RE:RE:Caste system in Islam and Christianity
by KK on Apr 14, 2008 02:27 PM Permalink
Caste System or Exists in Every Religion but based on caste you people the upper caste people looted the shudras and enslaved them for centuries denying them even basic needs to lead a good life. This slavery is existing till now.Untouchability is practised in India on the bases of Caste not in these religions.
RE:RE:RE:Caste system in Islam and Christianity
by JGN on Apr 14, 2008 03:07 PM Permalink
Untouchablity is also practiced in other religions (especially among the Christians and Muslims in India). Syrian Christains claim to be a superior race and look at other sects of Christianity with contempt. There is no marriage between Syrian Christians and other sects of Christianity. There are even separate burial grounds for "dalit" Christains.
Similarly "Thangals" in Kerala consider themselves as a superior race and will not give their girls to any other sect of Islam in marriage. There are more than 12 castes in Islam in Andhera Pradesh alone.
RE:Caste system in Islam and Christianity
by JGN on Apr 14, 2008 03:04 PM Permalink
Charvakas (not Chakravas as wirtten byyou) were not any caste. They were atheists during vedic period.
There were no caste system in Vedic period. The caste systems (developed on the basis of occupation/profession) came into force much later. Later on that degenerated into untouchablity, etc. The same has now been abolished by law in India but may continue for some time, mainly due to the caste based reservation. Adopt economic creteria as the basis of givng some kind of reservation (if at all required) and the caste system will disappear in less than 10 years.
