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From: ahmed@ecs.umass.edu
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Subject: Re: Why Allah? (Why not).
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Date: 22 May 91 12:14:20 GMT
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In article <1991May10.134212.27802@wpi.WPI.EDU>, reddy@mips.com (T.S. Reddy) writes:
> 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
> 
> 
> -- 
> T.S.Reddy (e-mail: reddy@mips.com)

	The concept of God in islam is the oneness of God. But, in
Hinduism I have heard and read about 3 main Gods. Is Mr.Reddy suggesting
that Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma are manifestations of (in Hindu philosophy)
the same God ?

take care ... khaleel