Re: Most Persecuted Religions in History
Jeez, Here is a cut and paste from my earlier post…
I am talking about the invasions of Ghaznavi, Ghori, the atrocities of Khiljis at nalanda , Timur the lame’s invasion of India where he seperated the people on the basis of religion and killed the hindus but spared the muslims, Aurangazeb’s intolerance, Tipu Sultan’s intolerance in Kerala, Sikander Butshikan of Kashmir. All these were guilty of persecution of Hindus because of their religion and forced conversions. So persecution of Hindus is a historical fact.
Having said that, there were also kings who were tolerant and who realized early on that a stable empire was only possible by keeping all the subjects happy . Notable examples are Akbar and Zain-ul-Abidin. Bin Quasim was notably tolerant in his dealing of the local population of Sindh.
Sufis played a big role in spread of Islam but it is wrong to say that there was no forced conversion at all.
Do you have anything against what I said there ?
Maybe sufis played an important role in Sindh but was there no forced conversion? If it was a land of equality, why would Sindhi hindus have someone real or imagined like this who supposedly saved them from the “fanatical muslim clergy and ruler” ?
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In how many hindu ruled dynasties which mughals were not able to conquer did Islam become a major religion due to conversion as an escape from the “evil hindu society” ? I mentioned Ranjit Singh who I read was unfair to muslims. How many hindu kings treated their muslim subjects lousily and encouraged their reconversion ? The one person who tried and was getting results was Swami Shraddhananda with his shuddhi movement. The muslim and christian clergies started to take note when they saw muslims and Christians reconverting and he was assasinated by a muslim fanatic in his home.