I have spent quite some time in reading about these previous replies in the last few days.
One clear line ...
Those who side with hindus have a rather flexible and open mind. They may criticise others (esp. Muslims) but they dont shy or hesitate in admitting weaknesses or mistakes in their system.
Those who side with the Muslims are alas, a bit more rigid and static in their ideas.
For them Quran is the ultimate. ok fine, that is understandable.
If I was to go on a killing spree, destroying all my enemies at one go and then quote Srimadbhagvadgita, it wud be naturally wrong to blame Sri Gitaji for this behaviour of mine.
Ditto for the issue of Jihad inspired allegedly from Quran. That wud be wrong, I dont support it. Quran is the holy book for Muslims and so I respect it even if I dont know much about it.
But when a Muslim starts taking the stand that Quran is absolute and beyond debate and has to be followed at any costs and worse, starts imposing on those who dont believe as much into it, then things start taking a wrong turn.
I am ready to argue about Gitaji, for or against, depending upon my knowledge levels and my interpretation.
shud the same not be true for Quran ?
If Quran is indeed the word of God, why hesitate in debating it, as truth will win in the end after all !!!
and the question is not just limited to Quran's meaning.
I read somewhere in the replies of some chap that Jesus was a Muslim and was a pakka namazi.
Gosh !!! so wasnt Jesus the first Muslim ? 600 yrs before Mohd. ? and so Jesus gave us not one but two world religions.
Somehow, I have noticed that our Muslims are giving us very shallow and laughable logics, as that watch n desert example shows; it has been shown to be fallacious and yet he sticks to it.
Hindus are not beyond faults, they too have several sins on their souls, the biggest of them being the caste issues and one that haunts them still. Dont think I am a SC/ST/OBC, I am a brahman and proud to be so but I do feel a bit embarrased when I read bout the way we upper casts have dealt with those who were not born in higher families.
but I also believe that this issue has been overblown a bit and that the original ratinale behind the caste system was rather justified and practical, doesnt a doctor/lawyer want his child to follow his steps? it reduces a lot of initial efforts.
the initial market that we had was a barter system which was based on vocations and expertise, narturally a person skilled in one art wud teach this art to his children and so it wud go on n on. It was/is as logical as is 1 1=2
that it deteriorated later on was the problem. still apart from this caste system, are there any other major deficiencies in Hinduism ? may be yes, but I do not know at this time.
Muslims brothers, pls look deep inside,
Do u really feel that advocating Islam rule (Darul-Islam) everywhere is right?
Do u really feel that punishing a woman for illicit relation when SHE has been raped is natural justice?
Do u really feel that ridiculing others beliefs just because they r diff from urs is right ?
Do u really feel that destroying others holy places and erect unattended Mosques over them is right ?
Do u really feel that calling a spade a spade (as in the case of Aurangzeb) is something that shud be avoided? why then do u rake up the issue of Babri demolition ?
If Babur cud destroy a really holy place like Ram's Temple at his janmbhoomi, why cant we destroy something that insults our sentiments ?
I have been to the fort where Aurangzeb has improsoned his real brother Dara-Shikoh, it really a scary place, even today. Aurangzeb imprisoned hiw own father, till death.
Even if we dont count other cruelties of his, do u all think that these two activities were justified ? and that too only for a mortal takht ?
ShahJahan allegedly gave us Taj-Mahal, the monument of Love, though some doubt it, I am sure some one here knows what I pointing to (that is another topic of debate btw)
His son, Aurangzeb, definitely gave us the scars of hatred n violence.
I am not against Muslims at all. but pls try to see the reason involved.
Aurangzeb was no King Solomon, he was more like a tribal chief, brutal and cruel.
History shud record this as such and nothing else.
Beware ... The time bomb is ticking, a huge reaction is gonna come, I can see it, wud be better if we all see it.
