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HINDUISM
UNDER SIEGE AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE |
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person, Muslim or otherwise, can criticize Islam or Mohammed,
similarly on penalty of death: a law that extends to the media.
Islamic countries are Islamic religious or theocratic states, though
they may have the secular name of republic or other secular
trappings about them. Non-Islamic religions in Islamic countries are
oppressed or severely curtailed in their actions, even in the case
of Hindus in Pakistan or Bangladesh, who represent the original
religion of the country before the Islamic period.
Of course Muslims can claim that they treated the Jews or Blacks
better than did the Christians. While this is debatable it amounts
to little more than Islamic countries less intolerant than Christian
countries, but still falling far short of any real acceptance of
other religions. Islamic countries, with few exceptions, do not have
religious freedom and they only tolerate religious minorities who
are either insignificant or dwindling in numbers.
Manifestations of tolerance by both conversion-oriented religions
are mainly limited to political slogans, media events, or global
conferences, so as to look good in public. Christian and Islamic
groups can produce good speakers who talk of peace, brotherhood,
human rights, care for the Earth, or respect for all religions. But
ask them to stop their conversion efforts and watch them become
silent or leave the stage, as if they have been insulted. |
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