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Re: "What percentage is Hindu?"
In article <4duetj$gjh@babbage.ece.uc.edu> Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai@eskimo.com> writes:
>>> Let us not forget that Hindu is name given to the PEOPLE
>>> OF INDIA. HINDU is NOT a religion.
>>> - BHARTI <101504.2344@CompuServe.COM>
>> So I suppose all the Muslims in India are Hindu as well?. . . .
>> - G.S.Samra@lut.ac.uk
>When "Hindu" is used as a geographical term according to the
>Brihannaradi Puraan denoting the region lying between the Himaalaya
>mountains and the Bindu Sarovar, then the answer is technically in
>the affirmative.
I think this must come as a surprise to lot of Muslims. I wonder if they knew
that they are Hindus?.
This is what you get when you start with a false assumption,namely that
'Hindu' is the name of a group of people living in a area rather than
the name of a group of people folowing some religion.(however disjointed that
religion maybe).
> Similarly, a Muslim living in South America is a
>South American as well, except that he or she may be less inclined
>to use the description if "South American" were to be used by many
>people to signify a religion.
The equavalent of calling a Muslim in South America as 'South American' is
calling a Muslim in India as 'Indian'.
The twisted kind of logic being used by Jai has worked for the bumins for
many centuries in keeping the 'lower castes' suppressed. But I'm afraid
in this day and age people have enough knowledge to see through this kind
of crap.
Anyway keep trying.
> Jai Maharaj <jai@eskimo.com> Jyotishi, Vedic Astrologer
G.S.Samra
