Re: Most Persecuted Religions in History
Hinduism and buddhism. Even today, I hear what missionaries and some muslims spew about my religion even today. Maybe 1000 years of suppression has given the followers a little patience- not much. Surprisingly no other religion seems to have a problem with Hinduism currently. The reason for such persecutions in the Islamic invader horde followed by the mini inquisition of the Portuguese in their strongholds of Goa. Unlike Europe, India before the invasions was an economic and educational super power with a very lax military. The invasions put india back into the dark ages from which she never fully recovered.
Will Durant, the famous historian summed it up like this:
“The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex of order and freedom, culture and peace, can at any moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within.”
From his book" The story of civilization", On the fall of India to the Moghuls: “The bitter lesson that may be drawn from this tragedy is that eternal vigilance is the price of civilization. A nation must love peace, but keep its powder dry .”
So the reason behind Hindu persecution lies in their peace loving nature. What about the internal wars between the states at the time of Muslim and other invasions? Like when Babar came to India, he was supported by Rana Sanga. If we analyse Ghauri / Ghaznavi raids, I think we may trace some internal support to them from inside India.