yes, i agree there are darker sides of our culture also (in hindus as well as muslims). u cant say whether wotever happened in those times was a part manipulated texts by the brahmins by claiming it as a part of the religion for the sake of power. but fortunately hinduism is lucky to have many great social reformers like raja ram mohan roy, ishwarchandra vidyasagar, dayanand sarawati, Swami Vivekananda, etc who fought againt these systems and people also accepted the change. these reforms are still taking place even though im not saying that today's society is totally clean. however its sad that muslims r still left backward becoz there has not been any prominent social reformer and the people r not ready to accept anybody and r too much under influence of mullahs and the sheriyat. they need strong and influencial social reformers with the support of ordinary moderate muslims to fight the extremists and the problem of terrorism. education can only solve the problem.
