Continued
from the last post –
If
only priests of Hinduism and Buddhism were intelligent enough to
understand the situation and allow these people comeback, to it,
things would have been much simpler but that was not the thing to
happen again, due to the problem of inertia certain type of prestige
issue from both sides. In addition to these converted Muslims or Dogs
of Arabs, more Hindus were converted to Islam due to foolishness of
Brahmans. Eventually, because of that, Arabs had more dogs to use
against Hinduism.
In
Hindustan, along with Islam one other sect had come through the mogul
Muslims. That was Sufism. Sufism is the religion Turks practiced
before they were converted to Islam. That is a separate religion from
Islam but Sufis managed to merge themselves in the Islam so that they
continue to exist within Islam and create their own niche within
Islam. If we see history of that religion, Sufism, we see that it was
in vogue amongst Arabs also, even during the days of Mohammad.
Mohammad's class Hanif, were practicing Sufism and it is believed by
some researchers that Prophet Mohammad was also in favor of this
religion from Turkistan. We also note that Ali, son-in-law and cousin
of Prophet was a practicing Sufi even though he had embraced Islam.
It is the well-known controversy because of which, Ali was often
rejected by many Companions of Mohammad as not a true believer of
Islam since to practice other sects amounts to negation of Islam as
per the five pillars of Islam as given by Prophet himself.
As
we know Sufism does not show any particular interest in these five
pillars or conditions those decide whether one is Muslim or not.
Sufism made entry of Islam in Hindustan easy because it had great
resemblance with Bhakti cult of Hindus as well as Buddhists. Sufism
did not entertain policy of hatred towards other faiths the way Islam
did; and preferred to co-exist. This suited Hindu communities from
this sub-continent. Moreover, as we know the Shia cult that was
formed after the notorious schism that occurred after demise of
prophet due to in-fights amongst Companions of prophet and followers
of Ali. As Ali their messiah was a practicing Sufi, Shia follower,
also show affinity to that cult and so most Shia were very friendly
with Hindus. This Sufism made continuation of Islam in Hindustan
possible as it accepted Hindu concepts of many gods along with Allah
of Islam. Today we see that the Islam of Hindustan is much different
from that practiced by Arabs. Sufi practice of praying in Durgah or
Mausoleum of their saints, that was taken as similar to worship of
Hindus in temples. Offering flowers on the crypt of that saint to
show respect and reverence to him was similar to offering flowers on
the idol of Hindu deities in the temple. Singing of praise songs in
front of the crypt of the saints was similar to the singing of
devotional songs in temple in front of the idol of the god and
goddesses. Hindus having reverence for anything spiritually high
added to it and both Hindu as well as Sufi followers who were often
mistaken as Muslims could co-exist without much hassles. Fanatic
Muslims who belong mostly to Sunni cult did not have any place in
this co-existence. This clearly shows that in Hindustan it was not
Islam but Sufism that prevailed amongst the so-called Muslim people.
Therefore, we have a question whether Hindustani people had embraced
Islam or Sufism. Sufis openly show the Turk symbol of Sufism Moon and
Star as that of Islam. This also often irks fanatic Arabs. Most Sunni
converts in Hindustan do not know that this symbol is not original of
Arab's Islam but that from Turkistan. All these things irritate Arabs
and that leads them to insult Hindustani Muslims as not Muslims at
all but Dogs.
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