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From: reddy@mips.com (T.S. Reddy)
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Subject: Re: Why Allah? (Why not).
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Date: 10 May 91 13:42:12 GMT
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In article <1991May9.114157.21740@wpi.WPI.EDU> lateef@eemips.tamu.edu (Afroz Lateef) writes:
>
>     I will have to agree with christy over here in this respect.
>I come from India, and over there if one says God, then the question
> will be : which God. Hindus beleive in numerous Gods, god of fire, 
>god of light, god of destruction, death, wind, rain etc. etc.
>

    As a Hindu, when somebody says God, I don't get that nitpicky :-).
If you say you believe in Allah or God, I would respect your belief and
not judge whether it is right or wrong. I would be happy that you have
found your path to God. Hence you are wrong in your statement about what
Hindus believe in.  Very simply put, while Hindus worship God in different
manifestations, at the core of Hindu philosophy, there is belief in the
oneness of God.  To make a blanket statement as you have is to display
ignorance about the subject.

    Just like many Muslims like to point out the mistakes that 
non-Muslims make about Islam, I would like readers of this newsgroup
to be more careful when making statements like the one above.

>Afroz Lateef


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T.S.Reddy (e-mail: reddy@mips.com)