| However, the generality of the
Christian missionaries and the bigots among the Muslims fail to understand these higher
sentiments and take to the tactics of hitting below the belt. They seem to be alienating themselves from the main current of our
country, its culture and tradition, and misleading the ignorant masses into fantastic ways of thinking, ultimately leading to
denationalization and disintegration.
The following observation of Dr. Radhakrishnan is
very pertinent in the present context : "Latterly, however, a curious notion has got hold of our, strange to say, educated Mohammedan brethren, that by transferring
their allegiance to the faith of Islam, they become the descendants of the Moors of Spain and the Caliphs of Baghdad. They
regard themselves as culturally and socially distinct from their Hindu fellow countrymen.
We do not change our whole mental make up, simply because we change our intellectual beliefs or religious convictions. To change one's creed is not to cut oneself
off from the past of one's country or its ideals." If at all, this is an
understatement. |
