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Re: who needs secularism?
by Raj Maliger on Aug 30, 2005 05:37 AM

Yes it was a well-written article! However there are few concerns. Where in the Hindu scriptures it is stated that Sati be practiced? If we read Mahabharath, when great warriors died in the battle of Kurukshetra, none of their wives jumped into fire during cremation. Sati came into practice only in th last 3000 years. Whereas, Quran strictly asks women to wear 'burkha'.

As far 'Brahminism' is concerned nowhere it is stated that Brahmins are a superior race. 'Brahman Janati it Brahmanah'--meaning one who knows about Brahman is Brahmana. A person is Brahmana not by birth, but because of his virtue. Similarly he is a Kshatriya because of his warrior skills and not by birth. We need to understand this.

Raj Maliger


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