| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| HINDUISM UNDER SIEGE AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE | |
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Politics of Pseudo-Tolerance
We supposedly live in a secular age, in which religious intolerance has been banished at least from the political sphere in the major nations of the developed world. Western democracies claim to afford the same legal rights to members of all religions, and many Asian nations, including India, have tried to follow this model. Eastern religious groups in Western countries have gained a legal recognition similar to that of Western religions. This has allowed them to build temples and schools and to promote their religions in the West, which would have been unheard of only a few decades ago. All the religions of the world today claim to be tolerant. Christians claim that they are tolerant, following the model of Christian compassion and love for all. Christian groups, particularly Catholics have recently reached out to Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus, recognizing at least some value in their different beliefs.Muslims claim that Islam has always been a tolerant religion, a religion of peace, brotherhood and social equality. Yet in spite of such tolerance we do not see any diminishing of religious conversion efforts throughout the world. Christian and Muslim conversion activities, if anything more pronounced. There are massive organizations and great plans designed to convert the world to such missionary beliefs as much so today as in previous times. |
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