force and by unleashing tyrannical rules. Millions of men women children were killed because they refused to convert. Thousands of temples were destroyed. The goal of all these marauding terrorists was to establish islam and rid India of all other religions.
They failed. In spite of hundreds of years of such repression the truth and good nature of Sanatha Dharma prevailed and proved to be stronger than anything these tyrants could unleash. In fact the islamic religion itself got changed and ended up absorbing some Indian customs!
That's why we say ultimately....
Sathyameva Jayathey!
Jai Bharath
Sri Rama Jayam!
Ok buddy before you go all hindu fundamentalist on us here, lets not distort history here. The Muslim invaders may have committed many temple sackings and killed many people, but it was not the name of religion. They were tyrants that wanted power, wealth etc..they hardly on a mission to convert India into Muslim nation. The Mughals and other invaders were, at times, allied with Hindus (Rajputs being a prime example) and fought other Muslim rulers simulatenously.
Your revisionist history does not hold up in terms of the facts and realities of conversions that was done by sufis. To this day, the predominant strain of Islam in South Asia is the Sunni Hanafi branch which considered to be the most liberal. Furthermore forcible conversions are never successful beyond the first generation, with cryto-beliefs being passed down to the next generations. The Spanish Inquisition's failure to convert Muslims, Jews is evidence of the fact.
Conversions in modern day Pakistan can be divided into a few categories:
- Sufi saints in the Punjab and Sindh. The mazars are evidence of their widespread devotion and following to this day.
Iranian link in the case of Baluchistan and NWFP. As Eastern Iranian peoples, these two locales became Muslims well before the eastern Indic provinces.
Personal gain: Many converted to under the good graces of the Muslim adminitrations and to enjoy tehir patronage.