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Were the ancestors of Muslims of India necessarily Hindus?
Secondly the rulers aforementioned were either of mongol, Turkish, and Persian stock and did not marry into the common Indian population thus keeping the elite pure while most other Muslims were from converted Hindus. No. The ancestors of muslims of India were not necessarily Hindus!
Did Islam spread peacefully throughout India?
These communities of Muslims are proof of Islam spreading peacefully throughout India, regardless of whether or not a Muslim government existed there. If Islam spread by force as some claim, these communities of Muslims would not exist. Islam is an integral part of India and its history.
When did the first Muslim conquests in India take place?
Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent mainly took place from the 12th to the 16th centuries, though earlier Muslim conquests include the invasions into modern Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Umayyad campaigns in India, during the time of the Rajput kingdoms in the 8th century.
Why is Hinduism still the main religion in India?
Having in mind that it followed the ancient Vedic way of life (from the time immemorial), Indian people were for thousands of years standing in front of new coming opportunities for conversions. However, even under Islamization, they (Hindus) are and will remain the major religion in India for a simple reason.
Why are they called Mughals?
These are Mughals means Mongolians and see their typical facial charecteristics of Mongolians. Due to appeasment politics they were given name Mughals. Are they ancestors of Indian muslims?
Who are India’s Muslims?
Muslim women in the state of Assam protest against India’s new citizenship law in February 2020. Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images Some two hundred million Muslims live in India, making up the predominantly Hindu country’s largest minority group.
Why is there so much conflict between Hindus and Muslims?
While there has been historic tension between Christians and Muslims, Hindus and Christians, and numerous other sects, one of the most significant, sustained religious conflicts has been between Hindus and Muslims. This struggle has raged since Islam spread into the Indian Peninsula in the early 700s.
Why were converts to Islam treated as low borns in medieval India?
According to Zia Barni, a prominent medieval historian, the new rulers’ contempt for everything Indian was so deep-seated that the Indian converts to Islam were loathed as low-born and were kept outside the sphere of power.
Still, in the new order, they could have had a proportionate share. But they went for the easier option of dividing the country. The remaining Muslims, in the remaining part of India, sheltered by a democratic and secular Constitution, did have an opportunity to make their own mark. If they haven’t, some introspection is in order.